Potatoes And Foresight (1917)

Potatoes and Foresight - Metropolitan Railway women work on land to provide for whole staff. Location of events unknown, probably around west London or Middlesex. Shots of women farm workers. CU woman in hat; feeding horse from her hands (horse’s nose only in frame). Shot of men and women workers gathering potatoes; one woman sitting on ground; others bending over. Quick cuts of ’extra’ shots. Back to CU of woman feeding horse; this time with horse’s entire head in frame. Shot of men and horses ploughing (two horses; each led by a man; and a man behind the plough). Agriculture; planting; farming; harvest; food; animals; labour; war work. World War One; home front. G 421 B. 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 historical collection, whic