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55,000 for Breakfast
194911 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lawrence CherryEvelyn Cherry
Production: Lawrence CherryEvelyn Cherry
Script: Evelyn CherryRaymond Garceau
The film reports on a meeting of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers at Guelph, Ontario, and its plan to help solve the dire problem of world hunger--a problem sharpened by the birth of 55,000 more human beings, arriving "for breakfast," each day. Delegates emphasize the plight of the many nations who face starvation while others have a surplus of food. The Canadian delegate presents a proposal for an international agency to ensure fair distribution of food. It is endorsed by the conference, which challenges the world to make it work.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Agriculture, Food and NutritionInternational Development and Service Agencies
- Agriculture > Farm produceFood IssuesForeign Countries
- Food and Food Industries > Food Shortages, Hunger and FamineGlobal Food SupplySocial Agencies and Programs
- Politics and Government > International Conferences
Credits
- director
- Lawrence Cherry
- Evelyn Cherry
- producer
- Lawrence Cherry
- Evelyn Cherry
- script
- Evelyn Cherry
- Raymond Garceau
- camera
- Robert Campbell
- editing
- Horace Clarke
- narrator
- Jack Scott
- music
- Eldon Rathburn