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The Streamlined Pig

6,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1951 DA 10 min

Overview

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at methods of pig breeding in Denmark.

Release date

01/01/1951

Votes

1

Popularity

0.7

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Den Strømlinjede Gris

Language

DA

Runtime

10 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-01-05

⭐ 6

Did you know that (in 1951) almost a quarter of Danes work in agriculture and that there are almost as many pigs as there are people? This is thanks largely to their American cousins who, under the Marshall plan, have been sending enough pig fodder to fuel the ever expanding porcine population. Using science and sensible farming, the pigs are bred, fed and then turned into bacon for exporting and using a mix of rudimentary animation and some oinking archive, we are shown some of the techniques used to bring these squealing creatures into the world before rearing them for agriculture on skimmed…

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