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MOTION PICTURE ACTIVITIES. 



By Jul}^ 1, 1918, tlio motion picture branch, which had been placed 

 under the direction of Mr. Don Carlos EUis subsequent to our en- 

 trance into the war with the Central Powers, was producing and dis- 

 tributing, in this country and abroad, a considerable quantity of 

 fibais, designed to stimulate agricultural production and food and 

 fuel conservation. After the signing the of the armistice the pro- 

 gram of production and distribution which was under way was con- 

 tinued for the purpose of helping in the work of reconstmction. 



FILM PRODTCTIOX. 



Films were completed during the year on 18 subjects, aggregating 

 2G reels of finished pictures. The releases were as follows: 



Iiecls. 



The Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve ?> 



The Last Days of the Prairie Dog 1 



Milk and Honey 2 



Training Boys for Farm Service 1 



The Western Cantaloupe Industry I 



The Potato Industry in the California Delta Picgion 1 



The Leak Disease of Potatoes I 



To Feed a Hungr\' World I 



The Pved Cross Pig Club .^ 1 



Feeding America from Its Own Back Yard 2 



Granite Paving and Curbing :'. 



Citrus Fruit Fumigation 2 



The Barbarous Barberry I 



Dust Explosions iai Thrashing Machines 2 



Camera ILmting on the National Forests 1 



Vacation Days on the National Forests 1 



The Charge of the Tick Brigade 1 



Grading Wheat Under Federal Supervision 1 



All but one of these films were prepared in the motion ])icture lal)- 

 oratory of this department. Not only has the output of the labora- 

 tory been greatly increased, but t!ie quality of films has been notice- 

 ably improved. 



(3ther films in preparation, for which the camera work was com- 

 pleted during the 3'ear, are as follows: 



Selecting a Laying Hen. Sheep on the Farm. 



Wheat Harvesting and Marketing. Fishing on a National Forest. 



Wheat Transportation and Storage. Building Wooden Ships. 



War Work of the Forest Products Labora- Roads and Trails on the National Forests. 



tory. The Columbia River Highway. 



Hog Feeding and Housing. Logging Operations on the National 

 Great Breeding Dairy Cattle. Forests. 



Purebred Beef Cattle. Home Demonstration Work. 



Building a Summer Home on a National Draft Horses. 



Forest. Control of the White Pine Blister Rust. 



A small amount of printing was done of films to be used in Liberty 

 loan camjoaigns. 



FILM DISTniBUTION, 



On June 30, 1919, 244 reels of i:)osi live film of 57 subjects were avail- 

 able for distribution. During the year these were circulated througli 

 the extension services of this department and of the State colleges 

 of agriculture, at State and other fairs and expositions, churches, 

 schools and other educational institutions, at farmers' meetings 



