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The programme sets out how the Von Thunen land-use model was derived and how far this idealised land-use pattern fitted the actual agricultural land-use around early 19th-century London. The progra...mme then concentrates on one particular land-use zone, that of dairy farming, and traces the development of this zone, which primarily supplies the London market, further outwards from the city centre. It is the westward expansion which is featured most, moving to the present-day, when large areas of counties as far afield as Devon and Cornwall are now given over to producing milk and associated products for the London market. In tracing the development of the dairy belt westwards, the technological factors which have been important are considered; also the significance of policies carried out by the government-created Milk Marketing Board. Various stages in the production and processing of milk are filmed in Devon, at Hayes Barton Farm, Budleigh Salterton, and at the Honiton Creamery of Express Dairy Foods Ltd.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: D204, Fundamentals of human geography
Item code: D204; 09
First transmission date: 24-06-1977
Published: 1977
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Duration: 00:24:09
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Producer: Graham Turner
Contributors: John Blunden; Roy Down
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Dairy farming; Human geography; Land use
Footage description: Various shots of Roy Down, farmer, on his farm at Budleigh Salterton. John Blunden to camera. Roy Down on the farm. Milk collection, Express Dairies and storage silos. Blunden to camera. Graphics showing Von Thunen's land-use model and Hunter's description of London. Stills of dairy scenes, markets and horse-drawn transport. Blunden to camera. Stills of dairies, trains and maps of railway growth. Sequence from film 'A million pounds a day' showing railway milk tankers. The headquarters of the Milk Marketing Board and the control room. Map showing distribution of creameries in England and Wales. Cattle in fields and milking area. Churns being unloaded at creamery, checked, emptied and cleansed. The collection of milk by bulk tanker. The creamery's control centre. Graphics showing fluctuating milk flow and demand. Sequence from 'A million pounds a day' showing milk being bottled. Graphics showing amount and sources of supply of milk used for manufacturing. Various shots of road tankers. Cream being packed into cartons. Sequence from ' million pounds a day' showing butter production. Sequence from 'The magnificent nine' showing cheese production. The packaging of dried milk. Graphics showing the effects upon Britain's dairy imports after joining the EEC. John Blunden sums up the programme. Credits.
Master spool number: 6HT/72371
Production number: 00525_2324
Videofinder number: 9
Available to public: no