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MILK (1956)

1956 · Short film · 10 min

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This 1956 educational film was produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films (:14) and is a revision of an earlier EB film. "Milk" shows the progress of the dairy industry in the United States. It tells the tale of how pioneers began by moving westward with their own dairy cows, how we changed the cow itself to encourage it to produce more milk and how we changed the industry and our homes to maintain this product. It opens with images of two women waving to a pioneer moving his oxen and cart forward (:23). Milk was considered a valuable food commodity and most pioneers felt it necessary to have a cow with them. Young children often watched as the adults would milk their cows (:47). The film notes cows during this time period in fact produced less milk than cows do today (1:02). After the cream is skimmed from the milk, it is poured into the churn (1:10). The young girl takes up the chore of churning (1:15). She then scoops out chunks of butter (1:34). A woman drags up the milk stored in the cellar (1:40). Milk generally would not remain cool enough to hold for very long using this method. Modern refrigeration (1:49) allowed the product to hold for several days. A Milkman delivers milk from his truck to the stoop of a resident in town (1:59). Two containers of milk and one container of cottage cheese is delivered (2:14). Cows graze amid the field of a dairy farm (2:17). Dairy cows are bred specially to produce more milk than a regular cow (2:23). Dairy farmers work to turn their…

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Running time
10 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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