United States. Department of Agriculture

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Color - Silent - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Quality methods used at a meat processing plant are shown

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:00 A School Film: Historical comparison of processing, varietal crosses, refining processes, products

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:00:30 A 30 second PSA on canning safety P-12627-3

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:17:00 Records an annual visit to Washington, D.C. by members of the 4-H Club. Features tours of monuments and federal buildings.

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:14:30 A Forest Service Officer tracks down a person who carelessly starts a brush fire which destroys homes, livestock, and livelihoods.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:30 Faster weight gain and improved meat quality results are achieved when cement kiln dust, a byproduct of portland cement production, is added to cattle feed. Research conducted at Beltsville. P-B78-3-11

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Color - Silent - 16 mm - 00:00:45 Depicts parasitism by specimens in a laboratory setting

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:23:30 Tell the dramatic story of the role of chemists in the creation of new products for industry from agricultural commodities and show, through a series of research projects, the type of challenging research conducted by USDA in this field. The projects depicted in the film range from the development of the lifesaving pharmaceuticals from corn to a workable technique for removing dangerous radionuclides from milk on a commercial scale. The film, of general...

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:45 What makes one Chrysanthemum tall? The other short? This film tells the amazing story of experiments with plant growth regulators, with which man can predetermine the size of ornamentals.

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B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:25 Tells of new chemical discoveries for possible eradication, by prevention of reproduction, of houseflies, mosquitoes and other insects.