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1) 2534.0005 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 5
Reel 5 is a largely animated educational film about genetics and the role chromosomes play in heredity through mitosis and meiosis as well as chromosomal disorders. The early p...
11) 2534.0006 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 6
Intertitle: “The Forest of tomorrow” Footage of workers in the forest, including digging and loading a truck. Intertitle: “Three generations of Harvard Forest workers” A shot...
5) 2534.0008 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 8
Intertitle: ”Harvard Forest Students of 1930 Left to Right: Lotti, Daley, Herr, Branch” A shot of four men sitting by a tree. Intertitle: ”Field Headquarters for Old Growth Fo...
8) 2534.0009 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 9
Intertitle: “Petersham Views Southern End of the Barre Woods” A shot of a man pointing at a sign that reads “Harvard Forest Boundary”. A few shots of a road through the woods....
3) 2534.0010 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 10
Intertitle: “White pine in need of thinning Wind causes crown friction” A shot of a man in the woods followed by a few shots of tree tops blowing in the wind. Intertitle: “Mar...
20) 2534.0011 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 11
Footage of a man cutting small trees and weeding in Harvard Forest intercut with intertitles explaining the process and the types of trees involved. Donor Notes: “R.T. Fisher W...
6) 2534.0012 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 12
Footage of men cutting small trees, weeding and inspecting trees in Harvard Forest intercut with intertitles explaining the process and the types of trees involved. Donor Notes...
18) 2534.0013 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 13
Footage of men weeding, pruning, thinning, inspecting, and measuring trees in Harvard Forest and Petersham Town Forest intercut with intertitles explaining the processes and the...
17) 2534.0018 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 18
Intertitle: “Glimpses of making Forestry Models at Guernsey and Pitman’s Studio, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., 1933.” Footage of craftsmen making miniature models of Harvar...
3) 2534.0019 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 19
Intertitle: “Black Rock Forest Portable Charcoal Kiln” Footage of two workers building, operating, breaking down and unloading a portable charcoal kiln and then shoveling the c...
4) 2534.0020 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 20
Intertitle: “Ancient “Open Pit Process” of Burning Charcoal - Black Rock Forest” Footage of two workers using a horse-drawn sled to haul wood to the stack, building, operating ...
22) 2534.0021 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 21
Intertitle: “Portable metal wood shoot [sic] Black Rock Forest Cornwall, N.Y.” Footage of workers building and operating metal wood chutes used to transport logs downhill in th...
13) 2534.0022 Pollination and Fertilization in a Flowering Plant
Intertitle: “Pollination and Fertilization in a Flowering Plant Amaryllis produced under a grant from the National Science Foundation Copyright 1978 - All Rights Reserved” Foot...
11) 2534.0023a The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 1)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. Donor Not...
19) 2534.0023b The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 2)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inte...
9) 2534.0023c The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 3)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
17) 2534.0024 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 24
Intertitle: “Dyeing hemp green.” Footage of a person stirring dye in a bowl of water and then putting hemp rope into the dye and stirring it around. “Dyed strands wired at int...
1) 2534.0025 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 25
Intertitle: “When the Red Cock Struts Through the Forest” A few shots of a forest fire. Intertitle: “The number of Forest Fires can be reduced if---” A few shots of fire figh...
2) 2534.0026 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 26
Footage of a forest fire starting from sunlight magnified by a glass bottle and fire fighters putting out the resulting blaze with intertitles. Footage of forest fires and fire...
18) 2534.0027 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 27
Footage of firemen using various techniques, trucks and pieces of equipment to fight a forest fire with intertitles explaining all of them. Intertitle: “Some have answered the ...
10) 2534.0031a The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 4)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
52) 2534.0031b The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 5)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
6) 2534.0034 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 34
Reel 34 consists of portions of three professional films about the logging industry from the early 1900s. Each contains intertitles throughout explaining the footage. The firs...
24) 2534.0035 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 35
Donor Notes: Reel 34 is a film about an experiment to test the nutrient qualities of soils in the Black Rock Forest with intertitles throughout to explain the footage. Footage...
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