The East Anglian Film Archive, the first and largest Regional Film Archive in England, was established in 1976. Since 1984, EAFA has been owned and operated by the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UEA), to support research and work to preserve our moving image heritage. More than 250 hours are freely available online as examples of the wide range of film which attracts interest the world over.
This film is part of Free
Pig Farming
First catch your wriggly pig! Pig rearing from birth to market, and the sale of pedigree pigs overseas. A classroom film by Hugh Brandon-Cox.
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Overview
Intelligent and obstinate, pigs cannot be herded, so nomadic people have never kept pigs. Providing shelter and grazing is just a small part of the pig farmer's responsibility. The pigs have to be handled frequently as piglets and when fully grown for injections, weighing, and for transport to auctions and shows. Filmed in Cambridgeshire, this classroom film shows all the various stages of the pig's useful life.
Hugh Brandon-Cox 1917 - 2004 was an artist, explorer and writer with a particular interest in the artic regions and in East Anglia where he eventually settled. As a child he became interested in natural history and taught himself Swedish, and during World War II served in the special forces in Scandinavia. Inspired by a Japanese wildlife film, 'The Island', he bought a 16mm cine camera and taught himself nature filming. He was commissioned to make educational films, including a year with the Arctic nomads following the reindeer and a study of wildlife in the Lofoten Islands.