| Capitol Journal - Farm Bill | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 10186 |
| Catalog #: | 467489 | |
| Clip Number: | 467489-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31-2785 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | N/A | |
| Year Shot: | 1986 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Misc GOVERNMENT: United States | |
| Description: | (01:00:00) WETA logo, PBS funding credits (01:00:13) Two unidentified men comment on the current crisis in the farm economy, in tv studio Capital Journal host HODDING CARTER introduces show (01:00:42) Capital Journal title screen and animation (01:00:51) At White House press conference - in answer to a reporter's question - President RONALD REAGAN summarizes his administration's response to the farm economy crisis (01:01:36) Back in tv studio Carter explains the new farm bill - during his explanation text scrolls over a photograph of a farm listing all the programs contained in the bill (01:02:35) At a press conference President Reagan plugs the farm bill, shots of Reagan signing the bill (01:03:00) Various shots of farm bill protestors holding signs and singing in the St. Paul Minnesota state capital building lobby the day of an emergency meeting of 4 midwestern state governors - the governors walk by the protestors, an Iowa State University agricultural economist uses an overhead to explain the economic impact of the new farm bill, a graph superimposed over the same photograph of a farm illustrates the net farm income decline that will continue after the new farm bill/Food Securities Act of 1985, Governor WILLIAM JANKLOW of South Dakota at a press conference after the governors' meeting criticizes the new farm bill - shots of farmers listening in the audience (01:04:44) Quick shots of the House and Senate committees responsible for the new farm bill, quick display of the vote count passing the farm bill, various shots of the House floor during the farm bill vote, shot of a midwestern farm town in the winter - a truck drives by a grain storage facility, graph illustrating the price support expenditures for farming from '81 - '85 (01:05:20) President Reagan in his State of the Union Address calls for a transition to a market oriented farm economy, Secretary of Agriculture JOHN BLOCK in office talks about the need to end government price support of crops, shot of a large tractor harvesting a tall crop, Senator TOM HARKIN in an office with Carter talks about rising government price supports (01:06:20) Carter standing outside the Capital Building explains the compromise between cutting and increasing government price supports of crops, Senator RUDY BOSCHWITZ (?) in office tells Carter what his constituency's reaction has been to the bill he helped author, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture JIM NICHOLS (?) criticizes the new farm bill and speaks pessimistically about the future of agriculture - shot of Nichols on his own farm walking among cattle in a winter coat, shot of a tractor harvesting corn in the December snow - farmer - JIM ROTH - who drives tractor says he won't give up his farm though he is to be foreclosed on soon, shot of Roth walking to his house in the snow (01:09:14) Governor Janklow at same press conference compares the size of American farmer debt to the national debts of various Latin American countries - more shots of protesting farmers in audience (01:09:58) Representative VINN WEBER (?) talks about legislation that would address the pay back of farmer debt, shot of farm, various shots of rural Minnesota - farms covered in snow, farmers walking streets of farm town, nice shot of a large full moon hanging above a couple grain silos (01:11:27) Back in studio Carter segues to interviews he conducted earlier with Senators RICHARD LUGAR and Tom Harkin in their respective Capital Hill offices - they talk about what the new farm bill does for farmers, the need to address growing farmer debt, the possibility of an increase in government price supports and the looming bankruptcy facing many farmers (01:18:57) Back in studio Carter introduces show's discussion panel - WARD SINCLAIR of the Washington Post and CHARLOTTE NICHOLS of PBS, they discuss the pros and cons of the new farm bill, the effect of the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction bill on future farm legislation, farmer debt, price supports, and why farmers and the farm economy get so much government attention (01:26:10) Carter thanks guests and closes out show, credits roll tractor harvesting corn in the snow (01:27:30) PBS funding credits | |
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