DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 823 



MOTION PICTURE ACTIVITIES. 



By July 1, 1018, the motion picture branch, which had been placed 

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

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

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

 films, 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 reconstruction. 



FILM PRODUCTIONT. 



Films were completed during the year on 18 subjects, aggregating 

 26 reels of finishea pictures. The releases were as follows: 



Reels. 



The Wichita Xational Forest and Game Preserve 3 



The Last Days of the Prairie Dc^ 1 



Milk and Honey 2 



Training Boys for Farm Service 1 



The Western Cantaloupe Industry I 



The Potato Industry in the California Delta Region I 



The Leak Disease of Potatoes 1 



To Feed a Hungry World 1 



The Red Croas Pig Club 1 



Feeding America from Its Own Back Yard 2 



Granite Paving and Curbing w 



Citrus Fruit Fumigation 2 



The Barbarous Barberr\' I 



Dust Explosions in Thrashing ^fachines 2 



Camera Hunting on the National Forests 1 



Vacation Days on the National Forests 1 



The ( 'harge of the Tick Brigade 1 



Grading Wheat Under Federal Supervision 1 



All but one of these films were prepared in the motion picture lab- 

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

 tory been greatly increased, but the quality of films has been notice- 

 ably improved. 



Other films in preparation, for which the camera work was com- 

 pleted during the year, are as follows: 



Selecting a Laving lion . Sheep on the Farm. 



Whe^t 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 WTiite Pine Blister Rust. 



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

 loan campaigns. 



FILM DISTRIBUTION. 



On June 30, 1919, 244 reels of positive film of 57 subjects were avail- 

 able for distribution. During the year these were circulated thi'ough 

 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 



