- Title: VM-242
- Summary: THE POWER & THE LAND: DAY IN THE LIFE OF U.S. FARMER WILLIAM PARKINSON ON THE COMING OF ELECTRICITY TO RURAL DISTRICTS. BELMONT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
- Description:00:14:38 - MONTAGE FARMER PARKINSON FEEDS COWS. HOLDING KEROSENE LANTERN IN BARN AT DAWN 00:15:03 - CU FARMER MILKS COW UNDER LANTERN LIGHT 00:15:14 - MRS. PARKINGSON PUMPS WATER FOR KITCHEN FROM OUTSIDE WELL 00:15:47 - CU FARMER'S WIFE LIGHTS POTBELLY STOVE 00:15:58 - YOUNG BOY CARRIES ARMLOAD OF FIREWOOD TO MOTHER 00:16:10 - SMOKING CHIMNEY 00:16:27 - SUN RISES OVER HORIZON & LIGHTS UP FARMLAND 00:16:48 - FARMER BLOWS OUT LANTERN IN BARN 00:16:57 - CU HANDS ON COW'S UDDER SQUIRTS MILK INTO PAIL 00:17:37 - CU YOUNG FARMER PUMPS WATER BY HAND 00:17:57 - YOUNG FARM BOY WALKS COWS TO FIELD 00:18:35 - PAN FARMLAND 00:19:30 - YOUNG FARM BOY EXITS TOILET SHED OUTHOUSE 00:19:43 - FARMERS LOADS CANS OF MILK ON TRUCK FOR SHIPMENT TO DAIRY 00:19:53 - TWO CANS OF MILK ARE UNLOADED. REJECTED FOR IMPROPER COOLING 00:20:23 - CU FARMER SMELLS REJECTED MILK 00:20:51 - CU SOUR MILK IS FED TO PIGS 00:21:11 - MONTAGE FARMER SAWS & CHOPS FIREWOOD 00:22:11 - FARMER & SON HARNESS WAGON TO HORSES 00:23:09 - FARMER'S WIFE & DAUGHTER TAKE PAIL OF WATER FROM LARGE POT ON FIREPLACE 00:23:09 - WIFE POURS HOT WATER INTO LARGE BUCKETS FOR WASHING CLOTHES 00:23:36 - DAUGHTER CLEANS & FILLS LANTERNS WITH KEROSENE 00:23:40 - CU WIFE WASHES CLOTHING ON SCRUB BOARD 00:24:56 - FARMERS PITCH HAY ONTO WAGON 00:25:20 - CU FARMER DRINKS FROM BOTTLE OF WATER 00:25:35 - COWS GRAZING & CHEWING 00:25:45 - FARMER CUTS CORN STALKS BY HAND 00:26:07 - FARMER CUTS TALL SUNFLOWER FOR FARM BOY 00:26:32 - BOY CARRIES TALL SUNFLOWER THRU TALL WHEATFIELD 00:26:32 - SUNFLOWER APPEARS TO MOVE ALONG WHEATFIELD BY ITSELF 00:26:57 - CU FARMER REMOVES STRAW HAT & WIPES BROW IN HEAT 00:27:32 - FARMER & SON ROLL THRU FIELD ON WAGON LADEN WITH HAY 00:27:46 - HAY WAGON WITH FARMERS PASS BY WIFE HANGING CLOTHING 00:28:36 - WIFE PRESSES CLOTHING ON WITH HOT IRON 00:28:48 - CU COLD IRON IS PLACED ON STOVE & REPLACED WITH HOT ONE. MANUAL LABOR HOUSE CHORES 00:28:53 - SUN DOWN ON THE FARM 00:29:01 - CU WIFE LIGHTS OIL LANTERN ON KITCHEN TABLE 00:29:23 - CU STOKES KITCHEN STOVE 00:29:30 - FARM FAMILY SIT DOWN TO DINNER & PASSES AROUND FOOD 00:31:25 - CU FARM KIDS DO HOMEWORK BY OIL LIGHT 00:31:46 - CU WIFE SEWS CLOSE TO OIL LANTERN 00:32:00 - CU FARMER SHARPENS TOOLS ON FOOT PEDAL-OPERATED STONE WHEEL BY THE OIL LANTERN 00:32:55 - FARMERS CUT CORN STALKS WITH BOLO KNIVES 00:33:11 - YOUNG BOY ENTERS CORNFIELD WITH WATER FOR FARMERS 00:34:00 - MONTAGE FARMERS CUT STALKS & PILE IT UP ON WAGONS 00:34:54 - FARMERS GATHER IN FIELD FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT ELECTRICITY 00:35:12 - CU FARMER ROLLS CIGARETTE 00:35:58 - FARMERS GATHER IN SCHOOLHOUSE FOR MEETING 00:36:30 - CU TWO FARMERS IN CLOSE DISCUSSION 00:37:19 - CU MAP OF U.S. WITH DATES SHOWING TIME PASSING: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 AS NARRATOR TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE OF POWER LINES 00:38:52 - MONTAGE ELECTRICAL POWER TOWERS & POLES WITH WIRES PASS THRU FARM LANDS 00:39:28 - POWER POLE IS LIFTED ON FARM BY WORKERS 00:39:36 - WORKER CLIMBS POLE 00:39:51 - CU WORKER AT TOP OF POLE WITH TOOLS 00:40:00 - MONTAGE TRANSFORMER IS HOISTED TO WORKERS AT TOP OF POLE 00:40:38 - MONTAGE WIRES GO FROM MAIN POLE TO FARM HOUSE 00:40:55 - MONTAGE FARMERS COME HOME TO ELECTRIFIED FARM HOUSE 00:41:11 - WIFE PULLS ON COW BELL TO SUMMON FARMERS HOME 00:41:19 - FARMER ON VINTAGE FARM TRACTOR RIDES HOME 00:41:27 - WORKER DEMONSTRATES ELECTRIC STOVE TO FARM WIFE 00:41:38 - FARMER ENTERS KITCHEN AND PUTS HAT ON OLD OIL LANTERN 00:41:48 - WIFE STACKS NEW OVEN WITH PIES AS FARMER LOOKS ON 00:41:57 - FARMBOY TURNS NEW RADIO DIAL HUNTING FOR STATION 00:42:33 - FARMER EXAMINES NEW ELECTRIC WATER PUMP & WATER TANK 00:42:44 - CU ELECTRIC WATER PUMP 00:42:55 - FARMER IS AWED BY NEW SHOWER 00:43:20 - CU WATER TAP FILLS ICE CUBE TRAY 00:43:25 - CU WOMAN PLACES ICE CUBE TRAY IN FREEZER (CIRCA 1940) 00:43:42 - FARM WIFE TAKES HAT OFF LANTERN & STORES LANTERN IN CUPBOARD 00:43:49 - YOUNG BOY TAKES SHOWER & FARMER WASHES HANDS IN NEW BATHROOM 00:44:58 - COWS LAP UP WATER FROM PAIL FED BY NEW PIPE SYSTEM 00:45:33 - BABY CHICKS IN INCUBATOR 00:45:55 - HORSES DRINK FROM WATER FED BY FAUCET 00:46:14 - FARMER CUTS FIREWOOD ON POWER SAW 00:46:27 - WIFE PLACES CLOTHING IN 1940s ERA WASHING MACHINE 00:46:40 - CU AGITATOR TURNS CLOTHING IN MACHINE 00:46:56 - FARM GIRL PRESSES CLOTHING WITH ELECTRIC IRON 00:47:22 - WIFE PASSES CLOTHES FROM WASHER THRU WRINGER 00:48:22 - FARMER MOUNTS ELECTRIC MOTOR TO PULLEY TO TURN SHARPENING STONE 00:48:32 - CU FARMER SHARPENS KNIFE ON WHEEL 00:49:05 - WIFE BASTES ROAST & POTATOES IN OVEN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-242