Movies: U S Department Of Agriculture

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries....

A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States....

Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted, specifically his efforts growing peanuts and cotton. This role is made even more poingnant when they...

This downward-gazing documentary presents the soil in a new light. Man's inevitable and invaluable associate, the soil is a veritable thriving community in miniature, populated by living things of the animal, plant and insect worlds....

A travelogue that takes us to Oregon where we visit Eagle Creep Camp and Picnic grounds....

This short film by the U.S. Department of Agriculture takes viewers on a journey through the stunning and diverse national forests of Colorado....

Tired of her grueling and unglamorous day-to-day life as a rural housewife, Jane Jones takes a vacation to the city where she stays with her sister Hattie, and her ideals of the city are dispelled....