An English country lane: a horse-drawn carriage, a pub, thatched cottages and a windmill. The tranquil images give way to the cars, motorbikes and buses of day-trippers.

But, says the narrator, the countryside they have come to see is a false one. The horse-drawn reaping, the farmers' wives feeding chickens and the white sheets hanging outside twee cottages represent the countryside of the past.

A modern hen house displays the regimented existence of its animals. Women tie lettuces, workers pick tulips in Lincolnshire and watercress farmers demonstrate the new irrigation methods. Improvements to the milking industry are outlined.

The day has ended in the countryside and after the various agricultural workers pack up, a train races towards the city. As morning dawns, Covent Garden market opens and city workers crowd the streets and bridges of London.

The narrator reminds us that urban life is underpinned by the produce of the countryside.