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Record information – Brief Farmer at War
Series title:Farmer at WarHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1941/1945 ?Item number (ISN):245704Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:MILLER, Cecil J.Accession:1980-0196Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1941/1945 ?Production company:Office of War Information Bureau of Motion PicturesDistributor name:The War Activities CommitteeDescription:Film about the difficulties faced by farmers to produce food during wartime. It shows farming in Pennsylvania. There are visuals of: soldiers enlisting; farms; interview with farmer Harry Schaffer, who talks about his sons being in the army with no one to help him on the farm and a 12-year-old girl down the road who helps her father; farmer Moses Zimmerman talking about what he does on his farm; scenes of farm life; comments about increased production; and a meeting of farmers to discuss the lack of machinery and other problems of agriculture in wartime.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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