Man on the Land (1951)

★★★★★ · Agri-Business teaches a history lesson · K.P. Lee · 2003-08-21

The story of the development of agriculture, farming, and civilization is an important story to tell. So important in fact, that the Oil Industry Information Committee of the American Petroleum Institute had to make this film. "Man on the Land," produced in 1951 by United Productions of America, is a 15-minute animated film that appears to be targeted to grade school children. Within the cute drawings and sung ballades (which truly distinguish this film) is a pro-technology and pro-progress ideology. Those who question technological advances in weaponry and technology are labeled "scoffers."…

★★★ · This land is your laaaaaaand · Spuzz · 2003-11-26

Another one in the subgenre of movies which intersperse folk music with the Message Thay They Are Trying To Say. (These usually deal with The Land). This generally is a well animated salute to Man and how he was able to produce tools and eventually machinery to with human progress. Often sometimes too oversimplified to my tastes, it nevertheless has nice animation, and great characters (the "cynic" character was great) to make the time pass by nicely.