Wheat country

Wheat country is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Shows the life of a farm family on the Canadian prairie, describing the hazards, problems, and rewards of wheat farming;and documenting the changes in farm life and methods during the past three generations. Weather is portrayed as the major risk of ...

Wheat country
Release date	1959
Running time	0:19:40

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More Details

internal id

71143

Summary

Shows the life of a farm family on the Canadian prairie, describing the hazards, problems, and rewards of wheat farming;and documenting the changes in farm life and methods during the past three generations. Weather is portrayed as the major risk of the wheat farmer. A farm family is seen rushing to get the wheat in before the hail and rain come. Photographs of the period are used to describe the land rush of the early 1900's, the resultant "wheat boom," and the dust storms of the 1930's.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:19:40)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Historical

IUL Subject

Farm life -- Saskatchewan

Wheat -- Saskatchewan

Farm life.

Full Original Title

Wheat country