BBC Wartime Farm 1of8 PDTV XviD AC3

Wartime Farm

History, War Documentary hosted by Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, published by BBC in 2012 - English narration


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Wartime Farm
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn face up to the challenges of the biggest revolution ever seen in the history of the British countryside as they turn Manor Farm back to how it was run in the Second World War. When Britain entered the war, two-thirds of all Britain's food was imported - and now it was under threat from a Nazi blockade. To save Britain from starvation, the nation's farmers were tasked with doubling food production in what Churchill called 'the frontline of freedom'. This meant ploughing up 6.5 million acres of unused land - a combined area bigger than the whole of Wales.


1) Part 1
In this first episode, the farmers find themselves in a new location, a new time period and with a new team member. There is a new farmhouse to modernise, strict new rules to abide by and air raid precautions to contend with. The team begin by reclaiming badlands to grow new crops. Peter works with a blacksmith to design a special 'mole plough' to help drain the waterlogged clay fields. Ruth and Alex get to grips with a troublesome wartime tractor - and must plough through the night to get the wheat crop sown in time. On top of farmers' herculean efforts to double food production, their detailed knowledge of the landscape also made them ideal recruits for one of the war's most secret organisations - the 'Auxiliary Units', a British resistance force trained to use guerrilla tactics against German invasion.



Technical Specs
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* Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
* Video Bitrate: 1519 kbps
* Video Resolution: 720 x 416
* Video Aspect Ratio: (16:9)
* Frames Per Second: 25
* Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3)
* Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s AC3 48000 Hz)
* Audio Streams: 2
* Audio Languages: English
* RunTime Per Part: 59.Mins
* Number Of Parts: 8
* Part Size: 700 MB
* Source: PDTV
* Encoded by Harry65



Links
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1) Further Information

http://www.wartimefarm.co.uk/the-farm-at-war/

2) Related Documentaries

http://docuwiki.net/?title=Edwardian%20Farm

http://docuwiki.net/?title=Victorian%20Farm

http://docuwiki.net/?title=The%201900%20House

http://docuwiki.net/?title=Tales%20From%20The%20Green%20Valley

http://docuwiki.net/?title=The%20Victorian%20Pharmacy

http://docuwiki.net/?title=Coal%20House

http://docuwiki.net/?title=Coal%20House%20at%20War