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  • Short Summary

    Hog farm in England.

  • Description

    Hog farm. Location of events unknown.

    Agriculture; animals. 'Pig keeping for profit and national prosperity ... on Mr. S.F. Edge's farm at Ditchling.' Hog farm in England; various scenes. Several workers in yard with hogs. A bunch of hogs & pigs running around in the yard. Funny shots of a few men trying to move a huge stubborn sow into a stall. CU hogs at the trough; eating. More CUs of hogs around the yard; in the grass; nosing in the mud; etc. Farmer in rain gear holding a piglet under each arm. Sow and piglets. Man with the piglets again (obligatory cute baby animal scene). These are some dark coloured long-eared pigs. Livestock; meat.

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    Film ID:
    1862.13
    Media URN:
    71331
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:24:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:12:43:00 / 01:15:07:00
    Canister:
    ON 037 M

Comments (1)

  1. sfisher says

    The 'supervising' lady in the trench coat and large hat is Ms Myra Martin, who was soon to become S.F. Edge's second wife. The farm is Gallops Farm, near Ditchling, which S.F. Edge bought in 1910. The date of this video is probably closer to 1916 than 1910.

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