Forest fires ravage wooded slopes in Southern California. Water (melting snow and rain) rushes down the slopes, unchecked by plant life, washing away top soil and flooding fields in the valleys. CCC units sow mustard seed in the denuded areas by hand and by airplane. The mustard plants grow quickly, thus furnishing adequate vegetation to check erosion until the native plants can reestablish themselves.

National Archives Identifier: 7416

Local Identifier: 33.549

Creator(s): Department of Agriculture. Federal Extension Service. (01/02/1954 - 04/13/1970) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled ca. 1915 - ca. 1959

* Record Group 33: Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 2000

Level of Description: Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: ca. 1938

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: ca. 1915 - ca. 1959

General Note(s): Credits: Director, Frederick E. Dunham; story, Clark H. Gleason.

* Contributor: Producer, Civilian Conservation Corps

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Silent

Accession Number(s): 1286