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US harvest on TV

Post #1 by hair bear » Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:57 pm

Hi,
Back in the dim and distant past - I'm guessing mid to late 70's, there was a programme about the American wheat harvest. It may have been an episode of 'The World About Us' or 'Horizon' maybe.
Anyone else remember it?
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Post #2 by RichardJW~ » Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:52 am

hair bear wrote:Hi,
Back in the dim and distant past - I'm guessing mid to late 70's, there was a programme about the American wheat harvest. It may have been an episode of 'The World About Us' or 'Horizon' maybe.
Anyone else remember it?


yes, World About Us, Sunday night. Its out on dvd now.............

https://www.oldpond.com/acatalog/yellow_trail_from_texas.html

they also ran the one about Astran trucks going to the Middle East around the same time


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Post #3 by hair bear » Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:51 am

Thanks for that, I knew it was around the same time as 'Destination Doha' (Astrans), but just couldn't remember what it was called.
Off to Old Pond then... :)
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Post #4 by hair bear » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:31 am

Finally got it and currently watching the hell out of it. Just as good as I remember. No drama, fights or confrontations, no silly deadlines, created characters or over-exited presenters hogging the camera. Why can't they make programmes of this quality anymore?
Now waiting for Destination Doha!
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Re: US harvest on TV

Post #5 by RichardJW~ » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:06 pm

hair bear wrote:Now waiting for Destination Doha!


the Doha one is good, there's a good book that compliments it too called Long Haul Pioneers


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