- Title: VM-348
- Summary: ARTERIES OF LIFE: WATER AND FORESTS ARE PORTRAYED AS IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE. SHOWS THAT TOPSOIL IS HELPLESS IN SUPPLYING LIFE UNLESS AIDED BY WATER, AND THAT WATER ITSELF DEPENDS ON FORESTS WHICH PROVIDE HUMUS TO STORE AND REGULATE ITS FLOW
- Description:01:16:19 - ANIMATED CHINKS IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE RAW MATERIALS, SUN'S ENERGY, PLANTS, TOPSOIL, ORGANIZATION OF THE LIVING COMMUNITY, WATER, FORESTS 01:16:58 - SCENIC SUNSET OVER THE OCEAN 01:17:14 - TIME LAPSE CLOUDS OVER MOUNTAINS, FOREST 01:17:36 - RAIN STORM IN FOREST 01:17:45 - COUNTRY LANDSCAPE DRIED GRASS FROM LACK OF RAIN 01:17:52 - SMALL MOUNTAIN WATERFALL 01:18:00 - FOREST ON MOUNTAIN SLOPE 01:18:07 - MONTAGE FOREST FLOOR WITH HUMUS 01:18:18 - CHUNK OF HUMUS WITH 2 GALLON WATER JUGS BESIDE IT 01:18:25 - MOUNTAINS, FOREST 01:18:37 - EVERGREEN TREES, SNOW ON PART OF MOUNTAIN FOREST COVER SLOWS MELTING OF THE SNOW 01:18:55 - RAIN WASHING SOIL ON BARE GROUND LACK OF HUMUS. MUDDY WATER RUNS OFF MOUNTAIN 01:19:12 - RAINFALL IN FOREST 01:19:21 - TREES WITH ROOTS ROTTED AWAY FROM TOO MUCH RAINFALL. MAZE OF SMALL PASSAGES CREATED BY ANTS AND OTHER SMALL CREATURES 01:19:31 - WATERING SOIL ILLUSTRATES HOW THE FOREST ABSORBS WATER & BARE SURFACE SHEDS RAIN. WATER BEING ABSORBED IN DIRT CAPILLARY ACTION KEEPS THE SOIL MOIST. WATER TABLE. 01:19:53 - FARMERS HARVEST ALFALFA 01:20:14 - MOUNTAIN FOREST RESERVOIR 01:20:28 - MOOSE ROAMS IN GRASSLAND 01:20:37 - BEAVER CHEWED TREE, BEAVER IN WATER. BEECH TREES. 01:21:02 - PAN DAM. MAN-MADE WATER STORAGE 01:21:11 - ELEPHANT BUTTE RESERVOIR 01:21:21 - PAN RESERVOIR WITH SILT FROM ERODING HILLSIDES ABOVE 01:21:30 - GREEN, IRRIGATED LAND NEXT TO DESERT LAND 01:21:44 - MONTAGE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS 01:21:55 - MOUNTAIN SPRING FLOWS OUT TO JOIN BROOK. BROOKS COMBINE INTO RIVERS 01:22:19 - MOUNTAIN PEAK ON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. RIVER FROM MELTING SNOW PEBBLES TURN THE WATER FLOW WEST DOWN TO COLORADO RIVER TO IRRIGATE FARM LAND OR EAST TO WATER LANDS IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OR SOUTH INTO THE RIO GRANDE 01:22:59 - SHEEP GRAZE IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. IRRIGATION, CROPS IRRIGATION CANAL. DITCHES SPREAD WATER OVER THE FIELDS 01:23:27 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS FLOW OF WATER FROM COLORADO TO CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND WATERSHEDS OF THE EAST EFFECTS MOST OF THE COUNTRY 01:23:53 - HARVESTED FARMLAND, HAY STACKS 01:23:59 - DESERT DUST BOWL 01:24:12 - MUDDY FLOODS 01:24:20 - TREE FALLING LUMBER INDUSTRY 01:24:27 - FARMERS WORKING THE LAND TILLING SOIL. MCCORMICK HARVESTER 01:24:47 - DUST BOWL WITH MOUNTAIN IN BKGD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-348