NRS-17679 | Films [Milk Board]

Full description

These films relate chiefly to the New South Wales dairy industry.  They include: health promotional films; films dealing with dairy cattle husbandry including treatment and prevention of disease, artificial breeding and the quality control of breeding stock; quality control of the production of dairy goods; procedures to be adopted in the event of foot and mouth disease; water and pastures conservation and management; tertiary courses in, and research projects associated with the dairy industry; historical films dealing with the early settlement and decline of dairying communities; and the schools' free milk scheme. (1)

The films were shown to school children, members of the public, dairymen and veterinary students in both Sydney and country districts. (2) 

Endnote
(1) Archives Authority of New South Wales, Disposal Recommendation 5153.
(2) NRS 3678, [11/19548] Milk Board Bulletin, Vol.2 No.1 (15th October 1946), pp.13-14; ibid., Vol.2 No.2 (15th November 1946), p.27; ibid., Vol.2 No.6 (14th March 1947), p.94.