Synopsis
Shows how family members work and play together on a small goat ranch. Family relationships, responsibilities and cooperation are emphasized. 00:34 Man and young woman feed goats 01:07 Turkeys and ducks 01:20 Children hang wash on line to dry. Carry laundry basket 02:05 Boy pats horse on nose 02:07 Teen girl saddles horse 02:35 Young woman on horse does fancy riding. horse rears up hind legs. 03:01 Small children watch and laugh 03:03 Horse counts with hoof 03:22 Cowgirl on horse rides away 03:27 Little girl pats goat's head. She kisses goat. 03:52 boy eats crackers from bag of groceries. 04:10 Young woman milks goat, little girl drinks fresh goat milk from cup and licks lips. They laugh. 05:04 Young woman weighs pail of goat milk on scale on side of barn 05:17 Farmer pours goat milk into separator and turns crank. 05:47 Farmer pours goat milk into jars 05:58 Young woman in kitchen bakes cake 06:06 Children doing dishes in farm kitchen 06:16 Navy officers inspect goats. "Goats for Guam" 06:50 Pan across goat farm 07:12 Goats are loaded into truck 08:07 Farm family at dinner table. Mom tucks in little girl's napkin. Good food. Happy family. Boy pours water from jug. Little girl helps clear the table. 09:50 Mom cuts chocolate coconut cake and serves dessert to family with ice cream. 10:27 4-H fair. Pennants hanging 10:42 Children display prize goats 11:15 Rear ends of goats lined up for inspection. 11:52 Judges, livestock contests, prizes. 12:50 Boy displays prize ribbons on…
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- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Ewwwwww Patty! · Spuzz · 2013-07-01
More fun from the curiously small world of Frith films. Here, A narrator describes how he and his family run a goat farm. Is the fellow in the film Don Mcnamara?? I don't think so for some odd reason. Anyways, odd shots aplenty, Patti (who probably had learned to Stop, Look And Listen by now) drinks raw goat milk which is all sorts of eww. There's chocolate cake with marshmallow icing made, songs sung, goat competitions done, just never ends, but all quite fun.
★★★ · Pretty Goats · JSBejma · 2012-10-03
It is what it says it is; a happy go lucky documentary about a goat farming family somewhere near LA in the immediate post war period. Intact households and being white were real "in" in those days and this film inadvertently expounds on that fact. Shows a nice herd of goats. I wouldn't get too close to that "highly spirited" horse though. I wonder how many years later the older sister finally got thrown, or how many of those people got kicked. That beast is not to be trusted. Very decent film. File under "Welk, Lawrence."
★★★ · Making the Cover of 'Goats Illustrated' · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-10-30
Did you know all the goats on Guam were killed during the war? That bit of history starts off this short film about a family living in 4-H Land. Narrator Don McNamara pretends he is the father on screen. As usual, his talks to animals on the screen. We see daughter Patty, who surfaces in several Frith Films. She drinks untreated milk right from the goat. This a good film if you're a fan of goat judging and people eating. I was kind of hoping the piano would blow up when "dad" was playing "Endearing Young Charms." It happens in all the Warners cartoons. Naturally, the music doesn't match the…