United States. Department of Agriculture

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Color - Silent - 16 mm - 00:03:00

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Color - Silent - 16 mm - 00:01:30

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:27:30 By showing examples of research work underway in the Department's Agricultural Research Service, this film is designed to interest college science students in a career in agricultural research. Shows the challenges offered in the research fields of farm economics, entomology, animal husbandry, animal disease and parasites, agricultural engineering, soil and water, and crops, and reveals the constant and continual probing and studying that are necessary...

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:10:10 A Bureau of Public Roads Subject. Shows all tasks and equipment associated with the preparation and pavement of a brick highway.

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:17:06 Site preparation, On-the-job-training, working with concrete, form building, heavy equipment, rigging, worker safety.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:45 Introduces the methods and techniques of a presumptive herd test for brucellosis. The B.R.T. is applied to milk samples from dairy herds as a screen procedure to locate herds containing infected animals. The infected herds, once located, are officially blood tested to locate and identify the individual animals. Supplements information in "The Triple Threat of Brucellosis"

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:15:30 An excellent training tool for retailers or merchandising groups, the film presents a study of sales results obtained for different types of store displays of canned foods. Conclusion: There is a best way of displaying merchandise in terms of sales and upkeep.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:14:00 The provocative story of a magazine writer covering a major forest fire in the South. His angle…to make his public understand just how important their forests are. Many dramatic fire and fire-fighting scenes. A highly effective film produced with the cooperation of the Southern States forestry departments. AWARD: American Association of Agricultural College Editors Blue Ribbon, 1963

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:04:21 2 copies in one container P-11141-1

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:00 Footage of the United States agricultural presence at the 1961 Cairo International Agricultural Exposition including topics: livestock, poultry and grain production, farm machinery, domestic machinery / appliances, American foods