The Plow that Broke the Plains

The Plow that Broke the Plains

Rejissyor: U.S. Film Service. 16:32:11:14 Animated map of the U.S. Writing appears on the map identifying the Great Plains Area which is then outlined in dotted lines. CU of Great Plains and in dotted lines the states in covers are drawn and labeled the replaced with the information “625000 Square Miles 400 million acres.” 16:33:15:22 CU VS wild grass blowing in the wind. VS of the Great Plains. 16:34:25:08 Silhouette of man on a horse riding along a hill that makes the horizon line of the plains. 16:34:39:25 VS herds of cattle in the Great Plains and a farmer tending the herd. 16:36:50:05 Low-angle of pioneers riding in covered carriage drawn by horses pass camera. 16:37:21:12 CU hammer nails wood stake into ground. 16:37:31:08 CU plow slicing into fresh soil for the first time. VS CU plows plowing through soil. 16:37:47:28 Farmer in cowboy hat and plow handle in shot, reaches down to run the soil through his fingers. 16:38:16:11 VS fields of grain blowing in the wind. 16:38:52:28 VS old fashioned harvester combing the fields of grain pulled by horses. 16:29:16:12 CU grain pouring out of harvester. 16:39:21:21 Black smokestack from steam engine crosses frame along the horizon at sunset. 16:40:32:22 Baby sits in barren sand soil holding on to a plow. 16:41:01:24 CU newspaper headline from the Herald Dispatch “England Declares War on Germany Belgium Invaded French Win At Sea”; headline “War News Tumbles Securities; Stock Exchange Closed; Wheat Prices Soar” 16:42:13:16 CU newspaper headline: “Wilson Proclaims War Spy Ring Arrested German Ships Seized” news paper headline “War Sends Wheat Soaring; Grain Up 13 Points; Pit In Pandemonium” 16:42:27:14 VS large tractors in cascade formation pass camera almost like army tanks creating a large cloud of dirt in their tracks. 16:43:15:00 CU inside grain thresher rapidly threshes grain and separates stalks from kernels; on audio track radio announcer declares “Wheat will win the war!” 16:43:18:23 Wheat thresher’s spout spits out hay onto a huge hay stack; C

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