This color documentary called People with a Purpose, probably made in the early to mid-1950’s, was created for the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture & Co-operation, established in June, 1945. It was produced to promote their farmers co-operatives and to help establish additional ones. The film was written by Darwin Chase and the sound recordings were by Crawley Films of Ottawa, Canada. F.R. Crawley was a Canadian film producer and founded Crawley Films in 1939. He has been described as Canada’s answer to Sam Goldwyn. The film was distributed by the National Film Board of Canada, an agency of the Government of Canada, formed in 1939.
The opening shows views of farmland in Manitoba, Canada (0:35-0:46). A map of Manitoba, Canada (0:47-1:20). Men Felling trees (1:23-1:25). Cattle used to plow fields (1:26-1:53). Men building a log house (1:54-2:01). Women weaving wool into thread (2:02-2:10). Men trashing grain using steam engines (2:11-2:20). Horse and wagon taking grain to the loading platform at the co-operative elevator (2:21-2:41). Horses are at work (2:49-3:04). Beautiful view of a wheat field (3:22-3:30). Steam engines separating wheat from chafe using a Trashing machine (3:31-3:52). Building co-operative grain elevators (3:53-4:18). Driving through farmland with grain elevators in the background (4:19-5:12). The depression hit the co-operatives in 1928. An illustration showing the fallen prices. Prices of grains shown (5:20-5:44). Every farm product dropped in price (5:45-6:13). Many types of co-operatives held them together. Grain co-operatives. Sealing a rail car at the elevator (6:14-6:31). A railroad train on the tracks, and then in the rail yard or railroad yard (6:32-6:48). Unloading grain from the rail car (6:49-7:08). Grain loaded onto ships or barges (7:09-7:30). Cargo ship heading out to sea (7:39-7:53). Poultry co-operatives. Poultry farm with a little boy feeding chickens (7:55-8:10). Grading eggs for selling (8:18-8:34). Putting a chicken in a wooden crate (8:35-8:40). Plucked chickens being inspected (8:45-8:57). Dairy co-operatives. Dairy cattle grazing in a field (8:58-9:04). Creameries and cheese factories (9:05-9:58). A Manitoba livestock yard (10:10-10:52). Canadian Livestock Co-operative Ltd, Feeder Division sign (10:39-10:45). Honey producers association. Man extracting honey (10:53-11:02). Getting honey ready for market (11:11-11:50). Moline Co-operative was the first co-op (11:51-12:56). 1943 Ford Co-op truck (12:57-13:26). Manitoba Co-operative Wholesale Limited sign (14:18-14:23). City street with 1930-40’s cars (14:56-15:03). Manitoba’s legislative building in Winnipeg (15:04-15:08). The milkman delivering milk to homes (15:09-15:23). Red River Co-operative handle coal and wood (15:24-15:29). Horse and buggy (15:48-15:51). Harvesting with a thrashing machine or combine in the 1950’s (17:04-17:22). Cultivating with a tractor and cultivator (17:23-17:33). A field of Sunflowers (17:34-17:45). Picking sweet corn in the field (17:54-18:02). The Co-operative have developed elevators, stores, oil stations, credit unions, processing plants, dairies, poultry marketing, factories, livestock, and life insurance (18:28-18:59). A drive through the Manitoba countryside (19:48-20:05). People swimming in a lake (20:06-20:20). Camp activities (20:22-21:40).
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