Eastland Recordings: Only Available Upon Request

Right as Rain: New Practices in Portable Sprinkler Irrigation

Identifier

eastland_16mm_3

Creation Date

1951

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Description

Documentary film on portable sprinkler irrigation. Virgil Holt discusses how plants obtain food and water, average rainfall and droughts, importance of supplemental irrigation, and surface versus sprinkling irrigation. Lloyd Welch describes a specific test case of one farmer and touts aluminum irrigation pipes.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Irrigation; Agriculture; Droughts; Aluminum

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

24m43s

Original Format

16mm

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

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Comments

Film canister label: "Wilding Pic[ture] Productions, Inc.' Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Hollywood, [C]incinnati, St. Lo[uis], Subject: Right As[label missing], Film No. 446, Reel No. [label missing]"' Shipping container label:'"United States Senate Public Document, James O. Eastland U.S.S, Mr. Courtney C. Pace, Eastland Campaign Headquarters, 760 Milner Building, Jackson, Mississippi"'' in red marker handwritten:'"IRRIGATION"' On side of shipping container in black marker:'"RAR 146 RAR 146"

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