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1929 Interview With an 87-Year-Old Farmer

Folk Survival · Interview · 2 min · 2018 · YouTube title: Interview With An 87 Year Old Farmer (1929)
Why it's here

Used as an anecdote of an old person's views on technological change, such as the telegraph as a distraction.

What it covers

Short archival film footage of an 87-year-old farmer interviewed in 1929, born in 1842, talking about life and change.