Farm Front - Part One

Farm Front - Part One- WWII On agricultural progress and efficiency motivated by the demands of war. Explains efforts being made to develop substitute crops for foreign products now unavailable. Agricultural scenes, many showing crops being harvested - contrasts old-fashioned ways (hand tilling, scythe) with use of modern equipment and tractors. Assembly lines. Poster or entrance sign for war plant “Defense Plant - Part of the Arsenal of Democracy”. Livestock in field. Soldiers parade. Grain thresher. Various crops incl. oil crops. Oil products on conveyor belt. Oil mill. CU bottles & cans of linseed oil. Flak seed crop. Peanut plant and crop harvested. Peanuts displayed. Castor bean crop. Various products made from castor oil. Cotton seed and harvest. Hemp plant, harvest and threshing; fibre shown.