Farms: HD Historic Stock Footage FARM FAMILY GETS ELECTRICITY 1930s REEL 3
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True HD Direct Film Transfers - NO UPCONVERSIONS! http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_na_568.php Power and the Land - Supplying Energy to Rural America Reel 3 Portrays a farm family from St. Clairsville, Ohio who are members of an REA co-operative, and contrasts their life before and after electricity. More difficult tasks are done "the old way--the hard way" without electrical power. Agricultural co-operation is illustrated through corn cutting scenes set to music and poetry. Farmers meet with a county agent who explains the work of the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) and the need to form co-operatives. Map is used to show REA co-ops established between 1936 and 1940. Electrical lines are constructed taking power from the transmission lines to the individual farm houses. Shows a farm family using and enjoying electrical appliances such as electric lights, electric stove, a radio broadcasts the weather report. Farm life in the 1930's. Additional reels from this film: http://youtu.be/MD4wFq0NX1E http://youtu.be/Sgo8BIquGo8 Please visit our website for more historic film titles. http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/pd.html Buyout Footage is a leading supplier of public domain and royalty free stock footage for filmmakers, broadcasters, advertising agencies, multi-media and production companies worldwide. Historical Footage in True HD.
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Great for my history students, they loved the footage
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Why would you harvest corn like in the beginning when corn binders with bundle carriers or bundle elevators had been around for decades?
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...we call the GWEN tower "Big Brother"
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Edison was a puppet. Tesla had a better idea.
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Those old farmers are an enemy to Monsanto
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Good lord. That chant at the beginning sounds like something from a Stephen King book. I thought he'd start going on about human sacrifice.
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Aguafina of the. 1930S hahaha
But even back then....when the government promises something for nothing, it's a lie!
Problem is....Americans trusted their own back then. But now? Fat chance. Thank you.