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This Is a Film About Farming

Accession number: 
1971.0013
Production Years: 
1971

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Length (minutes): 
26
Holding Institutions: 

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia: 16mm.
"A comment on and an explanation of the death of the independent farm in Canada. Beginning with the Homestead Act, it outlines the history of western farming, emphasizing the development of the grain brokers and contrasting the wealth and power of the brokers with the difficulties of the farmer. Discusses the dangers of and mechanics of the possible eventual take-over of farming by large companies."