Midnight Documentary: 1976 Texas to Canada - 2000 Miles of Harvest | World About Us | Classic Documentary

 

Dale Starks' harvest crew begin their summer wheat trail from Texas in May. By the time it is finished, five months later, the combine harvesters - hundreds of them - will have chewed their way north for nearly 2,000 miles to the Canadian prairies. 'It's 18 hours a day and the only way we know it's Sunday is if one of the crew takes an hour or two out for church.' Starks started 27 years ago with a bank loan and one small second-hand combine. Today, he and his wife own nine of the ten-ton machines. In an hour, each combine can cut enough wheat to keep the average British family in bread for 40 years. Directed and narrated by Tim Slessor.