1...2...3...: A Monthly Review From Europe (Volume 1, No. 7) Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This film is a newsreel that includes the following stories: 1.) Examination of a new type of grass that improves milk production in cows and serves as food for beef cattle, horses, and chickens, 2.) The Italian chestnut industry. Workers harvest and roast nuts, and wood is converted to sawdust for export. A blight kills many trees, scientists examine cells of diseased trees, and special graftings and new seedlings restore the orchards, and 3.) Farmers are shown tractors and urged to modernize techniques. The film is a Marshall Plan film that was produced by the Mutual Security Agency (MSA).

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities