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Tomatoes for Troops

Australia, 1942
film

This film, produced by the Victorian Department of Agriculture, is an example of propaganda for the war effort, encouraging farmers to grow tomatoes for the a..

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Vegetable Growing at Home

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Tomatoes for processing

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Wartime farming in the corn belt

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Fashions for Men

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Canning Vegetables

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Soldier settlers

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Farm Newsreel No. 1

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Packing apples for export

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Battle for bread

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The Farmer was a fighting man

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Australia marches with Britain

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Melons for Jam

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How to make salads

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