Film

Luther Burbank / Irrigation

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Burbank’s house, porch, Burbank in chair - views of garden, fruit tree, barn, greenhouse, field - close-up of potato in man’s hand - workers in field harvesting potatoes - house - field, grain field, Burbank with plant stalk in his hand - worker placing wheat into machine - hand picking up grains of wheat from pile, letting them fall - Burbank showing large rhubarb stalk - Burbank under large tree - hands opening nut - open nuts. “Observe the result of plant breeding. The thin shell. The large kernel.” Hands removing meats from shell, pointer showing parts - Burbank showing trunk of espaliered plant - flowers - cotton from burst boll - Burbank among plants - rule measuring breadth of sunflower heart, eleven inches - different kinds of cacti, some in bloom, Burbank handling spineless cactus, peeling fruit, eating - Burbank showing lily and its parts - close-up of daffodils, lily, demonstration of cross pollination, covering plant with paper bag - hand removing covering from plant, seed pod, open pod - flowering bush - Burbank. “The End.” [1922] b. [part 1] Countryside, low scrub growth, mountains in distance, rocky stream bed, cacti - ax cutting down giant cactus - horny toad, hand making him jump - horny toad on hand - Indian women with pails in hands climbing off of ancient aqueduct - close-up of aqueduct from above - pool of water surrounded by rocks - small rocky stream - man on snowshoes in mountains - snow on mountains - rushing mountain stream - waterfall - Roosevelt Dam from below and above. [1922]

  • Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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