Caption:

A photograph of women operating a tobacco planting machine in the Soviet Union, taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News Ltd on 20 June 1937 and used by the Daily Herald newspaper. The text on the reverse of the print reads, "Tobacco planting machine sows 50 acres a day. 13 workers replace 120." This photograph has been selected from the Daily Herald Archive, a collection of over three million photographs. The archive holds work of international, national and local importance by both staff and agency photographers.