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Fallout and Agriculture

Item number (ISN):

329837

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

329837

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CANADA / PROTECTION CIVILE CANADA

Accession:

2001-0176

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1960

Production company:

Motion Picture Service, USDA

Sponsor:

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service

Description:

Instructional film designed for the farmer and the agricultural leader in the event of a nuclear attack. Through the use of animation, this film depicts how the farmer can protect, decontaminate and restore his land, crops and livestock from radioactive fallout. Key concepts are also discussed: ionization, decay rates, radioactive exposures, and internal/external radiation damage. <22mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Accordingto the newsletter MPS Close-Up, published by the Office of Information, United States Department of Agriculture, for the department's Motion Picture Service, issue of May 1963, p. 2, the National Film Board of Canada was producing a French version of this civil defense film.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

366291

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-12-0070

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

366292

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-12-0071

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF
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