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Agricultural Film: Taken at the "Agriculture in the 80's" conference sponsored by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Includes segments of speeches by Charles Gibbings, George Lee and Ted Turner. Also inclued are scenes of planary sessions and workshops held during the conference.

News: (1) Otto Lang interviewed about barley, the beef industry, the House of Commons Agriculture Committee and rapeseed (canola); (2) Silent footage of the Bradford Ranch Ltd. Charolais cattle; (3) Unknown person (possibly D. T. McFarlane) discusses the Livestock Loans Guarantee Act; (4) footage of a feedlot; (5) shots of the Prairie River Wheat Pool elevator; (6) operation of the Bradford Ranch; (7) Lanigan pig farm overlay; (8) Interview with Jack Messer outside the Lanigan Pig Farm re: the business of farming; (9) Interview of a Dr. Bell re: soybean protein versus beef protein and the future of the livestock industry; (10) footage of the Beef Cattle Research Project and the Animal Science Department R.O.P. Beef Cattle Test Station at the University of Saskatchewan; (11) Opening of Pool operations at Radisson; (12) Exterior shots of Government elevators; (13) Exterior shots of the old and new buildings at the University of Saskatchewan; (14) Exterior shots of workers finishing a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool building; (15) Riders and horses at a competition; (16) Ross Thatcher speaking at the opening of the Birch Hills feedlot; (17) Exterior and interior shots of Kindersley; (18) shots of a speaker and a crowd followed by shots of potato production.

Item is a recording of a report by Betty Guild on an announcement of a Federal deficiency payment to farmers as a result of the United States - European Union Trade war. Report includes clips from E.K. Turner (President, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool), Lorne Hehn (President, United Grain Growers), Paul Orsak (Vice-President, Western Canada Grain Growers Association), and Bill Peterson (National Farmers Union). Report describes concerns over the amount and method by which the funds were to be paid.

Charles W. Gibbings, fourth president (1960-1969) of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.

News: Stu Fawcett reports on the opening of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pools Regina livestock yard. Includes the ribbion cutting ceremony by Ted Turner and Eugene Whelan; a segment of a speech by Eugene Whelan, and interior and exterior shots of the building.

Commercials: (1 & 2) Moore-Smith & Co. Ltd in Saskatoon (Interiors/exteriors). (3 to 6) R.C.A. Whirpool Ultimatic washing machine commercials, separate optical audio tracks followed by visuals. (7 & 8) Saskatchewan Wheat Pool commercial, separate audio/visuals. (9 & 10) R.C.A Tableau television/stereo commercial, separate audio/visuals. (11 & 12)Saskatchewan Mutual insurance commercial. (13) "In The Public Interest".P.S.A. (14 & 21) R.C.A television commercials, separate audio/visualtracks. (22 to 24) R.C.A phonograph records commercial, separate audio/visuals. (25 to 27) R.C.A Pianorgan commercial. (28 & 29) Friesens Furniture City commercial. (30 & 31) Patrick Dodge commercial.

Copies of cheque for the payment by the Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Ltd., for purchase of Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company. August 1, 1927 - August 1, 1933