1938 English Harvest Video At Sawston Near Cambridge

On By Stefan Drew
Having Been The Farms Manager At The Agricultural College On The Outskirts Of Cambridge, Near Sawston, I Have A Deep Appreciation For Cambridgeshire Farming And The Rich Tapestry Of The Cambridgeshire Countryside & This 1938 English Harvest Video At Sawston. So I appreciate this early Dufaycolor gem by Humphrey Jennings because it offers a captivating window into the heart of this rural idyll during harvest time in 1938.… More Leave a comment

Plants That Burn: Spontaneous Combustion in Plants With David Attenborough

On By Stefan Drew
Some Plants Just Burst Into Flames When Conditions Are Right. Spontaneous Combustion In Plants Is Part Of Nature In Many Species. It seems odd to thank that plants can cause fires, but some can and frequently do. It’s a part of the natural process that stimulates the fires that control vegetation across swathes of landscape on several continents.… More Leave a comment

Ploughs, Cultivation Equipment & Traditional Farming

On By Stefan Drew
In this video Jack Hargreaves looks at how garden tools were transformed into farm machinery, how World War Two saw the horse being replaced by tractors and how a plough works. He also looks at stooks, combines regarded as huge in their day (they now look small) , straw and stubble burning and how the combine & tractor changed the face of the landscape and what could be grown.… More Leave a comment