Windbreaks on the Prairies

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Overview

This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion. The Dominion Department of Agriculture's experimental station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, cultivated acres of young trees for distribution to farmers.

Keywords

woman director
farming
agriculture

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 2, 1943
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada
Production: ONF,NFB
Cast: Tommy Tweed
Director: Evelyn Cherry
Writer: Evelyn Cherry
Producer: Evelyn Cherry
Cinematography: Lawrence Cherry
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0220859