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Soil for Tomorrow

Lawrence Cherry

1945 43 min

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An account of the depletion and erosion of soil on the Canadian prairies, and of the restoration measures taken under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act of 1935.

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An account of the depletion and erosion of soil on the Canadian prairies, and of the restoration measures taken under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act of 1935.

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Agriculture

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Credits

• director
  Lawrence Cherry
  
• producer
  Alvin Armstrong
  
• camera
  Lawrence Cherry
  
• editing
  Ernest Reid
  
• music
  Phyllis Gummer
  

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