- Title: F-4915
- Summary: FROM GOOD EARTH TO GOOD TABLES:
- Description:04:40:10 - SCENES OF NATURE AND FARMING. HUGE WATERFALL. GEYSER. VALLEYS. REDWOOD FOREST. ORCHARD. CROPS. CORN. HAYSTACKS. FIELD. AGRICULTURE. MIDWEST. NEW ENGLAND. TREES CHANGING COLOR. RURAL LANDSCAPES 04:41:26 - CU TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGES FROM RED TO GREEN. CROWDED BUSY CITY STREET. TRAFFIC COP. 1947 . PEOPLE'S FEET. 04:41:34 - VEGETABLE GARDEN 04:41:41 - CU GROWING CHART. CHARTS GROWING DECLINE 04:41:44 - FARMER AND YOUNG SON TILL SOIL IN VEGETABLE GARDEN 04:41:48 - APRON CLAD HOUSEWIFE ENTERS KITCHEN LOOKS AT CUCKOO CLOCK CU CLOCK. BUSIER NOW, LESS TIME TO COOK. THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE OPENS CABINET. FILLED WITH CANNED VEGETABLES. GREEN GIANT CORN NIBLETS AND PEAS. 04:42:05 - OPENS CAN WITH CRANK CAN OPENER. PREPARES FOOD ON STOVE. DRAINS CAN INTO POT 04:42:21 - WS LUSH FARM FIELDS. AMERICA'S RICH FARMLAND 04:42:28 - HORSE TEAM PULLS HARVESTER. PRIMITIVE FARMING IMPLEMENTS. RECREATION OF PIONEER LIFE. SETTLERS 04:42:37 - LEGENDARY HEROS PORTRAYED AS GIANTS. PAUL BUNYAN. HYAWATHA. THE GREEN GIANT. 04:43:01 - HISTORY OF VEGETABLE. PEA. THROUGH DRAWINGS 04:43:37 - CU OF PEA FLOWERS BEING RUBBED TOGETHER TO HELP FERTILIZATION. 04:44:01 - CU BEES ON FLOWERS. POLLINATION. LARGE PEA PLANT. CROSS POLLINATION. 04:44:15 - MEN WORK IN EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN. CU HAND TAKING LARGE PEAS OUT OF POD. SCIENTIFIC TEST. 04:44:56 - TRUCK WITH SACKS IN BACK. 04:45:01 - SCIENTIFIC TESTING. SEEDS WRAPPED IN WET PAPER TOWELS. GERMINATION OF SEEDLINGS IN LAB. 04:45:30 - MONTAGE LUSH LAND. NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS OF AMERICA. FARMS. AGRICULTURE. PLOWING THE GROUND. BLACK SOIL. TRACTOR. 04:46:37 - CROP CONTROL SPECIALISTS. MEN CARRY SACKS OF SEEDS. HANDS IN SEEDS. LOTS OF SEEDS POURED INTO HOPPER. PLANTING MACHINE. 04:47:42 - MAN THROWS YARD STICK INTO FIELD. COUNTS PLANTS AND HEIGHT. 04:48:06 - WRITING ON HEAT-UNIT CHARTS. WALL CHART. RECORDS KEPT. GRAPHS. PAPER WORK. 04:48:30 - FARMER CHECKS CROPS PAN FROM PEA CROP TO CORN CROP IN NEXT FIELD. MAIZE. TRACTOR WITH UMBELLA INDIAN CORN. FARMER CHECKING CORN CROPS. 04:48:58 - HISTORY OF CORN THRU DRAWINGS 04:49:15 - FARMER CHECKS CORN PLANTS 04:49:20 - ANIMATED CORN KERNEL. 04:49:43 - MEN CHECK CORN COBS. 04:49:58 - ANIMATION OF CORN POLLINATION. CORN PLANTS ARE BISEXUAL. POLLEN FALLS 04:51:03 - CU CORN SILK. EAR OF CORN. 04:51:09 - SCIENTIFIC POLLINATION, PUTTING PAPER BAGS OVER THE MALE PART OF CORN STALK. PREVENTS CROSS POLLINATION. INBRED CORN. 04:51:53 - HYBRID EARS OF CORN 04:51:58 - ANIMATED SMILING CORN COBS. 04:52:10 - PULLING PLANT OUT OF SOIL. ROOTS. 04:52:32 - FIELD WORKERS ANALYZING SOIL. CHEMICAL TESTS. SOIL SAMPLE. 04:53:00 - PLANT FOOD ADDED TO THE SEED, DISTRIBUTED WITH THE SEED. PLANTING MACHINE. OUTRIGGER DEVICE. CULTIVATING MACHINE. 04:53:55 - HARVESTING PEAS. PUTTING SAMPLES INTO SACK. HEAT UNIT CHARTS SHOW MATURITY. GATHERING SAMPLES, TESTING IN LABORATORY MEASURING TENDERNESS OF PEAS. TENDEROMETER TEST. REGISTERS DEGREE OF TENDERNESS 04:54:40 - HARVESTERS IN A ROW, 04:54:51 - VINERS, HUGE MACHINES THAT REMOVE PEAS FROM PODS AND VINES. 04:55:03 - PREGRADE SAMPLE CHECKED FOR DEGREE OF TENDERNESS CANNERY. SQUISHED PEAS. BIG MACHINES PICK PEAS. MOBILE CONVEYOR BELT. TRUCK FILLED WITH VINES. 04:55:54 - SHELLED PEAS FLOWING OUT INTO WAITING HOPPER. HOPPER ROLLED TO TRUCK, 04:56:13 - TRUCKS DRIVE DOWN COUNTRY ROADS. 04:56:30 - HOPPERS UNLOADED, SAMPLES TESTED ON TENDEROMETER. 04:56:46 - PEAS FED FROM HOPPER TO PEA ELEVATOR. 04:56:57 - ANIMATION OF PEAS JOURNEY IN THE CANNERY. ANIMATED EYEBALLS. 04:57:47 - CANS WASHED AND FILLED WITH PEAS AND COVERED, STAMPED WITH CODE MARK 04:58:20 - WORKERS STACK CANS. 04:58:27 - ANIMATION SHOWS BASKETS OF CANS SENT FOR STERILIZATION & RE-COOKING. 04:58:49 - WOMAN PIERCES CAN TO CHECK TEMPERATURE. 04:59:00 - CANS PASS THROUGH LABELING MACHINE 04:59:07 - CANS PACKED INTO CARDBOARD CARTONS. ROLLERS. 04:59:20 - ROLLED OUT TO WAITING BOXCARS 04:59:35 - CORN CROP. FARMER SQUEEZES CORN KERNELS. "SQUEEZE HER & SEE IF SHE SQUIRTS" CORN SQUIRTS IN FARMER'S FACE 04:59:52 - SCIENTIFIC TESTING OF SWEET CORN. BEAM OF LIGHT SHINES THROUGH PRISM IN REFRACTOMETER. 05:00:18 - TRUCK LOAD OF WORKERS, PICKERS. THROWING CORN INTO TRUCK. MIGRANT WORKERS. 05:00:46 - ANIMATION SHOWS CORN COBS JOURNEY THROUGH CANNERY. ANIMATED EYES 05:01:13 - CU KERNELS BEING SHAVED OFF COB BY MACHINE. FED TO CUTTERS. CIRCULAR KNIFE ASSEMBLIES. 05:01:37 - ANIMATION THROUGH FLOTATION WASHER THRU SHAKER SCREENS. ANIMATED EYES. EYEBALLS POP OUT, TWEEZERS FIND AND PICK UP BAD CORN KERNEL 05:02:01 - CORN BEING CANNED. VACUUM SEALED 05:02:32 - ANIMATION, CORN BEING STERILIZED AND COOKED. 05:02:48 - CANS BOXED, CONVEYOR TO FREIGHT CAR 05:02:56 - 1940s HOUSEWIVES OPENING KITCHEN CABINETS FILLED WITH CANNED GOODS. 05:03:06 - HOUSEWIFE SHOPPING IN SUPERMARKET. CANNED VEGETABLES AISLE, MAKES SELECTION. GREEN GIANT BRAND 05:03:22 - CU OPENING CAN. CAN OPENER CIRCA 1947 05:03:34 - WOMAN POURS THE LIQUID INTO SAUCEPAN, DRAINING. WATER BOILING. PEAS AND BUTTER BEING COOKED. 05:03:55 - PLATTER OF PEAS. ADDS MORE BUTTER 05:04:03 - POUR CORN NIBLETS INTO PAN, ADD BUTTER, STIR 05:04:24 - CU CORN AND PEAS IN PLATTER, PRETTY COLOR PRESENTATION GREEN AND YELLOW 05:04:33 - CU TABLE SETTING OF MEAT AND VEGETABLES. STUFFED TOMATOES. CASSEROLE. ASPARAGUS. 05:04:53 - CU OPEN CANS OF GREEN GIANT PEAS AND CORN NIBLETS 05:05:02 - CU PEA FLOWERS RUBBED TOGETHER FERTILIZATION 05:05:06 - FARMER ON TRACTOR, TRUCK ON COUNTRY ROAD 05:05:10 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-4915