“ WORKERS ON THE LAND “ 1946 LIFE ON A FARM IN RURAL CANADA (SILENT FILM) 85804

This color educational film is about farmers who work on the land and was made in 1946. It was directed by Ernest Reid. This is a silent print, possibly made to be shown on a silent projector while a script was read to accompany it. The film follows a small, rural Canadian family as they problem solve how to keep a hardworking, recently married farmhand employed on their land during the winter months. The film gives pragmatic information that would have been highly valuable to the rural farmers who would have seen this film in its original context on the National Film Board’s rural film circuit. Opening titles: National Film Board presents Workers on the Land (:11-:55). Two farmers walk towards a house. One of the men washes his hands and face in a bowl, dry his face with a towel. The other man pours out the water and then refills it from a pail, he then does the same. One of the men relaxes against a wall. A farmer carries a shovel (:56-3:01). Grassy field. Men plow the fields. Horses and cattle. A wom