The Wheat Fields of Canada (Archive title)
Date: 1908 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: INTEREST. The harvesting and transport of wheat in Canada. No main title. Ploughing to camera with two bulls, in the background ploughing with four horses (14). The four horses plough to camera (36). A steam plough, ploughs away from the camera, followed by a horse carriage (57); ploughing to camera (85). Three teams of horse-drawn reapers at work - one of the reapers has the name `Champion' on the side (138). Pan left of two threshing machines at work (166). Feeding the sheaves into the threshers (187). Thresher blows out straw (206). Straw is stoked into the traction engine boiler (224). MS of a man holding a sack to collect the grain (241). Freight train travelling to camera on way to Fort William with the grain (284). Filmed from front of train passing through cutting, over bridge, through tunnels, and past a lake (358). HAS of Winnipeg begining at the Winnipeg Saddlery Co in 180° pan (possibly filmed from the City Hall) (423). Travelling shot from river of steamer at dock; grain warehouses (504); the steamer Carleton (513); dock cranes and a docked steamer; the tug J.D. Morrison passes; and a steamer called `Scottish H--- (?) at dock (525). A group of children sitting in a field, eating bread, pose for the camera (552ft). Note: English intertitles.
Genre: Actuality film
Subjects: Canada, Winnipeg, Traction engines, Docks, Harvesting, Wheat
Releases
Date: 1908Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentLength: 552 Feet
Date: 1908not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1
Date: January 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - MuteRuntime: 4 mins Distributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1908 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: INTEREST. The harvesting and transport of wheat in Canada. No main title. Ploughing to camera with two bulls, in the background ploughing with four horses (14). The four horses plough to camera (36). A steam plough, ploughs away from the camera, followed by a horse carriage (57); ploughing to camera (85). Three teams of horse-drawn reapers at work - one of the reapers has the name `Champion' on the side (138). Pan left of two threshing machines at work (166). Feeding the sheaves into the threshers (187). Thresher blows out straw (206). Straw is stoked into the traction engine boiler (224). MS of a man holding a sack to collect the grain (241). Freight train travelling to camera on way to Fort William with the grain (284). Filmed from front of train passing through cutting, over bridge, through tunnels, and past a lake (358). HAS of Winnipeg begining at the Winnipeg Saddlery Co in 180° pan (possibly filmed from the City Hall) (423). Travelling shot from river of steamer at dock; grain warehouses (504); the steamer Carleton (513); dock cranes and a docked steamer; the tug J.D. Morrison passes; and a steamer called `Scottish H--- (?) at dock (525). A group of children sitting in a field, eating bread, pose for the camera (552ft). Note: English intertitles.
Genre: Actuality film
Subjects: Canada, Winnipeg, Traction engines, Docks, Harvesting, Wheat
Releases
Date: 1908Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentLength: 552 Feet
Date: 1908not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1
Date: January 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - MuteRuntime: 4 mins Distributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company: Warwick Trading Company