Part 1 (M76-251, film and video): Original Collection, 1931, 1955-1989
Physical Description: 75 films, 24 videorecordings, 1 DVD recording and approximately 20.0 cubic feet of film printing elements 
Scope and Content Note: The films (print and pre-print) and videos are primarily works done under the auspices of the Department of Agricultural Journalism by Fritz Albert and others, including Wolfgang Hoffman and David Hestad. There is also a series of USDA and UW Extension partnership films related to various agricultural topics, and there are 15 documentary-research films on Bolivia, Colombia, and Chile produced by Albert (during 1963 and 1965 while on leave from UW) for the Wisconsin Land Tenure Center. The films document agricultural practices and production in Wisconsin and internationally; environmental issues such as water quality and pollution; community development and planning; dairy and meat science; and land use and policy. All accessions with film have been combined under this call number. All viewing prints and video user copies have been assigned individual call numbers.

Series: Viewing Copies -- Films and Videorecordings
Note: Some titles are available on film and video. When a video copy is available it should be used instead of the film copy. Some of these works have printing elements; when these exist it is noted.

A Gift of Harvest
Note: National Agriculture Chemical Association (about using chemicals for crop-pest treatment).

Agricultural Research at the University of Wisconsin - Three Examples, 1980
Note: See also printing elements.

All the Difference

Anti-resistant DDT

Babcock Test, 1931
Note: First sound film made by Department of Agriculture (not made by Albert).
See also Dr. Babcock.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Barns for Better Dairying, 1955

Bayfield: The Face of a Community, 1969
Note: See also printing elements.
Bill Tishler (UW Professor in landscape architecture). The history of the town is discussed as well as the need for careful planning for the future (how to preserve the uniqueness of the town). The film examines how the increase in tourism and the decline in the fishing industry, lumbering, and farming are changing Bayfield. Footage includes views of a Bayfield restaurant, gift shops, art galleries, camping, swimming, an aerial view, the architecture, and landscape (city and water).

Cheese Making
Note: Produced by UW Extension; film possible through the Green County Agricultural Chest and the Green County Board of Supervisors.

Cherries

Community Development: Sturgeon Bay and Prentice, 1977
Note: Script by William O'Conner.

Community Development TV spots, 1977 December
Note: Public service announcements regarding community development to be aired between January and April 1978 by TV stations covering northern Wisconsin. Announcements include:

1. “Communities are for everyone”
2. “Diversified industrial development” in Medford
3. “Downtown beautification” of Gilman, Wisconsin
4. “People working together” (men and women performing different tasks)
5. “The Birkebeiner Ski Race” (Cable, Wisconsin)
6. “Bus system for the elderly” in Rusk County
7. “Water supply” (Winter, Wisconsin)
8. “The extension agent's role”
9. “Medical services” (Memorial Medical Center in Ashland)
10. “The Meteor Maritime Museum” in Superior
11. “The Paavo Nurmi Marathon” in Hurley
12. a Price County “Recreational farm”
13. “Recreational trails”
14. “Vocational education”

Corn: Past, Present, and Future, 1959
Note: See also printing elements.
Film discusses the history of corn cultivation. In the “past,” a horse and cart were used, weed removal and corn picking (husking) was done by hand, and growing a corn crop involved 14 steps. In the “present,” machines and fertilizers are used (12 steps). In the “future,” corn cultivation will continue to change (6 steps).

Cranberries, 1956
Note: See also printing elements.

Energy Saving on the Farm, circa 1981
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Fall in Northern Wisconsin, 1969
Note: USDA film; see also printing elements.

Farm Progress Days, 1962
Note: USDA film; see also printing elements.
Menomonie farm progress days are explained: planning, setting up for event, and facilities/accommodation. Footage includes street scenes, parking and grounds, food vendors, crowds of people eating, farm machines on display, and a dairy parade.

Farming the Woodlands

First Century: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The, 1989
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Master copy

Viewing copy

Food and Jobs: Wisconsin Agriculture
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film.
See also printing elements.

Forestry (silent print)

Gambia: Searching for a Better Agriculture, The, 1989
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Good Milking Pays, 1956
Note: USDA film.

Hog Grading, 1958
Note: Wolfgang B. Hoffmann; USDA film.
See also printing elements.

How to Have an Accident, 1983
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film; designed to raise awareness about farm machinery accidents.
See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Hungary 1987: Aspects of Agriculture

Archival positive

Master copy

Viewing copy

Inland Lake Demonstration Project 1968-70, 1971
Note: See also printing elements.
Film reports on the Inland Lake Renewal and Management Demonstration Project dealing with “renewal and management techniques for inland lakes” and “design plans for water-oriented recreational development.”

Integrated Pest Management, 1984
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Institut Pertanian Bogor: The Making of an Agricultural University, 1989
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Lake Superior: The Region Til Now, 1973
Note: See also printing elements.

The Land / U.S. Department of Agriculture
Note: Documentary about the effects of soil erosion, immigration, and modern technology on agriculture in the United States, especially in the South and in the Dust Bowl region of the Southwest.

Land Tenure Center series
Note: The Land Tenure Center was organized on May 11, 1962 when the University of Wisconsin signed an initial three year contract with the Agency for International Development. The Land Tenure Center conducted research projects in several Latin American countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Nicaragua. The research focused on land ownership patterns and institutional structures.

Bolivia: Campesinos and Farming on Isla del Sol, Annual Market Days at Casani, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Bolivia: Changes in Agriculture, Population and Utilization of Resources, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Bolivia: Frontier Settlement of Japanese from Overseas, Indians from the Highlands, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Bolivia: Market at La Paz, Patterns of Living and Land Use at Vilaque and Near Lake Titicaca, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Master copy

Chile: Aspects of Land Tenure in Chile Part I-III, 1964, 1966
Note: See also printing elements.

Master copy

Chile: Counterpoint of the Agrarian Reform: Chile, 1973
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Master copy

Colombia: Changes in Land Use and Transportation Problems for Two New Settlements, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Colombia: Improvement and Utilization of Valley Resources, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.

Colombia: Transportation and Community Services in Spontaneous and Planned Colonization, INCORA's Role in New Settlements, 1963
Note: See also printing elements.
Instituto Colombiano de la Reforma Agraria (INCORA) refers to the Colombian Agrarian Reform Agency.

Loganville 1907, 1975
Note: See also printing elements.
This film was done by the University of Wisconsin-Extension Arts through a grant from the Wisconsin American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (WARBC).

Managed Milking

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Maple Syrup, 1957
Note: USDA film; see also printing elements.
How maple syrup is made in Wisconsin: different techniques, cost savings, and modernization. Film includes footage of the process of collecting sap from trees; pouring sap into vats/holding (hauling) tanks on the back of trucks; sap houses and processing.

New Techniques for Hog Marketing
Note: USDA film.

Of People, Land and Planning, 1975
Note: See also printing elements.

Pesticides and the Balance of Nature
Note: UW College of Agriculture.

Planning Highway Access, 1981
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film.
See also printing elements.

Restoring Small Flowages for Recreation: The Marion Millpond Story, 1972
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Running a River: The Wisconsin, 1986
Note: See also printing elements.

Runoff Land Use and Water Quality, 1978
Note: James Larison, Director of Information at Sea Grant College.
See also printing elements.

Russell Lab Opening, circa 1963
Note: See also printing elements.
Russell Laboratories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus was named after Harry L. Russell, the second Dean of the College of Agriculture. The Russell Lab was built in 1962 to provide lab space for the departments of entomology, plant pathology, forestry and wildlife ecology.

Shawano County - Soil Program, circa 1940

Shoreland Development: A New Approach, 1973
Note: 1st revised answer print; see also printing elements.

The Wisconsin Forest, 1976
Note: This film describes many types of Wisconsin forests and how we manage them to produce better trees without severely disturbing wildlife. It includes a brief history of Wisconsin's logging industry. Sponsored by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service, Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission Department of Forestry, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Three Apples, 1958
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Tobacco for Cigars, 1956
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Tress for Christmas, 1971
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Trees and People Need Each Other, 1980
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film.
See also printing elements.

Unfinished Miracles: The Story of Agricultural Research, 1975

Wastewater Management: Options for Unsewered Areas
Note: A David Hestad film.
See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

What Can We Do About Floods?, 1969
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Why the Meat Type Hog?, 1956
Note: A Farm and Home film made by the UW College of Agriculture.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Prairie, 1967
Note: See also printing elements.

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Wetlands, 1967
Note: See also printing elements.

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Woodlands, 1967
Note: See also printing elements.

Wisconsin Agriculture, circa 1950s
Note: Part of the Geography of Wisconsin Series. Produced by the Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction (BAVI) in cooperation with the Department of Geography, UW Extension Division. Written and directed by Cameron Macauley.

Wisconsin Certified Seeds, circa 1980

Wisconsin Cheese for All Seasons, 1980
Note: Golden Camel Award; CINE Golden Eagle Award.
See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Wisconsin Corn Hybrids
Note: Sponsored by the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association, produced by the Photographic Laboratory of the University of Wisconsin. Script and direction by Dr. Norman P. Neal, University of Wisconsin.

Archival positive

Master copy

Viewing copy

Wisconsin Faces the Solid Waste Problem, 1972
Note: USDA film; see also printing elements.
Composite answer print.

Wisconsin Farming, 1978
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film.
See also printing elements.

Wisconsin Forests: Resource and Industry
Note: See also printing elements.

Wisconsin Mastitis Test!, 1967
Note: USDA film.
See also printing elements.

Wisconsin's Agricultural Experiment Station, 1883-1983, 1983
Note: See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Master copy

Viewing copy

Wisconsin's Central Sands, 1967
Note: See also printing elements.

Wisconsin's Groundwater, 1984
Note: A David Hestad film.
See also printing elements.

Archival positive

Viewing copy

Wise Buying, circa 1950s
Note: A Farm and Home film from the UW College of Agriculture. Film offers advice about how to save money when buying food. It suggests making a shopping list, checking for sales and specials, making a budget for food; then at the grocery store, how to choose fruits and vegetables (regarding nutrition and serving size); finally after shopping, film shows how to put away the groceries.

Series: Printing Elements
Note: Some of the titles listed here do not have viewing copies; when a viewing copy is available it is noted. Printing elements cannot be viewed, but can be used to create a viewing copy.

Agricultural Research at the University of Wisconsin-Three Examples, 1980
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Agriculture and the Community, 1980
Note: Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Bayfield: The Face of a Community, 1969
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Bee Management #1-2: Fall and Winter and Late Winter, Early Spring, 1977
Note: There is no sound but a film script is available.
A, B rolls in 1 can.

Bee Management #3: Honey Handling, 1977
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Boy Learns to Fish, 1958
Note: USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Camp Upham
Note: 4-H Club series; USDA film.
Black and white negative (silent) in 1 can.

Corn: Past, Present, and Future, 1959
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative, B wind optical sound track, and A, B rolls in 2 cans.

Conrad Elvehjem
Note: 4-H Club series; USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Cranberries, 1956
Note: See also viewing print.

Black and white straight picture negative

B wind optical sound track

Dairy Herd Improvement, 1957
Note: USDA film.
Black and white picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Dairy Show Time, 1957
Note: USDA film.
Black and white picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Darisonometer, 1969
Note: USDA film.
Black and white picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Delivery of Medical Services in Rural Areas, 1979
Note: Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Dr. Babcock
Note: See also Babcock Test for related.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Energy Saving on the Farm, circa 1981
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Expanded Nutrition Program Report
Note: Documentary on nutrition and the poor.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Fall in Northern Wisconsin, 1969
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Farm Progress Days, 1962
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Farrowing Pigs, 1955
Note: USDA film.
Black and white picture original and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

First Century: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The, 1989
Note: See also viewing copy.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Food and Jobs: Wisconsin Agriculture
Note: See also viewing copy.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Gambia: Searching for a Better Agriculture, The, 1989
Note: See also viewing copy.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Grow a Healthy Garden, 1958
Note: Black and white picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Hog Grading, 1958
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

How to Have an Accident, 1983
Note: See also viewing copy.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

How Scientists Study the Soil, 1962
Note: USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Inland Lake Demonstration Project 1968-70, 1971
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Integrated Pest Management, 1984
Note: See also viewing print.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Institut Pertanian Bogor: The Making of an Agricultural University, 1989
Note: See also viewing copy.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Lake Renewal Techniques, 1974
Note: Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Lake Superior: The Region Til Now, 1973
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Land Tenure Center series

Bolivia: Aspects of Land Ownership and Land Use in the Rural Community of Montero, 1963
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Bolivia: Campesinos and Farming on Isla del Sol, Annual Market Days at Casani, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Bolivia: Changes in Agriculture, Population and Utilization of Resources, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Bolivia: Frontier Settlement of Japanese from Overseas, Indians from the Highlands, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Bolivia: Market at La Paz, Patterns of Living and Land Use at Vilaque and Near Lake Titicaca, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Chile: Aspects of Land Tenure in Chile Part I, 1964
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Chile: Aspects of Land Tenure in Chile Part II, 1966
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Chile: Aspects of Land Tenure in Chile Part III, 1966
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Chile: Chile's Experiments in Agrarian Reform Part IV, 1967
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Chile: Chile's Experiments in Agrarian Reform Part V, 1967
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Chile: Counterpoint of the Agrarian Reform: Chile, 1973
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Colombia: Changes in Land Use and Transportation Problems for Two New Settlements, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Colombia: Improvement and Utilization of Valley Resources, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Colombia: Transportation and Community Services in Spontaneous and Planned Colonization, INCORA's Role in New Settlements, 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Colombia; Statement by Enrique Peñalosa Camargo, Director of INCORA
Note: A, B Rolls and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Colombia: Statement by Milcíades Chavez, then serving in INCORA as Assistant to the Technical Director
Note: A, B Rolls and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Land Use at Interchange Areas, 1972
Note: Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Let's Make Quality Forage, 1961
Note: USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Little Plover River
Note: Jackson Tiffany film; University of Wisconsin, Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Loganville 1907, 1975
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Lots for Sale, 1957
Note: Fritz Albert's first land use film (USDA).
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Maple Syrup, 1957
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Of People, Land and Planning, 1975
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Planning Highway Access, 1981
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Portable Irrigation, 1958
Note: USDA film.
Black and white picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Preparing a Bird Study Skin, 1959
Note: Bob McCabe; USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Restoring Small Flowages for Recreation: The Marion Millpond Story, 1972
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B, rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Running a River: The Wisconsin, 1986
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Runoff Land Use and Water Quality, 1978
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Russell Lab Opening, circa 1963
Note: See also viewing print.
Black and white original and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Shoreland Development: A New Approach, 1973
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Strip Grazing, 1956
Note: USDA film.
Black and white straight picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Summer Feeding (2 versions), 1959, 1965
Note: USDA film.

New version
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Old version
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

The Home Economics Program, 1965
Note: USDA film.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

The Singing Tree
Note: A Wolfgang B. Hoffmann film.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Three Apples, 1958
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Tobacco for Cigars, 1956
Note: See also viewing print.
Black and white straight picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Trees and People Need Each Other, 1980
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Tress for Christmas, 1971
Note: See also viewing print.
Black and white straight picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Wastewater Management: Options for Unsewered Areas
Note: See also viewing print.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Weighty Problems, 1956
Note: USDA film.
Black and white original picture negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

What Can We Do About Floods?, 1969
Note: See also viewing print.
A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

What's Happening to Our Lakeshores? (2 versions), 1966
Note: First land policy film done by Fritz Albert; USDA film.

Short Version
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Longer Version
Note: A, B rolls in 1 can.

Why the Meat Type Hog?, 1956
Note: A Farm and Home film made by the UW College of Agriculture
See also viewing print.

Black and white picture negative

B wind optical sound track

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Prairie, 1967
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Wetlands, 1967
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest: The Woodlands, 1967
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wisconsin's Agricultural Experiment Station, 1883-1983, 1983
Note: See also viewing print.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wisconsin Cheese for All Seasons, 1980
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Wisconsin Faces the Solid Waste Problem, 1972
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wisconsin Farming, 1978
Note: See also viewing print.
CRI and A wind optical sound track.

Wisconsin Forests: Resource and Industry
Note: See also viewing copy.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Wisconsin Mastitis Test!, 1967
Note: See also viewing print.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 1 can.

Wisconsin's Air, 1974
Note: Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wisconsin's Central Sands, 1967
Note: See also viewing print.
Internegative and A wind optical sound track in 2 cans.

Wisconsin's Groundwater, 1984
Note: See also viewing print.
Duplicate negative and B wind optical sound track in 2 cans.