AMERICAN SOYBEAN CULTIVATION & USES OF THE SOYBEAN 1960s UNILEVER PROMO FILM XD65864

[@josephmartinez8803]

When the U.S. was a independent, self-sufficient country. A bit of trivia: Soy was used to produce Bakelite, a plastic.

[@numbersix8919]

Oh no it wasn't! Actually, I have no idea. But I do like me me some bakelite!

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

They used asbestos and sawdust for filler too, they are not principal components for synthesis of bakelite

[@numbersix8919]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 Cellulose.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

@@numbersix8919 that'll be cellophane and nitrocellulose, not bakelite (made from formaldehyde and phenol)

[@numbersix8919]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 Yabbut isn't cellulose used as the bulk of Bakelite? I love Bakelite.

[@dougvanallen2212]

That was a great video thank you

[@lilblackduc7312]

Very informative! Thank you...

[@TheCrepusculum]

3:40 and 6:50 can someone give me a name for the bacterial culture, please

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

I guess it would be just the general one for soya available from usual suppliers. Has a double name, the actual bacteria.

[@TheCrepusculum]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 the question was a bit stupid. my mother tongue is german... i know that stuff anyway. it was just a too literal translation. either way thank you very much!

[@michaelinhouston9086]

It is a good question - at 3:40 they are treating the seeds with what is called an inoculant (which is a bacteria that helps the plant fix nitrogen) - I don't know what inoculant they used but it is likely a strain of the bacteria rhizobia. I am pretty sure the bacteria being referred to at 6:50 is rhizobia.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Bradyrhizobium japonicum, strain USDA110

[@manhoot]

Watching this film is a real "gas".

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Farming equipment has moved on in fifty years. Bigger and more efficient.

[@numbersix8919]

And unrepairable!

[@numbersix8919]

That was informative. Too bad Richard Burton wasn't the narrator!