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Sugar Beets

Basic Information

Inventory ID 433331
Production Type FEATURE FILM
Release Year 1966
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
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Format & Technical

Format Size 16
Format Type SAFETY
Element Info PRINT
Film Base
Color Format B&W
Sound Format OPT^SD.^^^^
Item Holdings 2
Total Reels 2

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

Pallet #9^Box #90038^The root of sucessful agriculture in Western America presented by: Utah - Idaho Sugar Co.^^Caricature of Mr. Sugarbeets on Mountain top testing depth of snow.^^Shot of snowcapped mountains, snow melt of, stream with two small falls in forest, men fishing in stream, pan shots of landscape, different angles of lake surrounded by snow capped mountains. 2:30^^Lake surrounded by bare desert type hill. 3:00^^Man holding up large sugar beet, l/s two men walking through field. Ariel shot of river running though farmland. 4:10^^C/U bulldozer digging up rich soil, tractor and tiller working land. Man shoveling manure into spreader, horsedrawn spreader laying down blanket of manure. Herd of cattle in pasture. Man holding cow by bridle. C/U cows eating from trough. More shots horsedrawn spreader loaded and spreading. 6:30^^Tractor plowing field in preperation of planting. Sheep grazing in pasture, c/u cows grazing after tilling of ground. Shot of farm with house in b/g. C/U crops in rows, man on tractor tilling ground, man on tractor leveling ground, man steps on ground to show loose surface. C/U hand holding seeds, man harvesting leaves for seeds, processing of seeds. Man on tractor planting, c/u planting implement, many angles, many shots different style planters. 16:00^^Crop rows seperated by water filled irrigation ditches. Time elasped shots of seed growing. Shot of sprinkler system for watering crops. Tiller turning dirt up between rows. Shot of man thining crop by hand. Young boy helping father thin crop. Motorized cart for sitting while thining crop. Large group of farmers standing in field. Many shots of crops during different stages of growth. 30:30^^Same shots from above. Man working on equipment in field. Many shots of farms in all stages of crop growth. Many shots different types of equipment used in process, some horsedrawn, some pulled by tractor. Farmer checking growth of crop. Shot of farmer turning on valve that will flood ditches on wither side of crop rows. Shot of many styles of irrigation systems: valve turns water on and off, large holding barrells where water is released from hole at bottom, sprinkler systems. 45:30^^Farmer holding sugarbeet pulled from the ground.

Inventory Items (2)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
1 SV0000103556 S119-28G-09 Numbered
2 SV0000101154 S119-28G-09 Numbered