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''A Day in the Hayfields'' is a 1904 British silent documentary film directed by
This is a documentary film showing the process of making hay as it was in the early 20th century United Kingdom. The cutting, gathering and stacking processes are all documented. At the end there is a shot of children playing in the newly mown hay. This film is significant in its depiction of pre-mechanized agriculture using
Cecil M. Hepworth
Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Hepworth Studios. In 1 ...
filmed on location in the United Kingdom.
Synopsis
This is a documentary film showing the process of making hay as it was in the early 20th century United Kingdom. The cutting, gathering and stacking processes are all documented. At the end there is a shot of children playing in the newly mown hay. This film is significant in its depiction of pre-mechanized agriculture using horses
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...
instead of powered farm equipment
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that the ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Day In The Hayfields, A 1904 films 1904 short films British black-and-white films British documentary films Agriculture in the United Kingdom History of agriculture in England History of agriculture in the United Kingdom