Snodin: Gray on the Farm

Summary

Home movie shot by Richard Snodin showing life on Manor Farm at Stonesby in Leicestershire.

Year:

1938

Duration:

0:10:50

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Company:

Master format:

9.5mm

Description

'Gray feeds the pigs'. Shots of a toddler carrying a bucket and feeding pigs on a farm. We then see the boy with a sledge. 'An afternoon Violeting'. Shots of Gray pretending to smoke a pipe following by travelling in pony and trap with mother and then picking flowers from a road side. Exterior shot of St Peter's church at Saltby then views of the village from the church tower. Shots of Gray learning to ride a pony. Views of farmer with horse drawn plough in a small field. Gray eating a banana, playing with a lamb, feeding rabbits and playing on a rocking horse. Shots of haymaking on the farm with horse drawn vehicles. Short indoor sequence captioned Christmas 1938 showing Gray pulling a cracker.


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