NORTHERN ILLINOIS FARM LIFE IN WARTIME WWII FOOD & FARM PRODUCTION FILM 55464

[@thors45a]

The Selmyers were my dad's cousins. Jim ended up farming down the road from us. Jerome was my godfather. Their sister lived nearby in another little village. There were many other names and places that I recognized.

[@williamjones6053]

Fictional stories for 500 Alex

[@b.neallee7042]

These people were the salt of the earth. BRILLIANT way to make every job easier. I pray they are successful every year. Neal

[@callanicol3657]

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[@somersetdc]

We were certainly a self-sufficient country when this film was made.

[@augustcanyon3438]

Yes we were. Sadly people can't conceive of us ever being that self-sufficient because their propaganda tells them it is impossible.

[@TobyLawnjockey]

Hang on, pacific theater troops ate premium grade beef, while the Australians that produced it, got offal with their ration cards..(just so you know)....that's what maga means for the rest of the world..(not a bad analogy, probably). We all love nostalgia though..

[@melmoon8412]

Nice looking animals, decent shearer too. As a farm kid, I love seeing these

[@mrichar9]

Simple and better times back then

[@Woody2Shoe]

Except for all the Nazis running around the world, but yeah. Totally.

[@roblocher6826]

As long as you were white

[@christopherwelch136]

Would not say that. African Americans? Why do white Americans long for the 40s and 50s with legislated racism? So odd and sad.

[@muziklvr7776]

Hard work but if one was healthy and in good shape, it was good times.

[@joegoldman3065]

Better times and simpler times of course, simple and that there were almost no cures for cancer. No equipment to detect it like an MRI or CAT scanner. WaY, way fewer medications and drugs. Way shorter life expectancy. The Times then were way worse. Would you rather be diagnosed with cancer now?Or then back then.It was a complete death sentence

[@denniscurless904]

The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois was and still is owned by the The Commonwealth Edison Co of Chicago. It goes from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and from the Wisconsin State Line to several miles south of Interstate 80. The rural part of northern Illinois started with the shortened name of the Public Service and later changed to Northern Illinois Utilities headquarted out of Dixon, IL. Today we all take for granted how easy electricity has made our life. This is a good reminder what electricity did for the American farmer to be as productive today.

[@christopherconard2831]

Nice to see color from the era.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yeah, never knew they had color before 1945 LOL:) OL J R :)

[@tomstiyer657]

My brother was born in Streator at St. Mary's Hospital, in December, 1952. I would stand in the snow and wave to my mother when we went to visit. When we moved to Grand Ridge, there was no gas service and the electric water heater was very expensive to operate.

[@bigiron8831]

Boy have things changed up here in Northern Hellinois.........

[@steveb6103]

I got a good laugh at needing a dog to bring in the cows for milking. Growing up I never needed a alarm clock. 4am the cows made sure no one slept in.

[@roberthousedorfii1743]

My cousin didn't need a dog either, but he had one. By 3:30, those cows were in so much pain, they were lined up 10 deep to get into the barn and be milked. Go ahead, ask a mom who breast feeds about it, lol.

[@eboracum2012]

@@roberthousedorfii1743 Hah! Looks like we former breast-feeders like your comment! And you're absolutely correct☺️

[@dougtheviking6503]

Funny thing , All those farms are long gone now . Probably subdivided. Except for Mt.Morris & Streator Il . By the Chicago migration. Mr Yashtar , My family's both got off the Boat with nothing 100 + years ago. But had to pay for their land . And Mr Elderly , My mother, aunts and uncles grew up in Oregon Il. Cant recall to many Indian stories . But Statue is a good gesture. Good video, we still use some of those G.E motors .

[@WatchWesWork]

I thought the same too. Aledo and Belvidere are also still very rural. But Geneva and St. Charles?

[@CONCERTMANchicago]

What's worse is how since then, unchecked urban sprawl no doubt resulted in developers clear-cutting most of those old-growth oak trees documented in this film. And remember this was produced just before the post-war housing development boom. To think how some of those local high schools teaching farm children back then no longer even have 4-H clubs nor agriculture classes.

[@kluafoz]

Central Illinois here

[@itsjustme5381]

All of tbese people are amazing. I think what stands out is how effortless it all seems in the video but I know it is not easy to live back then.

[@cdp200442]

My family all the way back to the early days of the Vikings have been farmers .. the upper Midwest . To us the most honest , rewarding, challenging..God fearing way of life.

[@thomascruff786]

Young ladies working hard back then just to survive.

[@gregmoyer8959]

These people were ambitious and proud, they had common sense and could make do with the minimum supplies, even more amazing is no “smart phone s , tablets, laptops or Apps. I wonder how much better it was back then, try to get people to put their phones down now is impossible.

[@tinasmith1391]

Small farms are a thing of the past. If the houses and buildings are still there they're owned by some oligarch now. Bill gates is the largest landowning farmer in the US in 2022. And for years no one can really be sure how much of our own food we produce since it's legal to slap MADE IN USA labels on all imported food. Small farms were good jobs and kept us safe, we'll regret letting oligarchs monopolize them.

[@TheMNrailfan227]

I miss being on a farm

[@johnjaco5544]

Good video

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for the visit

[@thomascruff786]

Young ladies working hard back then just to survive

[@treetop5752]

LIKE TO FARM LIKE THAT NOW

[@TobyLawnjockey]

Sorry, its called Agri-Business now.. it is a corporate thing...work gangs travel to different farms,("productivity", demanded it). Automation, drones, have changed the game..(watering cattle is a button on a computer now?), but I agree, I miss this kind of life..

[@garymckee8857]

Damn where did I put my ration points book at.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Grandma had hers in the drawer in the back room... I asked her one time, "you think they'll get you extra gas or sugar in the NEXT war??" LOL:) She had tons of green stamps too from back in the day. Used to get a lot of free stuff that way LOL:) OL J R :)

[@turdferguson74]

How many different chemicals are they spraying per day

[@danorthsidemang3834]

25:52 "Hello Joe--whaddya know?"

[@richj120952]

Compared to what the City folks had to go through with rationing, the farmers had it pretty good. Sure the labor was pretty high, but you got to eat from your own produce without rationing. The only thing wrong with this film, is that everything depended upon available electricity. Most farmers were not so lucky to have electric power available from a utility.

[@steveb9151]

0:55 No need to wonder about the quality of this film; The filmmakers tell us right at the start!

[@Condor512]

Out of all the towns mentioned in this video, I didn't know only two of them. And from where I'm at I don't think I'm more than 30 min away from any of them. But things sure have changed since WWII, my guess is - knowing these areas - that a majority of these farms no longer exist, and in their place sits fairly larger single-family homes in subdivisions. Largely due to the children of the farmers seen in this video having to SELL their land due to the INSANE TAXES of all kinds we have in Illinois thanks to money-hungry Democrats!! I know this as FACT as the house my wife & I are in - and have been since we bought it as new construction in 1978 - WAS on Farm Land. It was the largest family farm in my village at the time. [ps: Go Bears! (Justin Fields ROCKS :-)]

[@kq2799]

Funny how U blame Dems for all of yer failures...

[@danorthsidemang3834]

Look at my name and avatar. I'm a Waukegan boy and couldn't agree more with your comment. But Justin Fields most certainly DOES NOT rock. Lifelong Bears fan and graduate of THE Ohio State University.

[@sambrian5405]

@@kq2799 dems mess up alot tho

[@itsjustme5381]

so amazing how they got along without AI 🤔

[@myles5101]

When you are poor, just breathing is work.

[@roberthousedorfii1743]

Hey folks, love the videos! Could you PLEASE move the overlay to the very bottom of the picture? Many times now, important, useful information has been hidden by the overlay. If you can't move it, please it 75% transparent ( 25% visible)

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[@eboracum2012]

@@PeriscopeFilm I've often been irked by missing bits of info behind that counter, and wondered why it was there. Thanks to you both🤗

[@Traci063]

Very awesome, but I found the "PF# 55464" counter constantly running very distracting. Is there a way to get that off? Thanks!

[@gregmoyer8959]

What chemical s were they spraying

[@rogerhuber3133]

Goor flick. Makes me want to run out and buy a War bond! LOL I like these patriotic propaganda films as they show America in a much better time when we were respected and respected ourselves. Shame it's all gone now.

[@lifeindetale]

Propaganda? This was reality back then.. talk about Propaganda, turn on msnbc or cnn

[@rogerhuber3133]

@@lifeindetale Yes, this is basically a propaganda film from days long gone. Back then this was how it was and not to be confused with the drivel those channels shove down our throats.

[@Sennmut]

I understand the reason for the counter, but could it be in another place? It covers some of the info at the bottom. Otherwise, bravo! More like these!

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[@bobbiecrider6964]

3:01 big loans to the corn farmer, high cost tractors in the millions...

[@andrewlyon9292]

This area still looks like that lol

[@captsirl]

Poor millennial's are screwed. They cant even communicate with another human with out an electronic devise. How the hell are they going to work as a team on any of those projects.

[@hewasdeadwhenigotthere7109]

Device*... Oh the irony, aye?

[@unclebarky7928]

Milk with a side of ddt

[@optimisticfuture6808]

Where’s all the packaging and plastics?

[@redwatch1100]

Life without holodor.

[@satish_sale]

#mr indians 🙏🙏👌👌👌

[@christopherwelch136]

So many corporate sponsors. 🤷‍♂️

[@alfredolsen4301]

This is farming when animal welfare was still an issue and not like today with factory farming: Profit before animal welfare. Believe there will be a day when we have to re think the way we treat animals and grow products. More serious viruses than Covid 19 may occur in the future.

[@treetop5752]

Very true

[@guyazbell7437]

Gee i wonder why they dont show how they raise our food now days. . . . . oh my bad, monsanto chemical co. Inc. Would not like any exposure because when this film was made the farmers mission was to bring thee best he has to market and as you can see near zero chemicals and zero gmo,s all the best food on earth, the mission of todays farmer is proffit at the cost of human lives nothing else.

[@johnquinn456]

YEAH PROPAGANDA

[@Leejahstar]

On stolen land

[@Leejahstar]

Chuck Barnes the fake Indians (Mongolian) an the 5 dollar Indians 👈🏿

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Yahstar Arawak My grandfather had a general store in town and was the only merchant in town to give the native Americans credit for food. He knew that history and in his own way did whatever he could to help. We had the Black Hawk statue across the Rock river from our home. After all these years I still have a gift from them to my grandfather. I wear it on my hand proudly

[@rapman5363]

The Indians stole it from the natives.

[@bobbrooks80]

@@elderlypoodle9181 I was inside that statue about 60 years ago.

[@altheliterate]

Need a hug Nancy?

[@guyazbell7437]

Gee i wonder why they dont show how they raise our food now days. . . . . oh my bad, monsanto chemical co. Inc. Would not like any exposure because when this film was made the farmers mission was to bring thee best he has to market and as you can see near zero chemicals and zero gmo,s all the best food on earth, the mission of todays farmer is proffit at the cost of human lives nothing else.

[@RJ1999x]

You are wrong. By the way profit isn't evil, no profit nobody stays in business, including farmers

[@jamesmontan9189]

@@RJ1999x profit isn't the issue, the point he was trying to make was profit over safety which ties in directly to his monsanto comment, organic is the way to go. Monsanto has known about their false claims for years but continue on for the sake of greed

[@jamesmontan9189]

@@RJ1999x hahaha say that to an organic farmer

[@RJ1999x]

@@jamesmontan9189 you're not feeding the world. Says the non organic farmer

[@miked1765]

More big city people who think they know better how to run a farm.