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Meats With Approval (1946)

1946 · Ephemeral film · 15 min

Synopsis

Explains the purposes of the federal meat inspection program and how it helps to assure wholesome, clean meat for the consumer.

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Running time
15 minutes
Internet Archive item
MeatsWit1946

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★★★ · Vegetarians, skip this review! · Spuzz · 2003-11-07

Another one of these films that sort of creep up on you with innocent images at first (family eating dinner) then gets REALLY graphic. Fellow readers may have noticed on some film reviews (and if you had, you're uh, really on the ball!) I've moaned that some cow and beef films seem to skip the slaughterhouse scenes. Not this one. This film, which focuses on meat inspectors, takes us from the just killed cow, examining the head (ugh) the viscera (double ugh) and other charming parts of the cow's anatomy. Although doing a great service, I have NO idea who this movie was made for. Not for the…

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