1954 - Obituary: Luther Burbank, Plant Scientist, 1849 - 1926

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1954 - Obituary: Luther Burbank, Plant Scientist, 1849 - 1926 Intertitle: Personal History - Luther Burbank. Ext. Santa Rosa wooden frame house set in heavy trees / foliage w/ picket fence. Int. Mrs Burbank / Elizabeth Waters puts flowers on mantle beneath painting of husband. MCU photograph alongside medals. Guest books w/ signatures of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford & Harvey Firestone & others. 05:22:35 MCU w/ Edison & Ford.. CU of open Botany book w/ pressed flowers between pages. 05:23:02 Burbank showing field of spineless cactuses / cactii to men ca 1917 developed for cattle feed. CU hand rubbing cactus; fruit & blooms. 05:23:36 Joseph Kyle standing among field of flowers w/ greenhouse in background; CU holding Shasta daisies & single wild; stages of progression to more complex blossoms. MS & CU of rose crossed w/ apple blossoms. CUS: Calla Lilys; Burbank potato; tree graft cross section showing growth pattern. 05:24:45 Kyle walking in flowers, bees collecting pollen in poppy & Kyle clipping anthers, plastic bag put over flower. Kyle demonstrates w/ cut flowers taken to laboratory, studies w/ magnifying glass & demonstrates method. Extreme CUs. 05:26:40 CU sign: Luther Burbank Gardens. LS people walking among large plots of plants; Lebanon Cedar above gravesite. LSs across northern California valley. Botanist; horticulturist; Botany; Agricultural Scientist; Inventor; Plant Developer; Celebrity; Plant Nursery; Genetics; Plant Breeding; Cross-Pollination; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk