United States. Department of Agriculture

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:14:30 Inservice fire-control training film. Show advantages of mechanized fireline building equipment. Demonstrates the types of plows developed and modern transports available to get plows on the line quickly.

B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:20 USDA Southern Utilization Reseach and Development Laboratory develops flame retardant paint using tung oil. Testing, storage, weather resistance

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Presents in an entertaining and appetizing way the often overlooked but important fact that all the food we eat, with the possible exception of seafood, comes directly or indirectly from productive soil, and nowhere else. An excellent introduction for those who want to get easily and quickly, the highlights of soil conservation in the United States. Recommended audience: Businessmen's groups in farming communities, clubs, schools, churches.

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 AMS, Due to inadequate urban planning for change and growth, food market distribution areas are hindered by traffic congestion and aging buildings and infrastructure. Newer food distribution centers provide larger railroad accessible markets. Improved facilities provide greater efficiency and reduce food spoilage

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:07:00 4 different short spots, multiple copies of each repeated on one reel. Farmer Brown introduces puppets who sing songs to promote eating a variety of foods to obtain proper nutrition. "Food News For Kids With Gussie Goose", "Food News For Kids With Molly Moo", "Food News For Kids With Harry Hound", "Food News For Kids With Fred Horse"

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:13:30 A trip around the world for a colorful, lively look at American agricultural products on the move. You'll see how and why our farm products are finding large markets and making big news in the competitive world of the 1960's.

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:10:45 Features the 1¼-acre "Beaver National Forest" exposition at Ghost Ranch Museum in New Mexico. Tells the story of multiple use through small-scale models of animals, people, and fire tower, with real trees, grass, and water. Living animals and birds on exhibit at the museum are also shown. Ideal for school children.

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:06:00 Two edits of three different Forest Service related activities for a total of 6 vignettes: Forest Service tree nursery /reforestation; Aerial logging techniques / protective management; Peregrine falcon recovery team.

- Sound - 16 mm - 00:06:45 Tells the story of the floods that occurred in the Southwest in the spring of 1957. Shows the land treatment and flood-water-retarding dams operate to prevent flood damages within a watershed. Scenes taken at the height of the 1957 floods in Texas and Oklahoma. Although one section of the country is portrayed, the film is useful in explaining some of the principles and functions of the watershed protection throughout the United States.

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:17:00 USDA SEA Agricultural Research, Southern Region, Plant genetics and pathology, phytogenetics, coastal bermudagrass, pearl millet, tifton 44, Glen Burton - Plant geneticist