FARM ON A HILL; AN AMERICAN FARM IN A HUNGRY WORLD Part 1

Description

Documentary: About a Mumford, N.Y., farm studied by five visiting children who learn how a modern, mechanized farm can produce more food than one worked by hand and animals only. Filmed over six years, it show, without comment, the growth of the children and the farm, and contrasts agricultural methods in U.S. and developing countries. R.1: Depicts farm in Spring, with baby animals, flowers and fruit trees in blossom. In Summer, children swim and help run farm and machinery. Workers in other countries do similar chores by hand. Women and children tend vegetable garden, and can fruits and vegetables. R.2: Depicts care of animals in Winter. Illustrates modern and manual methods of hay-baling. United Nations flags at Lake Success, N.Y. American girl on farm draws the emblem of the Farm and Agricultural Organization of United Nations. Children of United Nations countries read U.N. charter, and point to their homelands on world globe.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups