Collection search - Farmers of the Prairies = Les Cultivateurs des Prairies
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Farmers of the Prairies = Les Cultivateurs des Prairies
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1940Item number (ISN):230253Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL FILM & SOUND ARCHIVEAccession:1994-0215Media:FilmOriginal title:Farmers of the PrairiesPart:1 of 1Production date:1940Release date:1940Production company:Canadian Government Motion Picture BureauProduction credit:editing, James Beveridge; Edith DeyellCountry of production:cnDescription:The spreading and subsequent melting of the Canadian Ice Cap a million years ago deposited a rich black soil on what are now the prairies. The climate and soil of the prairies were ideally suited to growing wheat, and the worldwide demand for Canadian grain led prairie farmers to concentrate on this one crop. As markets increased and with the land under stress, the prairie farmer found that with the help of government research an irrigation schemes, he could establish himself in a stronger economic position. <11mn>Language:Silent with English intertitlesOriginal number:106B 0140 015Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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