- Title: F-A3905
- Summary: BEEF RINGS THE BELL: PORTRAYS THE PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND MARKETING OF WESTERN BEEF. ILLUSTRATES AND EXPLAINS BEEF CUTS AND HOW THEY ARE PREPARED FOR RETAIL SALES. STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREAT AMERICAN FREE ENTERPRISE INDUSTRY. DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CONSUMERS WITH A UNIFORM SUPPLY OF THE FINEST QUALITY BEEF AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD. CATTLE GRAZE IN FIELD. BEEF FARMING. CATTLE STREAM SIDE. CALF DRINKS FROM UDDER. RED AND WHITE, BLACK CATTLE. COWS IN WINTER LANDSCAPE. FARMER THROWS DOWN BALES OF HAY. CATTLE GRAZING. HERD. BULL. MALE CATTLE. FARMS AND RANCHES. COWBOYS HERD CATTLE ALONG COMING BACK FROM FIELD. "SPRAYING" ANIMALS. BRANDING IRON. SQUEEZE CHUTE. GETTING WASHED AND CLEAN. WET COW COMES OUT OF METAL BOX. AUTUMN LEAVES. BOVINE. ASPEN TREES. CALVES. GROWTH DURING SUMMER. MOUNTAINS IN B/G. MIDWEST. ONE BIG DUSTY ROUND-UP. HOLDING PASTURE, DAWN ON FIELD. HERD LED OUT IN EARLY DAWN. MIGRATING CATTLE. CATTLE DRIVE. RAILROAD STOCK YARDS. IN CORRAL. IN PENS AND LOADING CHUTES INTO RAILROAD STOCK CARS. GREAT PLAINS. LOADING CATTLE DURING SNOWSTORM. STEER. BOXCAR TRAIN GOES PAST. UNION PACIFIC. LIVESTOCK TRAINS PASS ON TRACKS. CATTLE SOLD AT AUCTION. AUCTIONEER AUDIO. AUCTION FLOOR. CU AUCTIONEER AT MICROPHONE. FARMERS BID. FEEDING PENS AERIAL. FEED LOT OPERATORS. CATTLE FEEDING LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE FACTORY GROUNDS, SUBURBIA. MILL. SHINY METAL TANKS. SCIENTISTS IN LAB. TESTING FEED CATTLE. LATEST DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE. FEED MIXED BY HUGE SPINNING MACHINES. TROUGH FEEDING. SILOS. GRAINS. MODERN FARMING MACHINERY. PUSHING BUTTON. AUTOMATIC FEEDING. PROCESSING PLANTS. BEEF CARCASSES HANG IN FREEZER IN PACKING PLANT. BEING INSPECTED AND STAMPED. USDA. WHEEL STAMPER. PACKING INDUSTRY. QUALITY MEAT PACKING. REFRIGERATION. MEAT HANGS ON HOOKS. LOADING SIDES OF BEEF INTO TRUCK. BUTCHER IN FREEZER CUTS MEAT. HUGE KNIFE. SIRLOIN TIP. FLANK. HUNKS OF MEAT. CHOICE CUTS OF MEAT. SOUND BYTE, "GASTRONOMIC MIRACLES", "LESS GLAMOROUS MEAT". LOIN. MEAT HOOK. SAWING MEAT. RIBS. SHANK. TABLE SAW CUTS RIBS. CUTS OFF FAT. STEAKS. LIVESTOCK.
- Description:01:01:38 - COW GRAZING BY MOVING RIVER 01:01:45 - YOUNG COW SITS IN DIRT, NURSES 01:02:00 - TWO BLACK STEER GRAZE 01:02:04 - LS OF COWS WITH SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN DISTANCE 01:02:11 - WAGON MOVES SLOWLY IN THE SNOW, MAN DROPS OFF BALES OF HAY, COWS FOLLOW 01:02:40 - COWS GRAZING IN THE SPRING 01:03:09 - MS OF BULL, BULL IN FIELD 01:03:28 - COWBOYS HERDING CATTLE DOWN ROAD AND THROUGH GATES 01:04:01 - CATTLE IN STOCK YARD 01:04:11 - CATTLE GETTING SPRAYED FOR INSECTS WITH MOBILE SPRAYING UNIT 01:04:24 - CATTLE GETTING DIPPED FOR INSECTS, CATTLE GETTING INOCULATED 01:04:39 - CATTLE BRANDS IN FIRE, CATTLE BRANDED IN SQUEEZE CHUTE 01:04:53 - COWBOYS HERDING YOUNG CATTLE 01:05:05 - FALL SEASON WITH ASPEN TREES, LS OF COWBOYS WITH CATTLE IN FIELDS 01:05:32 - DUSK OR DAWN, CATTLE BEING HERDED IN ONE DIRECTION 01:06:00 - PAN OF DUSTY FIELDS WITH CATTLE DRIVE 01:06:19 - CATTLE MOVING THROUGH GATE 01:06:50 - CATTLE IN PASTURE 01:07:07 - SUNRISE, PAN OF CATTLE ON THE MOVE 01:07:44 - COWBOYS LEADING HERD, MIGRATING CATTLE 01:08:46 - CATTLE ENTERING RAILROAD STOCKYARD, MOVING INTO PENS AND WAITING STOCKCARS 01:09:23 - CATTLE WALKING UP RAMPS TO RAILROAD CARS 01:09:32 - COWBOY IN WINTER, SNOW FALLING 01:09:39 - CATTLE ENTERING RR CARS 01:09:53 - CATTLE CARS MOVING, UNION PACIFIC TRAINS 01:10:12 - CATTLE LEAVING TRAINS AND PENNED 01:10:36 - CATTLE ENTER AUCTION FLOOR, CATTLE AUCTION, CU OF AUCTIONEERS 01:12:01 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF CATTLE FEEDING COMPLEXES 01:12:44 - SHINNY METAL SILOS FOR CATTLE FEED, 01:12:52 - SCIENTISTS IN LAB, TEST TUBES, PIPETTES AND SCALES 01:13:29 - LARGE EQUIPMENT USED IN FEEDING CATTLE, CHURNING MACHINES AND TRUCKS DELIVERING FEED TO TROUGHS 01:14:04 - CU OF COWS EATING AT TROUGHS 01:14:10 - COMMERCIAL FARM WITH GIANT STEEL SILOS 01:14:16 - AUTOMATED FEEDING MACHINES, PUSH BUTTON FEEDING, AUGER SYSTEM, COWS EATING 01:14:44 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS 01:14:54 - INTERIOR OF MEAT STORAGE, CARCASSES HANGING ON HOOKS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INSPECTING AND STAMPING 01:15:01 - CU OF SIDE OF BEEF WITH STAMP 01:15:06 - GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL STAMPING BEEF, USDA, USING ROLLING STAMP DEVICE 01:15:48 - MEN WITH HARDHATS AND WHITE COATS WHEELING SIDES OF BEEF ONTO REFRIGERATED TRUCKS 01:17:15 - RETAILER INDICATING THE CUTS OF BEEF, CUTTING UP SIDE OF BEEF, CARVING WITH LARGE KNIFE, HOOKS AND HAND SAW. BUTCHER, TYPES OF BEEF AND THEIR USES 01:19:46 - BUTCHER USES TABLE SAW TO CUT THROUGH RIB SECTION AND SLICE UP THICK SECTIONS OF BEEF, TRIMS OFF FAT 01:21:26 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A3905