A visual poem about the wheat harvest on the vast Canadian prairies. Here, reality is horizon-wide fields of grain that must be cut and threshed by the combines before frost lays the crop to waste. The images suggest a strange but magnificent military maneuver as a phalanx of giant machines lumbers across the golden acres.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321192
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Canada
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Canada - Rural conditions
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Crop yields
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wheat
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Alberta
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Climate
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Manitoba
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Saskatchewan
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Canada - Climate
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Seasons - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)