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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-27R
Length: :37
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
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The importance of reforestation to America's lumber supply
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Clip #: TFA-118D
Length: 19:44
Year: 1949
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
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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 #: 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-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-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-390B
Length: 18:46
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A promotional film about the paper manufacturing industry in Canada and the United States South.
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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-430D
Length: 7:34
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A U.S. Department of Agriculture film about floods
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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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