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Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Glad you enjoyed it! Subscribe and become a channel member This silent, tinted film was created in 1928 by Eastman Classroom Films (a division of Kodak) to be a tool for education of students (:13). It shows the students silent images of the life of corn. A man picks at corn stalks (:16) checking for quality. A group of women sit in a circle husking corn following the harvest (:33). A close shot shows the tool in one of the woman’s hand used for husking the stalks (:52). A young couple dances among the group of locals (1:03) as a small band plays them on. Seed ears are selected (1:29). Good stalks are set into a basket (1:41). Corn ears are set onto sticks to dry (1:59). Horses drag a hoe across the land (2:22). The soil is tilled for new seeds (2:29). After setting to dry, the seeds are tested (2:55). Chosen seeds are rolled in a cloth to be germinated (3:13). The rolled piece is stuck into water (3:15) and set into a pan for several days. A farmworker unrolls the pack with seeds (3:43) to show they have begun to sprout. A fully grown ear of corn follows (3:51). Corn is removed from the ends of the stalk (4:03). A primitive wooden machine separates the corn from the cob (4:18). These are then sifted (4:27). The seeds are then spread evenly in the dirt (4:53). The film turns to show the process of cultivation as a modern tractor rides down the corn field (5:09). The tassels and leaves of the corn are seen reaching over the dirt continuing to grow (5:37). After harvest the corn field is planted with more corn seeds (5:57) as a man moves down the rows checking leaves. The process of producing silage is looked at (6:12). Corn is pulled from the rows as a tractor moves down the line (6:25). The corn is then delivered to the silo (6:38). A man inspects the ripeness of the corn here (7:13). Prime stalks are chosen and removed (7:25) and set in piles on the grounds (7:37). The film turns to show how to avoid the corn borer which is a moth of the family Crambidae and a pest of grain (8:24). As the stalk is cut open, the corn borer is made visible (8:28). The farmers set fire to the cultivated field here in order to clear the fields of stubble, weeds and waste prior to planting a new crop (8:58). Corn is husked here (9:15). Close shots slowed down show the farmer pulling the corn with ease from the leafy stalk (9:48). Another shot shows the farmer’s palm held husking tool (9:53). Local farmers move into town for a husking competition (10:11). Farmers work down the rows rapidly as the game begins (10:38). The husks are counted and collected in a white farmhouse (10:47). Farm machinery works to shell the corn for the market (11:03). Corn seeds are funneled into a large bin (11:22). A child plays in the falling corn (11:29). A massive load of corn is unloaded from a rail car (11:55). A sample is pulled (12:06). The process of making corn flakes cereal and corn starch follows (12:43). Hardened slabs of the corn starch are pulled and crumbled (13:03). Stock is fed here which is one of the more common uses for corn (13:15). Pigs are tossed their feed (13:39). The film concludes with a young boy choosing a hefty pumpkin and walking off screen (13:57). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
