This is the story of what happens to the great wheat crops of western Canada after the harvest. The route is traced from the farm to the town elevator, by box car to the huge concrete storage cylinders at terminal points on the Great Lakes, down the Lakes to the homes and bakeries of eastern Canada, and to the ocean ports for shipment abroad.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001674
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Crop yields
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Export marketing
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Harvesting
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wheat
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Canada
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)