Frost Fan (1949)

Agricultural Frost Fan, Royston, Hertfordshire. C/U Blossom on trees. Various shots of a large fan on tripod revolving over the trees. The commentator says the fan works by sucking warm air from out of the sky so as to prevent late frosts damaging the trees in the orchard. Several more shots of the new invention. M/Ss of man making notes from dial readings. More shots of fan. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.