Ploughing Up The Parks (1917)

Ploughing up the parks. World war One; home front. Agriculture; technology. A motor plough is used to plough up Richmond Park; in order to plant oats; 1917. Grain was grown here before during Crimean War. An early tractor drives across park; pulling plough and accompanied by several men and a dog. Trees in background. CU Wheel of tractor. CU Man leaning over plough. Food; vehicles; home front; war work. Also on ON 411E (G 411 B) FILM ID:1862.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can