01 January 1954 Factual 11 mins
An interesting little short about the exploitative system of the 1930's-50's that used cheap Mexican workers (that "cross the border on temporary work permits to *help* with the harvest").
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James Brill as Narrator (voice)
J.F. Rosborough Associate Producer
The Truck Farmer (Second Edition) Trailer
United States 01 January 1954
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Points out the major truck farming areas in America during the 1950s. Shows activities on truck farm in the Rio Drande delta such as planting irrigating spraying ...
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A handsome newcomer in a village marries a local girl. A year or so later an abandoned baby is left on the couple's doorstep, a baby the man had with another woman.
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