Moving Image:Man On The Land

Man On The Land is a short film from 1951 released on 35mm/16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Animated story of man's conquest of the soil through the ages with background of narration and ballads. Starts with prehistoric times and ends in the present, showing how oil-powered machines have banished the threat of famine.

1951 Cartoon about primitive man learning to harness the power of nature for agriculture; original musical soundtrack narrating the course of events; man invents primitive tools; man learns to domestication of plants, early agriculture; man invents agricultural tools, primitive plow; beginning of trade, man trades grain for pottery; man invest the ox driven plow; invention of early transportation from trade, the advance of civilization; the Dark Ages, farmer becomes servant to the nobility and monarchy; serfdom; man achieves freedom in America; Colonial American farmer takes up arms against the British, the American revolution ensures, red coats march farmer fires on the red coast; westward expansion; invention of the steam engine; oil prospectors; drill strikes oil; invention of the tractor; the modern farmer; oil industry, insecticides, weed killers, fertilizer.

01:38:59:03 Great scene man walks up to workers at oil derrick, shakes finger at men and says You re heading for trouble, pretty soon there won t be any oil left , workers hang man up on the oil pump bobbing him up and down, audio track Wrong again. New techniques are even bringing old oil wells back to life. New fields are being opened up all over the world  ; VS cartoon footage of oil wells and refineries.

Man On The Land
Produced by	United Productions of America
Production company	United Productions of America
Distributed by	United Productions of America
Release date	1951
Running time	1 reel
Language	English

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