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AGRICULTURAL SHOW TWO

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WORK ID: YFA 5467 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
AGRICULTURAL SHOW TWOc.1945 1942-01-01
Details Original Format: 16mm
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Silent
Duration: 4 mins 7 secs
Credits: A Vaughan & Co Production, Hull

Subject: Rural Life
Agriculture



Summary
This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of an Agricultural Show in the Hedon area of East Yorkshire immediately after the end of World War Two.
Description
This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of an Agricultural Show in the Hedon area of East Yorkshire immediately after the end of World War Two. The film begins with a brief shot of a heavy horse being led around the show, followed by three judges conferring at the microphone.  Then cows are led around the arena, watched by spectators who are seated around the perimeter of the field.  There follows children riding around the field on horseback wearing fancy dress. A pony and trek rides...
This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of an Agricultural Show in the Hedon area of East Yorkshire immediately after the end of World War Two. The film begins with a brief shot of a heavy horse being led around the show, followed by three judges conferring at the microphone.  Then cows are led around the arena, watched by spectators who are seated around the perimeter of the field.  There follows children riding around the field on horseback wearing fancy dress. A pony and trek rides past, and two men have a cigarette in front of a tent, while two girls and a boy walk across the field.  A group of women are seated on the back of the lorry of ‘J Pockley, Corn and cake merchant, Camerton and Hedon’. There are shots of the crowd watching behind a rope fence, some seated in front of it.  Some small children are riding horses.  There is then a horse jumping competition, again showing the crowd and the loudspeakers.  Some of the crowd stand in front of advertising billboards for ‘Naturalists: Agricultural and Horticultural Merchants’ and Greasley and Palmer: Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents’. Title – The End A Vaughan & Co Production.
Context
A film of a typical local agricultural show just east of Hull near the village of Preston, in the immediate aftermath of WW2.  First up is the parade of prize-winning cows and bulls, followed by the ubiquitous custom of children being dressed up as contemporary objects and characters of the day, and a gymkhana, revealing perhaps a lack of practice among the horse riders. This film was made by William Vaughan whose company, based on Tennyson Avenue, Hull, provided sound equipment for outdoor...
A film of a typical local agricultural show just east of Hull near the village of Preston, in the immediate aftermath of WW2.  First up is the parade of prize-winning cows and bulls, followed by the ubiquitous custom of children being dressed up as contemporary objects and characters of the day, and a gymkhana, revealing perhaps a lack of practice among the horse riders.

This film was made by William Vaughan whose company, based on Tennyson Avenue, Hull, provided sound equipment for outdoor events, but William also took films of events in the area around Hedon and Preston in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which he showed in the local villages, in the years after the end of World War Two.  It is always interesting to note the advertising hoardings at these types of historical events and ponder what has happened to the firms advertised. In this case at least one has survived, ‘J Pockley, Corn and cake merchant, Camerton and Hedon’, who supplied animal feeds and requisites to the local farming community of Holderness, are still in business was supplying pet foods and suchlike.
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