"WETLANDS" Part 2

Description

Summary: MLS, rain falling in stream in dense wood. Pan, moss-hung tree dissolve to: vapor rising from swamp. LS, water- filled area, dense trees in bg. LS, farmer looking out on field partly covered with water. LS, trees in inundated area. Dolly shots, heavy vegetation on edge of swamps. MLS, wild ducks swimming in water, dead tree branches in fg and bg. LS, horse and mule in corral, flooded field beyond. LS, farm fields with growing crops partly covered with water. MS, hand pulling plant out of soggy ground. LS, man walking in muddy rows of cornfield. Scenes, young corn and other plants growing in fields partly covered with water. LS, RV, farmer, hands in pockets, walking out on muddy field. MS, farmer's feet walking in slough. LS, CU, farmer walking to fence and looking at flooded cornfield. LS, bulldozer knocking down tree. CU, operator at controls. HS, operating grader(Upperpart of vehicle only.) MLS, man talking to two other men(probably Soil Conservation Service Team). Sequence: Laborers cutting down trees; dynamiting; power shovel clearing earth at water-filled ditch. CU, wagon with tracked gear, loaded with cornstalks, raising dust as it moves by. CU, tractor treads turning free in deep mud. CU, wheel of farm tractor rolling thru deep mud. LS, crops growing in reclaimed farmland. LS, power shovel at water-filled ditch. MLS, surveyor in tallgrass. LS, vegetables growing in field; irrigation ditch in center of control surplus water. LS, streams; flooded area. MS, power shovel in action. MS, operator at controls. MCU, earth falling from power shovel bucket. FS, bulldozer with special attachment digging up stump. Scenes, men laying tile section pipe in ditch to carry of surplus water. MLS, water spilling out end of pipe. Scenes, A "mole" (club like chunk of metal) is attached to farm tractors to dig channels in field; tractor moving through. LS, surplus water ditch in center of farm field. CU, swamp vegetation floating atop water. LS, CU, power shovel scooping silt from bottom of ditch. MLS, men cutting reeds at edge of swamp. Tractor and grader working at edge of ditch. LS, tractor pulling harrow, away from camera. Pan, LS, flourishing, reclaimed farmland. LS, farmer behind horse-drawn plow atop hill. LS, RV, farmer behind horse- drawn plow moving up hill. Pan, grove of trees to cows in pasture. MS, two men (SCS) looking at map. Men surveying. CU, stick to measure moisture being pulled out of ground. Int lab: CUs, sample of earth into test tube; liquid boiling in glass container diss to: CUs, plow breaking up the earth. MS, cutting leaves from turnips. CU, bands cutting head of cabbage from stalk. LS, undulating field of wheat. LS, field of maturing corn.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities