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DESCRIPTION OF POPULAR FILMS (by Subject Category) AGRICULTURE THE ATOM AND AGRICULTURE (1953). 10 minutes, black and white. Produced by, and for sale by, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, at $62.15 per print, including shipping case. NOT cleared for television. This nontechnical film, for intermediate through college-level audi- ences, explains the use of radiation, including radioisotope tracers, for photosynthesis research, study of fertilizer uptake and use, and to ef- fect genetic changes in corn and other crops. ATOMIC AGE FARMER (Magic of the Atom Series) . . See page 54 ATOMIC GREENHOUSE (Magic of the Atom Series) . . See page 55 ATOMS ON THE FARM See page 18 HARVEST OF AN ATOMIC AGE (1963). 20 minutes, color. Produced by the U. S. Information Agency. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Produced with the technical assistance of the USAEC, Brookhaven Na- tional Laboratory and Michigan State University, the film illustrates the progress achieved by U. S. scientists in using radiation to create new strains of disease- and weather-resistant food crops with higher yields. We see both the research work at USAEC's Brookhaven Na- tional Laboratory and the field work with new varieties of commercial crops. The specific example shown is the development of the Sanilac bean by Michigan State University plant geneticists. The Sanilac bean is disease-resistant and stands upright, permitting machine-harvesting. The film explains simply the theories of radiation-induced plant muta- tions, the methods, and the complexity of the long-term work. RADIATION: SILENT SERVANT OF MANKIND (Magic of the Atom Series) See page 57