Almanac Program 2: Whose Land?

Missouri Department of Conservation biologist, illustrator, and photographer Charles W. Schwartz (1914-1991) discusses land ownership from both the human and animal perspective. Almanac was a weekly television series that ran for at least seven episodes in 1955. This episode includes footage of wheat; red clover and hay; cattle; tractor; red-tailed hawk; pocket gopher; great-horned owl; deer mouse; northern flicker; flying squirrel; ruby-throated hummingbird; columbine; American robin; ants; red-winged blackbird; buckeye butterfly; milkweed; milkweed beetle; monarch butterfly and caterpillar; tree frog; Northern quail (bobwhite); multiflora rose.

Credits

Host and wildlife photography
Charles W. Schwartz
Producers
Mayo Simon, Martin Schneider
Complete catalog record
Series: Almanac, episode 2
Production company: Missouri Conservation Commission (Missouri Department of Conservation)
Sponsor: Missouri Conservation Commission
Held by: Missouri State Archives
YouTube: Missouri Department of Conservation – Almanac Program 2: Whose Land? (1955) — Missouri State Archives, uploaded 2025-03-19
Notes: Episode of the weekly TV series Almanac (1955). Rights: public domain (per Missouri State Archives). Required credit: Missouri State Archives RG103 Missouri Department of Conservation Collection. File: RG103_007.mp4

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