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Power and the Land

Item number (ISN):

328536

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1940

Item number (ISN):

328536

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

Accession:

1979-0210

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1940

Production credit:

director, Joris Ivens; scenario, Edwin Locke; photography, Floyd Crosby; Arthur Ornitz; Ed Helen; Van Dongen; commentator, Stephen Vincent Benet; narrator, William P. Adams; music, Douglas Moore; music director, Fritz Mahler; imaging assistance, Henry Brant; technical assistant, Phillip Martin Jr.; recording engineer, Al Dillinger; titles, Lester Beall

Sponsor:

Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Distributor name:

R.K.O. Pictures

Description:

Documentary about bringing electric power to the homes of the people who live in rural parts of the United States. This film shows the farm of the Parkinsons, a farm family from St. Clairsville, Ohio who belong to a Rural Electrification Administration cooperative. The film compares their life before and after they get electricity. The Parkinsons work from before dusk and after dawn. Before they get electric power, the family sends the milk away to be sold but it comes back sour because of poor refrigeration and they lose money. The neighbours decide to get together to get electricity through a company funded by the government. Electricity brings the family machines to chop wood, feed the animals and milk the cows. Electric irons and an electric stove are shown as examples of the way electricity makes life easier in the home. <37mn 38s>

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

347235

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8204-0045

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

361916

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7907-0849

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8204-0045

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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