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LGM Film Club, Part 25: More Power to the American Farmer

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 22, 2020

This 1946 General Electric film is an attempt to get rural communities to invest in building or expanding their electric supply infrastructure. I'm not going to lie--this is pretty boring. Like 21 minutes of 2020 time frame boring. Let me wake up from that. OK,...

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How to Get Something Done in Government, 1949

By Erik Loomis

On July 6, 2015

I am presently doing research at the Library of Congress. I just ran across this oddity. Ula Glen of Crestone, Colorado was a ranch wife. Somehow (this is not quite.

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Power and the Land

By Erik Loomis

On April 5, 2015

Enjoy this 1940 Rural Electrification Administration documentary on the drudgery of rural work before electricity and how REA cooperatives and the New Deal transforms the lives of farmers. Good stuff..

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