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Our Earth

Reel Number: 221474-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1938

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 07:43:58

TC Ends: 07:53:07

Duration: 00:09:09

Our Earth 07:44:06 Globe, waves on tropical shore. Map of Atlantic Ocean w/ gulf stream shown in animation. Brief shots of icebergs & ice floes. 07:44:55 Ocean liner r to l. Deck & passengers playing ping pong, walking. 07:45:11 Man in crows nest w/ movie camera & telephoto lens (?). 07:45:17 Map of USA w/ rivers. Ports harbors shown w/ arrows. 07:46:02 Paddlewheel steamer up river (Columbia?) w/ much black smoke seen from high angle. 07:46:14 Dam spillway. Aerial over river. Interior of turbines in generating station; transmission towers; city lights; newspaper printing press. 07:46:43 Montage: dams, canals, ditches irrigation & aerial of orchards in valley. 07:47:12 Great Lakes on map. Mesabi iron range & open pit mining. Ore carriers, smelter w/ rail cars. 07:47:41 Grand Canyon views, Colorado River & float trip. 07:48:00 Map w/ Tigris & Euphrates & Mesopotamia. Africa map w/ Congo River. South America map & Amazon. 07:48:22 Tropical foliage, bananas. Man weaving shade. Farmers picking crops. 07:48:44 US map w/ arrows along Rockies & Appalachian mountains. 07:48:56 Aerial & rescue shots of Mississippi River flood of January 1937. 07:49:10 Map of China & rivers. 07:49:19 Flooding in China, people thru water floating belongings. 07:49:30 Turning globe w/ pointer. 07:49:58 Combine on hillside pulled by 26 (?) mules; cattle driven down gravel road. Saguaro cactus & other desert shots. 07:50:21 Turning globe w/ pointer. 07:50:48 Mountaineers climbing in Alps. Two on top waving. Hiking in Rocky Mountains. 07:51:12 Mining operation, miners out of shaft. Map of US. 07:51:30 Steel mill exterior; ship under construction. 07:51:45 Blacks picking cotton. Textile mill w/ looms & cloth. Map of Australia. Sheep grazing. South America Map, USA map. Cattle in pens. Steel loaded on freighter. 07:52:34 Aerial over three-stack ocean liner from l to r. 07:52:43 Tilt up to sun from dark hillside. Fade to stars. The End. Geography; Mountain Climbing; Climbers; Stereotype; Educational Film NOTE: Good stereotypical 1930s or 1940s classroom film.

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