Showtime

Summary

A behind the scenes look at the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Show.

Year:

1984

Duration:

0:25:00

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Genre:

Documentary

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

16mm

Description

The film is a mixes 'fly-on-the wall' techniques to show the activities of an agricultural show with interviews with several unnamed participating farmers and livestock breeders.

Some shots towards the end of the film are cut to music.

We see preparations for the show at Newark Showground - stalls being constructed; a farmer preparing cattle for showing; a group of children travelling to the show by bus; the army erecting a display.

Next at the show itself - judging of cattle; children looking at farm animals; goats being judged; stalls; children enjoying a slide and helter-skelter; a missing child; the Royal Marines free fall parachute team in action and members drinking in a bar.

Finally we see the stalls being dismantled at the end of the show.


Credits

Camera: Kevin Latimer; John Varnish
Sound: Vaughan Roberts; Tony Anscombe
Production Assistant: Joyce Lewsey
Reporter: Catherine Sloyan
Editor: Roland Brason
Dubbing Editor: Graham Puntis
Executive Producer: David Gerrard
Director: Norman Hull


Notes

Production number 3870/84.