My films

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'THEY MADE THE LAND' added to 'My films'.

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THEY MADE THE LAND [1063]

One of a group of seven documentaries made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition under the supervision of John Grierson, highlighting the struggle to live from the land and the work of the various departments of agricultural research and animal breeding.

Full length video available

1938

sound

bw