https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f62f8ef6-adf8-4517-baaa-20ef498241a6 Hastily created immediately after Pearl Harbor, "Democracy in Action" was part of the "Food for Freedom" program, and released by the Department of Agriculture to encourage greater productivity in the nation's farm belt. The movie describes how the last two years have set productivity records for United States agriculture, but that more work is needed given the desperate demands of the looming conflict. From cotton used to make uniforms and bandages, to meat and grain used to feed troops or the tobacco the troops smoke, the film is a call to arms to the farmer. The film ends with scenes of troops eating food and notes that the average soldier requires "400 pounds of meat per year, 24 gallons of milk and 250 pounds of vegetables" and that "18 men behind the men behind the guns" are needed in the war effort. After looking at the different things grown including corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, meats, eggs and dairy. It ends by showing how important these are to feeding soldiers, those that produce war equipment, and ensuring a high standard of living for those in the United States. 0:08 US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration presents “Democracy in Action”, 0:18 narrated by Duncan Wall and directed and photographed by Tom Hogan, 0:39 Franklin D. Roosevelt suggesting that Congress declare war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1:44 farmer mechanically harvesting corn and filling a warehouse, 2:29 McCormick-Deering combine harvester harvesting wheat, 3:29 African American sharecroppers harvesting cotton, 3:50 overview of a cotton storage area, 4:11 cotton being processed, 4:33 a huge herd of cattle running over a field, 5:01 cattle in their enclosure, 5:10 farmers voting how land should be utilized, 6:04 different shots of farmers tilling fields, sowing seeds, and crop duster spraying pesticides, 6:34 a farmer harvesting soybeans using a McCormick-Deering harvester, 6:53 chickens on a poultry farm, 7:13 cows at a dairy farm being milked by hand, 7:37 pigs being fed on a farm, 8:01 a woman cooking and preserving vegetables, 8:12 food being canned at a factory, 8:45 food being loaded onto ships with British flags, 9:14 soldiers being fed at a canteen and using a mess kit to eat in the field 9:44 different shots of workers in critical war industries including aircraft and shipbuilding, 10:09 close ups of average Americans and children in a one room schoolhouse, 10:47 “The End, Food for Freedom” 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. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMO7DBKkbY Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:27:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f62f8ef6-adf8-4517-baaa-20ef498241a6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.