Automatic Farmer

Sound newsreel that features a farmer called Warren North who owns Green Ridge Farm in Brookstone, Indiana. He has spent $200,000 on new technology to ensure the smooth running of his farm. The footage shows him at work using these farming machines. He plows the land and uses a mechanical feeder to feed his cattle, enabling him to feed his livestock with the push of a button. Frank Koza won an award from the National Press Photographer Association with this newsreel.

Credits

Frank Koza (filmmaker); Warren North (participant)

Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1959
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Farming; Agriculture; Livestock; Farms; Industry
Places: North America > United States > Indiana > Brookstone
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 249 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12481

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video