| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
005715 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by The Orchard in 1940. |
| Summary |
This program presents three documentaries produced in the early 1940s by the USDA’s Rural Electrification Administration (REA). An ambitious collaboration between a government agency and a host of acclaimed entertainment professionals, the films feature the real-life Parkinson family and were made to encourage farmers to take out government loans to modernize their farms.. POWER AND THE LAND shows the Parkinsons laboring to run a dairy without benefit of electricity before obtaining an REA loan and then gladly giving up their manual water pump, kerosene lanterns, and horse-drawn plow. Along with BIP GOES TO TOWN and WORST OF FARM DISASTERS, the film now offers a close look at the domestic routines of a bygone era while capturing a time when many Americans, for a variety of reasons, were compelled to trade tradition for efficiency. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Agriculture
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Environmental sciences
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| Genre |
North American Studies |
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Ivens, Jores, filmmaker
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Orchard (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
2786578 Kanopy |
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