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1939 DEFENCE: Agriculture: England: Sugar Beet
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2:10Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1939
Location: STOCKPORT, ENGLAND SELBY, ENGLAND BUSHY PARK,
ENGLAND BURY ST. EDMUNDS., ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: Stockport: Wood Bank:
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View of plough at work in field at Wood Bank, Stockport. Semi view and cu. of plough at work making furrow. Cu. of men cutting tops of beets off. Gen. view pan. of beets in field and men at work. Semi view of men in beet field loading beets onto lorry. Cu. of Beets. Long view of lorries at unloading depot waiting to have beets unloaded. Pan. showing beets washed down chute. Semi view of lorries loaded with sacks of Sugar leaving Unloading depot.
Selby: Bushy Park:
Gen. view ploughing up at Bushy Park. Semi cu. and cu. of plough at work. Long view ploughing field. Long view of ploughing field at Wood-Bank Stockport. Semi view of ploughing machine at work. Cu. of plough at work. Long view and semi view of men planting vegetables. Gen. view of Beet field - cu. cutting tops off of beets. Semi view of men loading beets onto lorries. Cu. of Beets. Semi view of lorry driving into unloading depot. Pan. showing beets washed down chute. Semi view of lorries loaded with sacks of sugar leaving depot.
View ploughing at Bushy Park. Semi cu. and cu. of plough at work, making furrow.
Bury St. Edmunds:
Cu. view of Beet washed off lorry into chute. Cu. beet washed of lorry into chute. Cu. of beet being cut on machine. Long view and cu. of Defuser at work. Semi view and cu. of men at work at filter press. Gen. view and cu. of man at filter press machine. Gen. view of syrup form running into Centrifugal Rotator. Cu. view of syrup running to Centrifugal Rotator. Semi view of man working machine. Gen. view of sugar in crystal form pouring onto heap. Long view of sugar in crystal form pouring onto heap & men shovelling it into shafts leading to storage. Semi view pan. of men shovelling Crystal sugar.
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