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'Power on the Land' (1943) FILM RESTORATION PROJECT 30/08/2013

Documentary Short 'Power on the Land - The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming.' Number 93 of a series of wartime independent documentary shorts commissioned by the British Council during 1942-1944.

590' ft. 16mm. IB Technicolor print. Cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth, directed by Ralph Keene, music by Hubert Clifford. A Rayldon Production with Verity Films. Narrated by Freddy Grisewood.

 

The damage to the begining of the film where it was left unwound on display in an old projector can be seen. Fortunately the very badly deteriorated film picture and sound is confined to the first minute only.

 

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