Egg Automation (1960)

M, S of a woman in a field removing part of the roof of a chicken house and reaching for eggs; C, U of her basket as she puts the eggs in it. Commentator says The average poultry farm looks much the same as it has always done and yet even here the inroads of automation are generally being felt, as you ll discover. M, Ss as she walks past hens in pens with her basket and puts it down on a small table outside a hut, beside some empty egg cartons. C, Us as she puts eggs into the cartons and seals them, then tapes a threepenny piece to the base. Commentator says this farm near Chichester, in West Sussex, all they have to do is pack them in a revolutionary slot machine which does the selling. C, U of sign reading EggOMatic; M, Ss of the woman walking along a road near the farm to a kind of vending machine. A notice below the EggOMatic sign says 6 Eggs and 3d for 2 6 which explains why there is 3d taped to each carton. She opens the doors of the machine to put the cartons in. C, U