Today's Chicks
Today's Chicks is a short film from ca. 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
1950s footage of baby chicks and chick hatcheries, both more mechanized hatcheries and those that are more manually maintained. Footage of chickens being tested for disease through various methods of blood testing. VS on Jordan Bros. Hatchery in Bridgewater, Virginia.
| Today's Chicks | |
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| Produced by | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service, Office of Information |
Production companies | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service, Office of Information |
| Distributed by | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service, Office of Information |
Release date | ca. 1950s |
Running time | 2 reels |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
02:21:05:29 VS large groups of chickens and roosters.
02:23:39:09 VS man takes chickens one by one out of cage then put them on rotating wheel with wing restrainers so birds can�t move, another man takes blood samples from the birds; when birds pass test man puts on identification leg band.
02:24:57:22 CU man squeezes drop of blood out of chickens wing and drips it into a test tube.
02:25:04:11 VS in laboratory with women in lab coats working with large quantity of blood samples and clear test tubes.
02:27:15:19 Stern looking man carefully inspects a chicken, holding it in his hands.
02:28:45:20 CU Box of cockerels with label on box �U.S. Record of Performance�; CU box opened filled with cockerel chicks.
02:29:42:19 CU over secretaries shoulder typing on typewriter on carbon copy paper; woman pulls paper out of typewriter and separates original from carbon copy.
02:29:52:15 VS woman in front of type writer creates punch cards; machine mechanically sorting punch cards into different slots; IBM prints out information; CU document produced �S.R.O.P Production and Pedigree Report United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry Animal Husbandry The National Poultry Improvement Plan�
02:30:27:12 Man pulls eggs from wire basket and weighs each one individually on scale, marks down the weight, then places egg in a drawer.
02:31:15:03 VS CU man puts identification wing bands on chicks.
02:31:40:19 VS man with boxes of chicks works under lamp separating male cockerel chicks from pullets.
02:33:13:01 CU man checks eggs by holding them up to a lamp light, then stocks eggs on large try.
02:33:28:18 Man checks eggs then places them on conveyor line that separates eggs according to weight and grade.
02:34:04:12 Man inserts tray of eggs into large incubator, then turns on the incubator which slowly rotates trays in circle.
02:34:48:21 VS CU dozens of cute baby chicks in large container being hand picked and placed into one of four compartments in a box.
02:36:34:07 Sign on door "To Help Us Control Disease DO NOT ENTER"