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A row of threshers with "Farmer's Friend" straw blowers attached. Large shed in background with steam tractors. Implement yard at Regina. Probably a Regina threshing machinery company.

Article called Remember Those Harvest Excursions? by Frank Croft from Maclean's Magazine, September 1, 1954. 6 p.

Article called Threshing in the Good Old Days by Cecil Gordon from Country Guide, September, 1955. 1 p.

Memories of Harvesting at Hoffer, Saskatchewan by Mrs. E.R. Ghan (nee Hoffer), May, 1955. 5 p.

Harvest Special, reprinted from Current Account (Personnel Magazine of the Canadian Bank of Commerce), September 1960. 7 p.

Article called Threshing Days of the Past: Memories of a Past Era by E.L. Abbott from the Regina Leader-Post, September 21, 1962. 1 p.

The Harvest Excursion by Maggie Grant, [The Canadian Magazine, 197-?]. 6 p.

Promotional Film: Contains scenes of a harvesting machine and an "oilpull" tractor sitting on a farm field. By: ?

Film Report: Contains scenes of the Fertile Acres Farm where registered forage seed is harvested. Scenes show swathing of crop and building where seed is dryed. Also contains scenes of sheep and goats flocking onto a field. By: ?

Trims: Scenes of ripening wheat in farm fields and of a combine harvesting a wheat crop.

Trims: Scenes of marshland and the different types of birds which inhabit it. Also included are shots of a combine harvesting a crop and of water flowing through an irrigation canal, showing a small control gate and water pipes.

Trims: Ground and aerial views of the Cypress Hills including forests, lakes, wildlife, Fort Walsh, and Farwell's Trading Post. Also included are scenes of combine harvesting grain in farm field, farmer hauling grain to grain elevator and cattle in cattle pens and a cattle auction at an unidentified stock yard.

Trims: Ground and exterior shots of boundary Dam and the coal field near Estevan. Also included are scenes of coal being excavated and transported to the steam power-plant; of flyash, a by-product produced at Boundary Dam, being packaged for sale; and archival photographs of coal mines and coal miners, and homesteaders, their homesteads and harvest scenes.

Historical trailers: Consists of a series of eight 1 minute vignettes related to different Saskatchewan places or historical events:

(1) Looks at the Legislative Building in Regina. Includes interior and exterior shots of the building and scenes of the opening of the legislative session with the Lieutenant Governor in attendance.
(2) Looks at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History (now Royal Saskatchewan Museum) building in Regina. Includes exterior and interior shots of the building and of the dioramas depicting the wildlife of Saskatchewan.
(3) Contemporary black and white film footage of men operating old steam powered threshing machinery and women providing meals to the men. Includes shots of a modern self-propelled combine operating in a farm field.
(4) Shots of a church, constructed of field stone at the turn of the century, at Dilke, Saskatchewan. Includes exterior and interior shots of the church.
(5) Looks at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) barracks at Regina. The site has served as the Force's main training base since 1882. Includes scenes of the grounds, the little chapel and the museum.
(6) Highlights a log structure at Fort Qu'Appelle that was part of the Hudson Bay post built in 1864. The building is a designated national historic site and is open as a museum.
(7) Looks at the potash deposits in the province and their importance to the province's economy. Includes exterior and interior shots of a potash mine.
(8) Highlights the Qu'Appelle Valley as a place for water sports and other recreational activities.

Excerpts: A collection of excerpts created by Dick Bird, the National Film Board and Cherry Film Productions. There is also much unidentified footage of unknown origin. Includes scenes of aerials of the prairies and the Legislative Building, cattle ranching, harvest scenes, war footage from World War One and World War Two, automobile races at the Regina Exhibition horse race track (1920s), motorcycle hill climbing competition at Moose Jaw (1920s), a man driving a horse-drawn grain cart to a grain elevator and interior scenes of the grain elevator (1920s).