"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AMERICA'S FOOD CRISIS

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AMERICA'S FOOD CRISIS

1943

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Reel 1, Sec. of Agric. Wickard cites transportation problems. Shows statistics of lend-lease, military, and domestic food needs. Ships are loaded with food for England and Russia. Russian troops receive U.S. rations. Londoners queue to receive rations. Shortage of farm help and machinery is examined. Herbert Hoover and Louis Bromfield discuss farm problems. Reel 2, women tend victory gardens. Fiorello LaGuardia explains that lend-lease food is a weapon to secure the peace. Food supplies and seed are unloaded in Africa. Broadcasts to Fascist countries promise food for those that assist U.S. troops. Citizens express favor for rationing and the U.N. Food is dehydrated for shipment abroad.

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