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Once Bitten, Forever Archival: Mosquitoes Abuzz in Still Pictures

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These efforts were especially prevalent during World War II, with members of the military resorting to….unique Department of Agriculture were hard at work learning about their insectoid enemies. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation. unique ways of repelling the pests.

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The U.S. Forest Service Presents: Winter Olympics

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Please Note: Primary source documents used in this post may contain harmful language. Winter Olympics documents the 1960 Winter Games which were held in northern California at a ski resort now known as Palisades Tahoe located in the Tahoe National Forest. Forest Service (an agency of the Department of Agriculture) to the Olympics.

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Summer Road Trip: Los Angeles

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The weekly series consists of short features about travel, industry, history, geography, and agriculture. The film, produced in 1963, documents a day in the life of the market: its vendors, customers, and goods. The film is part of the Ford Educational Weekly series which was produced by the Ford Company from 1916 through 1921.

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50 Years Makes a Difference! How Film Research Has Changed Since the 1972 Conference on Audiovisual Archives

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In recent years, we’ve seen a steep increase of scholarly interest in government films, including numerous researchers investigating films made by the United States Information Agency and an entire volume of essays on films made by the United States military. [3] 3] Cinema’s Military Industrial Complex. Jackson, David L.

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The Wright Military Flyer Soars on Celluloid: Uncovering the Story of Our Oldest Government Film

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The oldest known government-produced film in our holdings is First Army Aeroplane Flight, Fort Myer, Virginia , which captured daring test flights of the Wright Military Flyer. According to Agriculture Department lore, this early filmmaking was done with a degree of secrecy. But what about the first government films?

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The Ukrainian Market – A Struggle To Survive

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Although typically known as the industrial base of the Soviet Union, agriculture is a large part of Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers and exporters and is known as the breadbasket of Europe. Food and other agricultural products (worth $13 billion), metallurgy ($8.8

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NAVIGATING UKRAINE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE: CHALLENGES AND RESILIENCE

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While it was known as the industrial base of the Soviet Union, agriculture played a significant role as well. Ukraine earned its reputation as the ‘breadbasket of Europe,” being a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, including sunflower oil, grain, sugar, nuts and is one of the world’s largest honey producers.