Foresting the Sandhills

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In Folder: RG0522MI - US Dept of Agriculture

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Foresting the Sandhills

Title: Foresting the Sandhills

Record Group Number: RG0522.MI

Collection: United States Department of Agriculture

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: c.1928

Description: Educational film documenting the planting and maintenance of the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey, Nebraska, in the Nebraska Sandhills -- the only hand-planted national forest. Shows the process of planting the pines of the forest, and the clearing of land by fire.

Language: English

Subject (Topics) : Forestation

Subject (Topics) : Agriculture

Source (Names): Nebraska National Forest

Source (Names): Bessey National Forest

Source (Places): Halsey (Neb.)

Format-Extent: 00:17:37

Format-Medium: Videotape of original 35mm film

Format-Medium: Black and white

Format-Medium: Silent

Dimensions: 3/4" U-Matic

Type: Moving Image

Rights: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: [email protected]

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