Summary:A tribute to American agriculture and the agricultural way of life, for the first half of the film purely as a way of life, in the second half as a vital if unspectacular contributor to the war to preserve democracy.
Description:Film opens with shots of agricultural activity on both large organisational (harvesting, crop spraying, sheep herding) and small personal (milking cows, feeding chickens) level; scenes of domestic life, country school, voting booth. Outbreak of war (Roosevelt in Congress) and war effort: agriculture provides the "sinews of war" - maize and wheat harvest, cotton picking and baling, cattle farming. Film closes with shots of food canning equipment and of (Lockheed) aircraft factory workers and soldiers eating.
Alternative Title:
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:CUS 211
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-1943
Production Country:American
Production Details:US Office of War Information (Production sponsor)
United Films (Production Company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (person)
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 11 mins
