Seeds of Progress (main title missing) aka Latin America Agricultural Progress
Produced by Ford International.
Large modern buildings, street scenes, pedestrians, Unid. city. Heavy industry montage: steel, road construction, mining, ships at docks. Aerials over mountains. Men plow w/ wooden plows, market place w/ Indians; eating. Dig potatoes, harvest grain, thresh in field w/ horses in circle.
18:02:42 School w/ Indian students reciting & writing. Rural youth clubs & emblems seen. Older students w/ agricultural agents learn grafting, irrigation. Girls plant, fertilize; taught in school to be leaders.
18:04:25 Girls in classroom taught home economics, sewing, baking, cooking, nutrition. Outdoor discussion w/ other women & men.
18:05:22 Teach younger girls to raise plants. Couple arrives in Ford station wagon w/ portable stove, unpack & demonstrate cooking; gather eggs, raise poultry & feed white leghorns. Pigs at feeding trough. Beekeeping taught. Opening hive. Boys making wooden beehives & gather honey.
18:08:37 Spraying insecticide by w/ hand pumps in fields. Dusting w/ hand spreader. Blighted orange trees. Spraying good trees.
18:09:37 Boys w/ rabbits in field & rabbits getting inoculations given by veterinarian.
18:10:24 Girls lead sheep; shearing. Rolling woolen yarn into balls, loom & weaving. Knitting. Girl w/ lamb.
18:11:42 Boys w/ cattle, grooming. Signing contract to pay for it over 30 months along w/ father. Calf taken home. Boys w/ cattle for cattle show, grooming, exhibiting as people watch.
18:13:18 Farmers plow w/ wooden plow, thresh w/ wooden fork. Corn crop w/ prize. Tractor plow corn field after harvest. Threshing corn cobs w/ grinder mounted on truck chassis. Levered ram used to make adobe bricks used to build a pen.
18:15:48 Drought & erosion, muddy water; dried out mud. Reforestation lecture outdoor; young boys plant seedlings on steep hillside.
18:17:16 Building new schools; dance celebration w/ drumming by kids.
18:18:05 Planting seedlings, picking fruit, writing in classroom, crafts. Boys play Peruvian flutes; montage of kids playing. Older kids hoeing & younger walking w/ hoes alongside river.
18:19:50 Rolling text. The End.
Educational Film; Sponsored Film; Developing Countries; Third World; South America; 1950s; 1960s;
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Seeds of Progress (main title missing) aka Latin America Agricultural Progress Produced by Ford International. Large modern buildings, street scenes, pedestrians, Unid. city. Heavy industry montage: steel, road construction, mining, ships at docks. Aerials over mountains. Men plow w/ wooden plows, market place w/ Indians; eating. Dig potatoes, harvest grain, thresh in field w/ horses in circle. 18:02:42 School w/ Indian students reciting & writing. Rural youth clubs & emblems seen. Older students w/ agricultural agents learn grafting, irrigation. Girls plant, fertilize; taught in school to be leaders. 18:04:25 Girls in classroom taught home economics, sewing, baking, cooking, nutrition. Outdoor discussion w/ other women & men. 18:05:22 Teach younger girls to raise plants. Couple arrives in Ford station wagon w/ portable stove, unpack & demonstrate cooking; gather eggs, raise poultry & feed white leghorns. Pigs at feeding trough. Beekeeping taught. Opening hive. Boys making wooden beehives & gather honey. 18:08:37 Spraying insecticide by w/ hand pumps in fields. Dusting w/ hand spreader. Blighted orange trees. Spraying good trees. 18:09:37 Boys w/ rabbits in field & rabbits getting inoculations given by veterinarian. 18:10:24 Girls lead sheep; shearing. Rolling woolen yarn into balls, loom & weaving. Knitting. Girl w/ lamb. 18:11:42 Boys w/ cattle, grooming. Signing contract to pay for it over 30 months along w/ father. Calf taken home. Boys w/ cattle for cattle show, grooming, exhibiting as people watch. 18:13:18 Farmers plow w/ wooden plow, thresh w/ wooden fork. Corn crop w/ prize. Tractor plow corn field after harvest. Threshing corn cobs w/ grinder mounted on truck chassis. Levered ram used to make adobe bricks used to build a pen. 18:15:48 Drought & erosion, muddy water; dried out mud. Reforestation lecture outdoor; young boys plant seedlings on steep hillside. 18:17:16 Building new schools; dance celebration w/ drumming by kids. 18:18:05 Planting seedlings, picking fruit, writing in classroom, crafts. Boys play Peruvian flutes; montage of kids playing. Older kids hoeing & younger walking w/ hoes alongside river. 18:19:50 Rolling text. The End. Educational Film; Sponsored Film; Developing Countries; Third World; South America; 1950s; 1960s;