Rural & Farming

The story of the noble Clydesdale told in original archive films from the early 1930s to the 1960s. Includes The Good Servant filmed in 1958 for the Royal Highland Agricultural Society, around Macmerry, East Lothian, Milngavie, and other locations. Programme comprises:
Spring in Galloway (1930s)
The Good Servant (RHAS 1958, colour) click here for film clip from The Good Servant.
Spring in the Fields (1936)
Horse in Harness (1934)
Champions in the Sun (RHAS, 1964, colour).

DVD running time: 55 mins colour & b/w.

Scotlands farms seen in original archive films, many in colour, with commentaries by veteran farmers. Programme comprises:
In Good Heart (1960, colour)
They Made the Land (1938)
Grain Harvest (1936)
The Farmer's Boy (1938)
Winter on the Farm (1934)

DVD running time: 60 mins colour & b/w.


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A companion volume to In Good Heart, covering different aspects of farming with classic films and farmers' commentaries. Programme comprises:
Ayrshire Dairy Farmer (1967, colour)
A Farm is Reclaimed (1945, b/w). Click here for a film clip of A Farm is Reclaimed.
Haymaking (1934, b/w)
Harvests of the Soil (1937, b/w)
Scottish Ploughman (1955)

DVD running time: 62 mins colour & b/w.

Three superb DVDs from our Scottish Screen Archive documentary series on the history of farming packaged together in a bargain priced collection in a standard-sized DVD case.

Includes the following DVDs: The Good Servant, In Good Heart and Harvests of the Soil.

DVD running time: 177 mins colour & b/w.

Three films about the historic county of East Lothian once the domain of King Loth and smugglers. The programme comprises:

A View from the Bass (1963, colour). A seaside trip to North Berwick in the 1960s to enjoy the open air swimming pool and comedian Dave Willis at the Pavilion Theatre. Then a boat trip to the Bass Rock with its sinister prison. Click here for a film clip of A View from the Bass.
Lothian Landscape (1974, colour). Journey back through East Lothian's often troubled past to the days of Agricola the Roman, King Loth, and Mary Queen of Scots, and see its towns, magnificent castles, and beautiful architecture.
Dunbar - The A1 Resort (1970, colour). A promotional film for the popular holiday resort, highlighting the harbour, and the castle, plus a visit to Tantallon Castle.

DVD running time: 56 mins colour.

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Five films about the beautiful historic county of Perthshire. Featuring:
The Freedom of Aberfeldy (1943) - Commonwealth troops visit the town on leave.
Pitlochry Welcomes You (1958) - a humorous look at the town.
The School Master (1953) - a day in the life of a Crieff school master with Walter Carr.
Perthshire Panorama (1959, colour) - a tour around the county and its attractions.
The Grand Match (1981, colour) - the Royal Caledonian Curling Club Bonspiel of 1979 on the Lake of Menteith, the last outdoor Bonspiel to be held.

DVD running time: 71 mins colour & b/w.

Kay Mander's filmed survey of twenty-four square miles of rural Oxfordshire was part of a 1943 project to better understand the use made of the countryside in order to facilitate better planning. Filmed in 1946 Twenty Four Square Miles shows in detail the use made of the land for farming and industry and the social fabric of the towns and villages and how they are managed. With commentary by John Arlott. Directed by Kay Mander. A Basic Films Production.

Included also is a lovely film of the village of Harting on the Sussex Downs, An English Village.

DVD/VHS running time: 62 mins b/w.

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Three superb DVDs from our famous 40s Britain documentary film series about the home front in war-time Britain. Packaged together in a bargain priced collection in a standard-sized DVD case.

Features all six historical documentary films of the Pattern of Britain series made between 1944 and 1947: The Grassy Shires, Fenlands, Cornish Valley, Downlands, Crofters and North East Corner.

Plus: The Glen Is Ours, Winter on the Farm, Spring on the Farm, Summer on the Farm and The Crown of the Year. These DVDs are also available induvidually as described below.

DVD running time: 200 mins b/w.

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A famous series of films showing the development of farming and rural life in four diverse areas of the country: The Midland Shires, The Fens, Cornwall and the Downs. The Pattern of Britain comprised six films in total and the remaining two Scottish titles are available on The Glen Is Ours (see below). Programme comprises:

The Grassy Shires (1944). Director Ralph Keene. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey.

Fenlands (1945). Director Ken Annakin. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey.

Cornish Valley (1944). Director Ralph Keene. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey.

Downlands (1947). Directors Charles de Latour and Humphrey Swingler.

DVD running time: 65 mins b/w.

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Three Scottish films from 1946 about rural issues, many still relevant today.

The Glen Is Ours is a drama about the importance of local democracy.

The two Scottish members of the Pattern of Britain series are also included: Crofters visits Achriesgill, Sutherland, and North East Corner visits the farms and fishing ports of Aberdeen, Fraserburgh and the Buchan area. Click here for a film clip of Crofters.

Directors: George Haslam, Ralph Keene, John Eldridge. Producers: Edgar Anstey, Ralph Keene.

DVD & VHS running time: 75 mins b/w.

Four war-time films showing the operations on Britain's farms during the four seasons of the year. Starts in Winter on the Farm in 1941, then Spring on the Farm, Summer on the Farm and finishes with the harvest festival in The Crown of the Year.

As featured on BBC Radio 4's On Your Farm.

Filmed in Uploaders, Dorset, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Lancashire and Cheshire and East Norfolk.

Directed by Ralph Keene. Produced by Edgar Anstey, music by William Alwyn.

DVD running time: 60 mins b/w.