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Almanac Program 3: The Land Needs Wildlife

Missouri Department of Conservation biologist, illustrator, and photographer Charles W. Schwartz (1914-1991) compares nature and man’s ways of cultivating and fertilizing the soil, then discusses the food chain and cycle of life. The episode includes a live, in-studio demonstration of a gopher digging. Almanac was a weekly television series that ran for at least seven episodes in 1955. This episode includes footage of pocket gopher; cattle; tumblebug (dung beetle); cottontail rabbit; coyote; sparrow; yellowjacket wasp; sow bug; fungus; slime mold; snail; earthworm.

Credits

Host and wildlife photography
Charles W. Schwartz
Producers
Mayo Simon, Martin Schneider
Complete catalog record
Series: Almanac, episode 3
Production company: Missouri Conservation Commission (Missouri Department of Conservation)
Sponsor: Missouri Conservation Commission
Held by: Missouri State Archives
YouTube: Missouri Department of Conservation – Almanac Program 3: The Land Needs Wildlife (1955) — Missouri State Archives, uploaded 2025-03-19
Notes: Episode of the weekly TV series Almanac (1955). Rights: public domain (per Missouri State Archives). Required credit: Missouri State Archives RG103 Missouri Department of Conservation Collection. File: RG103_008.mp4

More in Almanac

  1. Almanac Program 1: Wildlife Photography 1955
  2. Almanac Program 2: Whose Land? 1955
  3. Almanac Program 3: The Land Needs Wildlife 1955
  4. Almanac Program 4: Ancient Wildlife 1955
  5. Almanac Program 5: Predators 1955
  6. Almanac Program 6: Cottontail 1955
  7. Almanac Program 7: Prairie Chicken 1955

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Source: Missouri Dept of Conservation Youtube · Record added 2026-10-12 21:15:06