Rotatiller and Caterpillar Tractor, Oct. and Nov. 1938
From the collection of
From the collection of
David Lloyd George, ex-prime minister of Britain, hosts a demonstration of two marvellously big machines at work on his farm at Churt.
Horses are old hat, it's the age of the machine and the bigger the better thinks ex-prime minister Lloyd George, perhaps, as he watches two mechanical monsters being put through their paces on his land at Bron-y-de, in Churt, Surrey. Increasing the productivity of the land was one of the major issues of the moment and industrial farming was on the horizon. Lloyd George is also seen being filmed for a newsreel item.
Making best use of the land and increasing productivity was an issue close to Lloyd George's heart and something that exercised him at his farm, Bron-y-de, in Churt, Surrey. He was particularly interested in, and impressed by, Hitler's land reclamation schemes (that also ‘dealt' with the issue of unemployment) that he visited when on a trip to Germany in 1936 [see title ‘Visit of the Rt.Hon. D. Lloyd George, OM, MP to Germany, September 2nd-16th, 1936.']