Videodisc release of an original 16 mm. film made ca. 1940. "4-7609"--Disc label. "Master copy"--Disc label. Title from 16mm film version.
Summary:
Shows students in different areas of study at Iowa State. Included are laboratory scenes where students are preparing petri dishes and slides of bacteria for microscopic study, a soil survey field trip to a building excavation site, the taking of soil samples, a visit to a flood plain to how streams have changed course, and the study of minerals in rocks and soil. Also shows students in the study of the market grading of farm crops, hybrid corn experiments and the sorting of seed, Industrial Education students mixing concrete and pouring it into a mold for a garden vase, a student turning a wooden bowl on a lathe, and students casting aluminum. Finally shows Landscape Architecture students in the studio, planting a tree, and examining a model of a farmstead.
Series:
[Campus films].
OCLC:
(OCoLC)163579133
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.