1941

United States. Department of Agriculture. Rural Electrification Administration; Kendall Foss

Worst of Farm Disasters was produced alongside the USDA's Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films Power and the Land and Bip Goes To Town.  All three films document the life of an Ohio farm family, the Parkinson's, as they promote REA loans for modernization of small farms with electric service. Portrays the ever-present danger of fires on the farm resulting from reliance on kitchen cook stoves, kerosene lanterns and other traditional ways of farm life that would be improved through electrification. Narration conveys the message that "farms with electricity are more protected against fire loss than ever before, they are safer places to live for men and women."

Lora Hays : editor; Joris Ivens : supervisor

Warnock, Ohio, U.S.

IUL Moving Image Archive

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 film reel (6 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm