Life On A French Farm

Life On A French Farm Coronet Instructional Films 17:14:13 LS French farmland. Global map showing location of France & Paris & farm 50 miles west. Man wearing beret discing w/ pair of horses coming towards camera up slope. Cut grain in shocks; dairy cows grazing in pasture w/ trees. Village & man walking cows thru; woman at well, old man pushing wheelbarrow.Team of horses & equipment w/ boy. 17:16:12 House of stone; woman feeding chickens from bucket; boys lead horse pulling large wagon load of hay. Youngest son Emile home from school, Louise comes out to greet them. 17:17:22 Morning in barnyard, family eating breakfast soup, CU of cheese plate, man cutting bread & eating w/ knife. Father & oldest son, Pierre, to fields, walking cows to pasture, father takes horse & cart leading team of work horses. Unhitches horse. Cows down road & into pasture, gate put into place. Father begins plowing w/ horses. Son talks to father. 17:20:12 Emile & Louise feed rabbits, walk to school. Thru gates & sit down at desk w/ books. Teacher is writing on blackboard in French, standing at map; Emile taking notes. 17:21:16 Mother walks thru village street, shakes hands w/ village priest; into shop & leaves w/ loaves of bread, buys pork from butcher & walks home. Kids out of school & Emile heads to farm. Walks behind horses w/ plow. Pierre takes cows back home; Emile & father unhitch horses to return to village. The End. Geography; Educational Films; Post-WWII; 1940s; Rural France; Farming; Stereotypes; Post-WW2;