RAIN ON THE PLAINS

Duration: 9 min

Year Published: 1938

Creator: Castle Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: A USDA film. "This film is mainly concerned with the Southern Great Plains. It shows huge herds of cattle grazing, the plowing up of the soil, destruction by winds, what the wind does to the soil, and sand drifts around homes. After the rains fell in May, 1934, the sky darkened over Washington, D.C., by dust blown from dry plains. When rain falls, the grass and crops grow abundantly. Shows conservation methods such as planting strips of wind-resisting crops, making level and stabilizing with grass, leaving stubble on fields, planting trees to break sweep of wind, etc." Oregon

Complete Record: Dewey number: 631.4 Audience level: sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-$7.64 Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946