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Hands for the Harvest

Solutions to the problem of the acute farm labour shortages are discussed. Camps for high-school workers, the provision of available workers by towns during peak seasons, large-scale transfers of workers to critical areas, and new sources of labour such as the armed forces are suggested. New labour-saving machinery, and the possibility of the cooperative use of labour and machinery are also suggested.
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Solutions to the problem of the acute farm labour shortages are discussed. Camps for high-school workers, the provision of available workers by towns during peak seasons, large-scale transfers of workers to critical areas, and new sources of labour such as the armed forces are suggested. New labour-saving machinery, and the possibility of the cooperative use of labour and machinery are also suggested.

Agriculture War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films Work and Labour Relations All subjects
  • director
    Stanley Jackson
  • producer
    James Beveridge
  • camera
    Denis Gillson
  • narrator
    Frank Peddie
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