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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White / Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins
Subject: AGRICULTURE COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES
Summary This is a film made by Harry Burgess, the owner of Thornton Mill in Thornton le Dale. It contains offcuts of the longer film Story of Wheat.
Description This is a film made by Harry Burgess, the owner of Thornton Mill in Thornton le Dale. It contains offcuts of the longer film Story of Wheat.
(B&W) The film begins with several Burgess lorries each carrying sacks of flour come out of a mill.
(Col.) The film switches to harvesters cutting the corn in a field, and some shots of the farm. Various bags of flour are shown including ‘Airy super self-raising flour’, ‘Bob super self-raising flour’, and ‘Burgess self-raising flour’. The film comes to an end showing captions for ‘Bread’, Biscuits’, ‘Pork Pies’ and ‘Animal Foods’.
