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Clip #: TFA-118D
Length: 19:44
Year: 1949
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A film about conservation of the earth made in 1949 by the Conservation Foundation and the New York Zoological Society.
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Clip #: TFA-63D
Length: 20:13
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
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Presents the viewpoint that America has often unwisely used its land and forest resources, that all people are dependent upon the land and must, therefore, be directly concerned with the problems of conservation. Documents the misues of these resources and the resulting problems. Visits a New...
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Clip #: TFA-65A
Length: 31:20
Year: 1937
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Shows the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Clip #: TFA-302E
Length: 10:34
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The agriculture of Northwestern Mexico, including a modern cotton gin and henequen processing factory.
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Clip #: TFA-339A
Length: 16:29
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A Union Pacific sponsored film about soil conservation
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Clip #: TFA-220C
Length: 19:41
Year: 1938
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A preview of educational films demonstrating the contributions motion pictures have made on education.
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Clip #: TFA-148A
Length: 16:20
Year: 1928
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
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Children and adults eating lunch outside sitting on cars. 1928 Ford pickup truck. Girl carries picnic basket for meal. Dog brings leather case in mouth. Girls wearing knitted hats sitting on running boards with plates and food on laps eating and drinking. Smile and laugh at camera. CU knife...
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Clip #: TFA-306A
Length: 25:17
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Documentary narrated in Hebrew about the formation of a farming community / kibbutz in the Palestinian desert near the Dead Sea.
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Clip #: TFA-151E
Length: 10:29
Year: 1950
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
LS of snow capped Mexican volcanos Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl and Pico de Orizaba. Two women dangle feet in resort pool while boy swims. LS volcano with palm tree in foreground
Men carrying lunch pails walk along mountain path. LS volcano peak backlit by sun. Mountain climbers with picks poke...
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Clip #: TFA-313B
Length: 29:57
Year: 1944
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Internationalist film exploring the economic and political importance of South America to the United States.
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