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Pheasants in Calabria gather to receive land as part of a redistribution program.

In Calabria, poor people gather to receive land in a random drawing. The land is being redistributed after years of feudal ownership. Land in Calabria that has become desert through neglect is shown.

Location: Calabria Italy

Date: 1952

Duration: 1 min 34 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Land erosion in Calabria washes away top soil, pheasants participate in land reform.

Rain washes away topsoil on lands that have been neglected in Calabria. Views of the poor in Calabria, including children. A boy feeds pigs. Woman stand in the doorways of their houses. Pheasants view postings and newspaper articles announcing land reform. A surveyor maps out sections of large pieces of land that are to be redistributed to the poor. Machinery clears the land to make it ready for farming.

Location: Calabria Italy

Date: 1952

Duration: 3 min 13 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

People working on farms in Calabria as part of the land reforms program.

Survey and clearing of farm land in Calabria. Farming vehicles including tractors are brought into Calabria by train. People on tractors in the field. People using modern technology adopted by the government to make the land fit for farming. Farmers with a diagram. Farmers discuss among themselves and working in the field. Families walk towards a farm. The men and a boy dig while the women dispose of the mud. A man smoking cigar in front of a house. Farmers with a sack of wheat as they take the grains in their palms. Men load logs into horse cart. A horse man supervises work in a field. Men peeling the bark of a tree trunk. Men shear sheep for wool.

Location: Calabria Italy

Date: 1952

Duration: 3 min 17 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

People gather in Calabria as part of the land reforms program.

Water flows through the land in Calabria in Italy. Construction of dams in progress and electric towers established in the area. Men working on the construction site. Horse carts and tractors used for the purpose. People gather and discuss the entire program. They are hugging each other and smiling.

Location: Calabria Italy

Date: 1952

Duration: 2 min 42 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English