Duck Farming
Duck Farming is a short film from ca. 1920s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Great footage of early commercial duck farming practices; large industrial duck farm around 1920s in Long Island, New York.
| Duck Farming | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animals |
Production companies | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animals |
| Distributed by | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animals |
Release date | ca. 1920s |
Running time | 1 reel |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
A Tendor Milk-fed Duck, done to a turn", feather pluckers (funny!), 34 pounds of feed will raise a duck of 5 pounds dressed! ducks to the right of me, ducks to the left of me! Ducks, ducks and more ducks.
Great footage of early commercial duck farming practices; large industrial duck farm around 1920s in Long Island, New York.
11:26:50:19 VS Pekin or Peking ducks; hundreds of ducks on farm.
11:27:43:13 VS Muscovy ducks and muscovy chicks.
11:28:27:13 Runner duck.
11:28:49:01 Mallard ducks along chicken wire fence.
11:29:15:02 VS various breeds of ornamental ducks in pond.
11:31:25:26 VS Chicken hen acting as foster mother to ducklings.
11:31:55:08 Dozens of ducklings raised in brooder.
11:32:17:08 Large commercial industrial duck farm with thousands of Pekin or Peking ducklings.
11:32:57:25 CU dozens of Pekin ducks crowded close together.
11:33:09:25 Man attends to duckling incubator.
11:33:22:23 Tray of ducklings freshly hatched standing on top of broken egg shells.
11:33:42:11 Great shot thousands of ducklings in a brooder.
11:34:02:06 Dozens of 3 to 4 week old ducklings.
11:34:32:00 Hundreds of ducks come running out of brooder into fenced-off outdoor section.
11:34:53:11 VS Outdoor section of brooder or growing house with thousands of duck; outdoor area of brooding house divided into fenced of sections with each section containing around 300 ducks in several dozens sections.
11:35:22:25 VS Pekin ducks eating out of feeding troughs.
11:38;05:11 LS man slaughtering ducks and hang them up to bleed; ducks are scalded to loosen their feathers; VS ducks scalded.
11:38:44:16 Women picking feathers off duck, room and table covered in duck feathers.
11:39:09:02 Two men pack ducks in barrels with ice.
11:39:42:27 1920s woman in kitchen prepares duck; CU duck on silver platter, platter garnished with parsley.
11:40:26:20 Great high-angle shot over Long Island duck farm, thousands of ducks fenced into various sections.