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Documentary :A programme that illustrates the operation of the Saskatchewan air ambulance service and its ability to save lives and provide emrgency medical service in remote areas of the province.
From the Eric Cline fonds (BF 20).

Dramatized instructional: Discusses the benefits of having tree shelterbelts, describes the most effective placement of shelterbelts around a farm, and provides instructions on how shelterbelts should be cared for after they are planted. Includes scenes, at the Forestery Nursery Station at Indian Head, showing men planting and caring for tree seedlings which, after they have established themselves, will be given to farmers for use in shelterbelts. CAUTION: FILM R-3962.1 has a faint odor of vinegar - this could be an indication of the beginnings of VINEGAR SYNDROME. CAUTION: BOTH FILMS ARE BADLY SHRUNKEN - DO NOT PROJECT.

Agricultural instructional: Explains why farmers should produce lean hogs which meet established consumer demands. The films commentators demonstrates with cuts from carcasses of differing quality, how the lean, bacon-type hog will command better prices.

Documentary: Shows the story of wheat production in Western Canada -- from harvesting to terminal elevators and freighters. Also shows inspection and grading methods. By: ?

Agricultural Informational Film: Explains the scientific research used in developing hardier strains of wheat and the importance of wheat to Canada's economy. Includes good shots of agricultural equipment working in farm fields, the interior of a grain elevator, the grain handling equipment at Port Aurthur and Fort William. Ontario, and also shows how large volumes of bread are made in a bakery.

Agricultural Documentary: Examines the efforts of farm families to retain ownership of their farms in economically depressed times by forming the Agri Pool Limited cooperative. INcludes interviews with members of the cooperative and looks at the strengths of the cooperative and the problems encountered. Songs for the film are written by Jeffery Ursell. The Agri Pool Limited cooperative is situatied near Lestock.

Instructional: Maintaining the underground water table on the prairies is essential for the agricultural sector to raise good crops. The water comes from the rain and melted snow that falls in the Rocky Mountains. This film examines the efforts needed to ensure this water flows unimpeded to the prairies and also looks at how the interdependence to the condition of the forests, rivers, ranelands and man's use of natural resources for farming, ranching logging and recreation impact on these efforts. Also the roles of the Eastern forest rangers, in ensuring people use the land properly and follow conservatoin practises, are described.

Informational: Discusses the importance of water, its uses in today's modern society and the need to conserve it. Talks of the Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board and its mandate to manage the water and forest resources of the watershed of the eastern slopes of the Great Divide from where the water, which flows to the prairie region, comes. Includes scenes of Regina and Saskatoon, fall harvest, mountains and men training to become forest fighters.

Documentary: The sabaoteurs of the vegetable garden, revealed in their fantastic forms and colours, preying on the crops and sometimes on one another. Among the garden pests shown in close-up are potato beetles, caterpillars, aphids, cutworms, squash bugs, corn earworms, and root maggots. By: ?

Promotional Documentary: This film addresses the question "What does the Monarchy means to Canadians?" It explains the role of the Queen as the head of Canada's government as well as the roles of the House of Commons, the Senate, the Cabinet, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, the Prime Minister, the Governor General and Canada's position in the British Commonwealth. Includes scenes of the Queen opening the 23rd parliament of Canada and explains some of the rituals and symbols of the government.