Synopsis
Shows samples of badly eroded farm land in Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, and illustrates how Civilian Conservation Corps units are combatting soil erosion. CCC members construct check dams in gullies, build wings around the gullies, plant black locust seedlings and honeysuckles along the banks, fill the gullies with hay and brush, and dynamite the edges of the gullies to level the terrain. National Archives Identifier: 7398 Creator(s): Department of Agriculture. Federal Extension Service. (Most Recent) From: Series: Motion Picture Films, compiled ca. 1915 - ca. 1959 * Record Group 33: Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000 Level of Description: Item Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images This item was produced or created: 1934 The creator compiled or maintained the series between: ca. 1915 - ca. 1959 General Note(s): Credits: Director, Raymond Evans; story, C.M. Granger; photographer, C.A. Carrello; sound, Reuben Ford. Use Restriction(s): Undetermined Sound Type: Sound Accession Number(s): 1286 Subjects Represented in the Archival Material(s): * Civilians * Erosion * Motion pictures * Soil conservation Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s): * Department of Agriculture. (1862 - ), Producer
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Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Erosion
- Living New Deal
