Great Plains, the: From Green to Gold

Duration: 15 min

Creator: McGraw Hill Text Films

Color: color

Description: Dramatizes the development of the Great Plains area from covered wagons to modern, multi-combine harvesting. Pictures an early home of the region and shows how the people lived. Shows a modern farm of more than 1,000 acres on which wheat is grown. Shows modern farm machinery in use and explains something of the economics of modern farming.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)