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Clip #: TFA-392A
Length: 25:36
Year: 1936
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
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The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 short documentary film which shows what happened to the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled agricultural farming led to the Dust Bowl. It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz. The film was narrated by the American...
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Clip #: MF-14B-12
Length: :32
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Newsreel about a drought in Nebraska that has massively affected agricultural production and the attempts to generate various sources of irrigation.
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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
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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-426C
Length: 16:14
Year: 1944
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
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A 1944 British documentary showing farming in a rural part of Britain. Produced for the Ministry of Information.
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Clip #: SF-1A
Length: 12:56
Year: 1909
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
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A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted by Griffith and Frank E. Woods from a novel ...
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Clip #: TFA-430D
Length: 7:34
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A U.S. Department of Agriculture film about floods
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Clip #: TFA-315B
Length: 10:15
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Educational film detailing general history, agriculture and modern industry of the Southwestern region of the United States.
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Clip #: TFA-145D
Length: 10:34
Year: 1942
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
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Clip #: TFA-258B
Length: 4:11
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
1920's film about cattle being herded in Australia's Bogong High Plains.
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