Decorative Foliage, part 3
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1996.6.9
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Martin Moyer Productions
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content: Martin Moyer film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 687 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film made by Martin Moyer for educational use explores collecting of floral greenery from the forests by "pickers."  These men and women are experienced in the outdoors and are able to identify various species of floral plants that are used by retail florists.  Film identifies some of the more important floral greenery from the forests and shows how it is picked and processed. Film also shows how the gathering of boughs, fern fronds, and mosses for the floral industry provides a livelihood for thousands of families in the western United States. Collaborator is Bernard S. Douglass, U.S. Forest Serevice, Region 6, Division of State and Private Forestry. Film is from the series "Man and the Forest".

Supplementary materials: photographs, synopses, study guide with transcription of narration, promotional materials, newspaper articles