Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)

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Title

Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)

Subject

Propaganda film

Description

Importance of contributing to the national food supply, and grow your own food. This propaganda video highlights the farm garden, and describes the important role that famers played in the war effort. In addition to growing produce for to sell, the Browne family also tended their own private victory garden. The other important thing to note about this video is that they used an African American family, most of the other propaganda videos casted white families. This propaganda video attempts to include a segment of the population that had been discriminated against since the foundings of our country.

Creator

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Source

Prelinger Archive
https://archive.org/details/HenryBro1942

Date

1942

Rights

Public Domain

Language

English