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Food for The Modern World -- Pesticides

Basic Information

Inventory ID 596325
Production Type SPECIALS^SHORT^EDUCATIONAL
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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
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Color Format COL.
Sound Format SD.^OPT^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

pallet 44- 20561 -Faded - Food for a Modern World (1968) -- Wexler Production -- re: mechanization ��^of farming, why we must use pesticides, produced by Dairy Council of ��^California -- 20 minutes -- very faded Eastmancolor^Shots: Grocery store shots^--Old people interviewed on how fresh produce in the old days tasted ��^ better^--2:14 1900 farming shots -- hand thrashing^--3:22 old-style open air markets^--8:20 seeding rice by plane^--9:00 milking cows by machine (milking 60 cows an hour)^--10:07 machines shaking trees for fruit^--11:00 insects eating crops (1/2 of all food grown is destroyed by ��^ insects)^--13:00 Spoilage -- time lapse photography of spoilage, mold on fruits^--14:00 caning factory^--15:00 Pasteurization of milk^--16:00 Brussel sprouts harvested, turned into boxed frozen food^

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
SV0001334424 S217-05B-08