STK-ID 20758

Various shots of combines in groups of four harvesting record crop. CUs of grain flowing from spout into truck, of wheat being cut, being picked up by combine. Shot of Saskatchewan pool elevator at Eslin. Shot inside elevator as truck is tilted backwards to dump wheat. Shots of wheat flowing out of truck. Exterior shot of elevator, trucks lining up to dump loads. AERIAL SHOTs of prairies, wheat fields. Shot of pile of wheat in field, farmer picking up and examining handful. Shots on combines at work, swatters, combine dumping wheat onto pile in field. LAS of combine operator at work. Shots of piles of wheat in fields, of trucks dumping wheat at piles. Shots of elevators, of group of four combines at work in fields, of swatter moving by camera. Shots of grain pouring from spout into truck, of trucks arriving at "Wilcox" grain elevator, entering, dumping.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Record Harvest
Location
Alberta, Saskatchewan
Year
1952
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Video HI 8, Reel 35 mm
Shooting format
16mm original ektachrome, 35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3