Repairing Agricultural Machines (1947)

Unused, unissued footage dates and locations may be unclear, unknown. Luton, Bedfordshire. Lack of equipment for repairing agricultural machines is causing a crisis on the land. At Wandon End Works we see Mr Oliver, head of the firm, explaining the cause of delays to a customer. Shots of a blacksmith trying to manufacture makeshift spare parts. The works manager puts a card reading Too Late on a new haymaker that arrived after the harvest had finished. Workmen push out a light tractor, minus an engine which is unobtainable. A farm tractor is brought on a lorry for repair. Pan of the machines stacked in the yard awaiting repair. Workmen hammer a mangle and pulper machine. M, S of a man tightening the nuts on a binder. FILM 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 Pa