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Moving Image		Forests as Carbon Dioxide Sponge MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:02:38 Trees take carbon dioxide and convert it into wood. As well as storing carbon, trees and plants have a cooling effect on the earth they cover. Find Similar Resources	Climatic changes Farming/Agriculture

Moving Image		The Hard Life of the Farmer MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:26 European settlers began coming to the region almost four centries ago. From the beginning, they were farmers, and well into the 1800s, they had a very difficult life. Find Similar Resources	Farms -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Maine -- Social life and customs. Agricultural implements.

Moving Image		Hard Times-Women and Children MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:16 In the late 1800s, Farm women and girls began working in factories throughout southern New England, as well as in growing in-state industrial centers like Lewiston, Portland, Saco and Biddeford. By the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the remaining farm families needed each other more than ever to get by. Find Similar Resources	Depressions -- United States -- 1929 Great Depression -- 1929 -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Maine -- Social life and customs.

Moving Image		Harrie B. Coe -- Maine promotional films Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:22:17 Footage of two films made by Harrie B. Coe for the Maine Publicity Bureau, featuring life in Maine. The first includes scenes of Rockland lime quarries, blueberry raking and canning, Eastport sardine industry, sheep ranching, Portland's water front, Cape Elizabeth Drive and ocean views, Cathedral Woods in Eustis, and the Rangeley mountain and lakes region. The second shows Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel. Find Similar Resources	Dams Farming/Agriculture Fishing/Fisherman Quarries Shipping/Shipbuilding

Moving Image		How Scientists Evaluate Climate Change-Background MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:01:11 Applied climatologists work with data frequently. The numbers crunched by climatologists can explain a great deal about the world around us. Find Similar Resources	Global Warming Mcintosh Apple -- Vermont Climatic changes Farming/Agriculture

Moving Image		Intro - A Love for the Land MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:12 For generations, Mainers have tilled the rocky soil until it bloomed, survived changes in technology, adapted to the weather, and etched the State’s unique identity into the landscape. Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture

Moving Image		Intro - Gulf of Maine MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:01:26 Join Quest for a never-before seen view under the waves of the Gulf of Maine. Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture Oceanography Maine, Gulf of Ocean bottom Habitat (Ecology)

Moving Image		A Love for the Land MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:25:36 The legacy of Maine's farmers is the open farmland they shaped from the wooded rocky terrain. Their story is an inspiring tale of hardship, innovation, and remarkable endurance. As agriculture heads into the next century, "HOME" looks back at the last century of farming in Maine. Find Similar Resources	Agricultural resources -- Maine Natural resources -- Maine Maine -- Social life and customs Maine -- History Agriculture -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Farm life-- History

Moving Image		The Mid West Loses Population MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:00 Maine farming was always adaptive. The Great Plains are facing standard problems of a declining agricultural economy. Just like Maine, the Great Plains are finding solutions in adaptation and diversification. Find Similar Resources	Agriculture -- Great Plains Farming/Agriculture Farmland -- Maine Land use, Rural -- Maine

Moving Image		A New Appreciation of Rural Maine MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:03:35 At the turn of the last century, Maine farming underwent lasting changes. The pastoral landscape, a landscape of mixed farms, forests, fields and towns, brought tourists to the state. Farming contributes a lot to the three-billion-dollar tourism industry of Maine. Find Similar Resources	Farms -- Maine Tourism -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Recreation/Tourism

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