STK-ID 8299

Prairie farming (00/00/1927): several shots of tilling of soil with modern horse-drawn machinery as man in suit stands by and supervises. Rear shots of two men checking international seeder, filling feeder with seed, moving away. MLS of team of horses being driven repeatedly over wheat spread out on ground as two other men fork wheat back and forth (primitive method of threshing wheat). Cut to home-made power-driven tool used during preparation of grain, men busying themselves about, checking output.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Department of Agriculture of Saskatchewan
Location
Saskatchewan
Year
1925
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk, Digital Bétacam
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 35mm dupe neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486