Drying Grass (1936)

Various shots of display of tractor drawn agricultural machines. They are grass cutters for making dried grass for animal fodder. The farmers drive the tractor across a field of green grass and the machines cut the grass. One tractor drives away with a load of grass in a trailer. The grass is unloaded from the trailer and moved into a drying shed by men with pitch forks. Shots of the grass as it is moved by conveyor belt through various drying processes. Exterior shot of drying shed. A man shovels coal into a heater to dry the grass. Shots of grass drying with clouds of moisture rising up. Man shows the powdery dried grass that is the end product. A man carries sacks of dried grass and piles them in a shed. FILM ID: 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