United States. Department of Agriculture

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Illustrates the work of the Wind Erosion Laboratory in Manhattan, Kansas. Wind tunnel experiments. Slow motion film sequence of wind erosion damage to wheat and sorghum. Portable wind tunnel field trials.

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:19:00 This film depicts the beginning of aerial crop dusting. Compares mule team drawn dusters with that of dusting by airplane. (Film contains inappropriate racial content which should be only viewed in its historical context). 2 reels

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:00:30 Forest Service PSA - Acquiring / cutting your own firewood

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:24:00 The VIII Winter Olympic Games were held at Squaw Valley, Calif., on the Tahoe National Forest in 1960. The Forest Service cooperated before and during the games in avalanche prevention and control work. Shows good coverage of the games, and catches the excitement of the competition. Narrated by Lowell Thomas. AWARDS: American Film Festival, 1962; San Francisco International Film Festival, 1961; Columbus Film Festival, 1963; Venice International Exhibition of...

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:06:15 Wood a remarkable resource, forest conservation, timber transportation, military uses of wood, dangers of fire, fire safety and prevention

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:09:30 The need to maintain the wood supply to support the war effort. Pointers for Farmers, labor shortage, Forest Products Cooperatives

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:25:00 Workshops train participants in the uses of multimedia approaches to disseminate USDA information - including posters, publications, slide shows, and models (including construction of a Smokey Bear costume headpiece)

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:00 A Rural Electrification Administration film. A posterlike warning of the havoc by fire on the farm with a summary of how electricity, properly used, can help to prevent farm fires.

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:20:00 Extension Service film demonstrates how a proper parenting is a part of achieving a happy family life. Parent education, training of children, home demonstration agents. Structure, discipline, play, self-sufficiency, budgeting.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:00:30 An animated PSA engouraging children to participate in the school lunch program P-11950