(ABEGWEIT) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Abegweit, as Indian natives called Prince Edward Island, is largely agricultural. Large farms produce the island's main crop, potatoes. Many of these are run on a cooperative basis. The climate is suited to the growing of all types of cereals and fruit. However, there is also some sheep breeding, hog and cattle farming and fur breeding. Lobster, herring and mackerel are fished. The film ends with a panorama of Charlottetown, the capital
Complete catalog record
Dewey number: 917.17
Audience level: jh-sh-adult
Format/cost: 16-sd-$15; rent $1.25
Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $1.25; Brandon Films, Inc $1.25; University of Minnesota 50c; Ideal Pictures Corporation $1; Wilfred Naylor

Sources

  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record