https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/07669701-ce12-46ff-a979-84c97efc80a6 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com “It Can Happen Here” is presented by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service founded in 1933 (operating today under the Natural Resource Conservation Service) and Harry Ferguson, Inc., a producer of agricultural equipment. This film is set in an unnamed typical American post-war town. The film follows a narrative of a journalist, Jeff Thompson and local business owners as they attempt to understand the decline of soil quality, local goods and prices. It shows the interconnectedness between agriculture and economy. During 150 years about three inches of topsoil had disappeared due to improper land use. Jeff shows the locals how to preserve their soil and therefore improve their local goods market. He stresses the importance of terraces and grass waterways to prevent soil erosion and thus enhancing production and economy. It compares two cities in Oklahoma in order to demonstrate proper versus improper land use; Prague, Oklahoma versus Paden Oklahoma. Jeff writes an editorial about land conservation instilling in the locals (and viewers) the belief the land belongs to the people. 00:00 The film opens with shots of the main street USA of the rundown city of Paden (:10) highlighting shops such as HS Johnson. Produced by Wilding Pictures Productions Inc. Title screen follows (:24). Opening segment explains the US economy received an unnatural stimulus due to war production that during peacetime they had to find ways to maintain (:29). A local farmer parks his truck and makes for the Farmers National Building (1:14). The owner of a local men’s clothing store; Avery’s (1:20), the county Commissioner (1:26) and owner of the local hardware shop (1:27) discuss a mysterious stranger. The triage discuss a decline in business (2:27). Jeff takes a look at the store owner’s hat supply (3:05) leading to a discussion over a decline in hat prices (3:10). Other local shops experiencing a decline in prices (3:33) included the jewelers, Leonard’s Music Shop (3:41) and the Hi-Way grocery store (3:48). Jeff decides to scribe an editorial (4:15) on the connection between soil and local economy. The group reads the editorial (5:24) and heads for a golf game (7:36). One of the men goes hunting for the golf ball in a corn field (7:56) as Jeff begins to explain the tie between land and business. Jeff explains soil (9:05) and sheet erosion. He brings up the Soil Conservation Service (10:34) providing technical assistance to farmers and other private landowners so that they might use the land more effectively. He sketches a map of a local farmers’ land (11:08). He continues to sketch the local shops (11:33) showing how placement of shops enhances sales similar to how placement of crops enhances the production of crops (12:43). He addresses areas which have lost a portion of the topsoil and how to address this (12:49). The pasture land is noted as the best portion of land (12:54). He shows proper methods of rotating crops (13:17). Various examples of crop fields follow (13:33) including the grain field, cotton field (13:34), citrus grove (13:36), an orchard (13:39) and a vineyard (13:41). Healthy farmland is compared to land which has been strip mined (13:50). He uses an analogy comparing factory machinery to farmlands (14:30). Later on, during a planned fishing trip, the men encounter muddy water which ruins the trip (16:14). The muddy water is due to top soil runoff (16:23). Jeff takes the men to a river a part of the Soil Conservation District anticipating clear waters (17:29). A summer rain cuts the trip short (17:44). Local business owners meet with the country commissioner (18:16). The farm owner explains the use of a land terracer (18:37). They discuss an increase of crop production from proper land use (19:07). Farm hands show how to prepare land for terracing (20:56). The terracer gets put to use (23:24). Completed terraced land (24:05) and grass waterways are pictured (24:13). Two towns are compared; Prague (25:46) and Pedon (26:00). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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