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Title: PLOUGH, the

Reference number: 9341

Date: 1956*

Sponsor: [ Tractor Division Ford of Dagenham and Ransomes, Sim and Jeffries Ltd.]

Production company: Ford-Ransomes

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.57 mins

Description: Detailed educational film depicting good ploughing practice.
No. 1 in a 'Good Ploughing' magazine series made by Ford-Ransomes.

This film was used for education and training purposes at the North of Scotland Agricultural College (SAC)

See also ref. 9342

Credits: [FR Magazine] Good Ploughing Series One The Plough

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Shotlist: opening credits and title (0.04) gvs tractor ploughing a field (1.21) man studies a book about ploughing, ints classroom at agricultural school where ploughing is taught using diagrams on blackboard. "We plough to expose fresh soil to weather and cultivating implements; to bury crops residues and manure; to control weeds; to produce a seed bed; to assist drainage" (2.05) exts field, where man demonstrating the different components of a plough (3.46) attaching the plough to the tractor (5.46) the students learn about tractor wheel widths (6.10) gvs attaching the plough (8.00) adjusting the height of the seat affecting depth of the ploughed furrow etc. hydraulic levers are used (9.02) setting off in the tractor to plough a field. A checklist of good ploughing practice, c/u well ploughed furrows. The general fixtures and working of the plough are summarised before the film concludes (12.44) c/u ploughing book 'Ransomes Sims and Jeffries Ltd. Ipswich, England (12.50) ecs (12.56)