1930-1966AGRICULTURE
SURVEYS PROBLEMS OF US AGRICULTURE IN THE 1930s AND DISCUSSES REFORMS OF THE NEW DEAL. SHOWS HOW CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF FDR'S MANY PROGRAMS FROM THE AAA IN 1932 TO THE TVA ACT IN 1936 INCREASED FARMERS' INCOME, ENCOURAGED SOIL CONSERVATION, RESETTLED BANKRUPT FARM FAMILIES, ESTABLISHED WATER CONSERVATION & IRRIGATION FACILITIES, AND PROVIDED POWER FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION. NEWSREELS AND ARCHIVE FILM RECORDS ILLUSTRATES THE FILM. AGRICULTURE, POLITICS. PRESIDENTS. HISTORY
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MILL WHEELS TURNING. CORN SPILLING. FARMER PICKS UP HANDFUL OF CORN, RUNS IT THROUGH HIS HAND,
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PAN FARM AREA, MEN WITH SCYTHES. CRUDE FARM IMPLEMENTS, FARMERS IN FIELD WITH HAY. HORSE DRAWN HAY CART.
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1933, DEPRESSION ERA. FARMER PLOWS POOR SOIL HORSE DRAWN PLOW. CU MAN HAND ROLLING CIGARETTE. OLD FARMHOUSES. FALLING DOWN. SHACKS.
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WOMAN PEELING POTATOES. FARMWIFE
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CATTLE BEING LED ACROSS FIELDS & RIVER, PUT INTO PENS.
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SHARECROPPERS, COTTON PICKERS IN FIELD BENT OVER PICKING COTTON HARVESTING CROPS MONTAGE. LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO SHIP. GRAIN POURING. CATTLE. FRUIT.
BAGS OF GRAIN. ORANGES. MILK CONTAINERS. |
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BROKEN WINDOW. RIOTS. FARMERS RIOTING. POURING MILK OUT ALL OVER.
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LS FARM BUILDINGS. FARMER ON TRACTOR. COTTON HARVEST. MACHINERY
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N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE. NYSE.
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LOADING BALES OF COTTON. OVER ABUNDANCE OF COTTON FARM WIFE UNLOADS SACK OF COTTON ON PORCH. BABY SITS ON PORCH
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PIGS. SLABS OF MEAT.
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FOOD MARKETS. ANDREW'S MARKET. FRUITS.
VEGETABLES. MEAT MARKET. EARS OF CORN. CANNED FOODS. POTATO CRATE. ROADSIDE FOOD STAND. SIGNS. WOMAN STANDS IN FRONT OF FOOD MARKET. |
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HOUSES FOR SALE. CU FOR SALE SIGN ON BUILDING
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MAN WALKS ACROSS DESERTED MAIN STREET USA
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BROKEN SIDEWALKS.
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PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THEIR HOMES. GREAT DEPRESSION
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HENRY AGARD WALLACE WITH FARMERS
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FEET WALKING UP STONE STEPS.
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1930s OFFICE, MEN TYPING. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR PLUGGING IN LINES. BANK OF TYPISTS. GEORGE PEAK WOMAN'S HANDS AT TYPEWRITER.
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1930s PRINTING PRESS
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AAA AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT. FDR POLITICAL CARTOON.
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HUGE LOAD OF GRAIN SACKS. SURPLUS CROPS. AAA PLAN.
TRACTORS PLOWING. BURYING EXCESS CROPS. |
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MEN GETTING CHECKS. CU UNITED STATES TREASURY CHECK
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BARN FILLED WITH EARS OF CORN. CU SIGN "SEALED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE..."
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HOG FARM PIGS
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WILLIAM F. KNOX SPEECH. ANTI-NEW DEAL
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HOOVER. "STOP, LOOK & LISTEN" SPEECH.
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MONTAGE 1930s FARMERS.
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MEN VOTING. CU SLIPPING PAPER BALLOT IN BALLOT BOX.
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FARMERS ADMIRE NEW FARM MACHINES, HARVESTING CROPS. GRAIN, BASKETS OF TOMATOES. FARM BUREAU FRUIT PRODUCTS COMPANY,
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CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: SUPREME COURT KILLS AAA"
1936. |
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STANLEY MORSE. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT SPEAKS
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SENATOR JOHN H. BANKHEAD SPEAKS ON THE AAA
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FATHER CHARLES COUGHLIN SPEAKS ON AAA.
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FDR SITS IN CAR, PHOTO OP
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HAYSTACKS. FARMERS CIRCA 1936. CORN FIELDS.
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SKELETON OF ANIMAL. CARCASS. SICK DOG. NO WATER FROM PUMP. LAMB & SHEEP. DROUGHT. RUINED CROPS.
DUST STORM. DEAD LAMB. DESPERATE COW. LOOKING FOR WATER. |
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DUST BOWL. DROUGHT. TOPSOIL BLOWING AWAY. FARMERS MOVING CATTLE. FARMER PULLS STUBBORN COW
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MOTHER PLACES TOWEL OVER GIRL'S MOUTH. SICK GIRL.
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FARMER SPEAKS ABOUT HAVING TO MOVE DUE TO DROUGHT
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FARM FAMILY LOADING BELONGINGS ONTO TRUCK. FARM FAMILIES MOVING. MAN PULLING COW ALONG.
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CONVOY OF FAMILIES MOVING IN TRUCKS DOWN RURAL ROAD
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GOVERNMENT LAND SURVEYORS SURVEY LAND. .
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US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHAFTER MIGRATORY LABOR CAMP. PEOPLE WALKING TOWARDS TENT CITY.
DROUGHT STRICKEN FAMILIES. FDR IN CAR TALKS TO FAMILIES, DOCTORS EXAMINE CHILDREN. BABIES. PEOPLE WASH THEIR HANDS. MOTHER WASHES CHILD IN TUB. |
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FARM FAMILIES MOVE INTO NEW HOMES.
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MONTAGE WORKERS DIGGING. CCC. WORKERS OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. SOIL EROSION MANAGEMENT
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RICH, PROSPEROUS FIELDS. PINE TREE FOREST.
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MASSIVE HERDS OF CATTLE & SHEEP.
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LINEMEN CLIMBING POLE.
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HAPPY FARM FAMILY IN KITCHEN. ELECTRIC LIGHT TURNED. FARM WIFE PUTTING AWAY KEROSENE LAMP PROSPEROUS TIMES
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ARCHITECTURE. DRAWING UP BLUEPRINTS. HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER.
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CU MAP OF SOUTHERN STATES TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN.
MAP OF TENNESSEE VALLEY. |
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FARMER WALKS THROUGH POOR CORN FIELDS
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CU POOR FARMERS FACES. POOR FARMERS. POOR MOTHER WITH BABY
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FDR AND OTHERS IN CAR.
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SENATOR GEORGE NORRIS OF NEBRASKA LOOKING AT BLUEPRINTS.
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HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
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FDR IN CAR SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE
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PEOPLE LISTEN TO LECTURE ON RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT. CU MAN WITH NO TEETH SUNKEN CHEEKS.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
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SENATOR GEORGE NORRIS SPEAKING TO CONGRESS. TVA
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TVA OFFICE, MEN ON PHONES. MAKING PHONE CALLS MAN IN INDOOR PUBLIC PAY PHONE BOOTH
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PHOTOGRAPHER'S BULBS GOING OFF. PRESS
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WENDELL WILKIE SPEAKS TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
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EXPLOSIONS OF LAND. BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION.
BLOWING UP BRIDGE. JACKHAMMER. HUGE CRANES |
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CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE WITH WOOD BURNING STOVE. FARM CHILDREN
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FARMERS TILLING & PLOWING. HARVESTING CORN. PAN WHEAT FIELDS. CU TOW-HEAD FARM BOY.
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DAM. FDR ARRIVES, HUGE CROWD WELCOME HIM. TVA
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FIRST TVA CHAIRMAN DAVID LILIENTHAL SPEAKS
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TVA DAM, WORKER PULLS LEVER, WATER FLOWING.
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WORKERS IRRIGATING FIELDS.
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FDR IN CAR GREETING PEOPLE
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WHEAT BLOWING IN THE WIND. FARMERS HARVESTING, VAST FIELDS.
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