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Life in the Central Valley of California

1949/10 min 22 sec/41 shots

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This 1949 instructional film portrays life in California’s Central Valley, where irrigation transforms dry and otherwise unproductive land into productive farms. It surveys dairy farming, cotton, grapes, raisins, prunes, figs, pears, apricots, tomatoes, and other crops, along with the processing, marketing, and distribution systems centered in cities such as Fresno, Stockton, and Sacramento.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Life in the Central Valley of California
Date: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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