Weekly Review No. 337 - Wheat Problem 1948

Since 1910 work has gone on at Lincoln College to improve varieties and strains. The task has been to find a wheat that suits New Zealand's soil and climate, and gives in these conditions, the highest yields ...

– The 1948 wheat mission

This is the face of a third of humanity: while we import wheat, a third of the world's people hunt, steal, beg for bread.

– From the narration

When people starve, when the world's economy gets out of gear...in war for the common people, nothing but poverty and fear.

– From the narration

The situation is alarming. We want to help Britain and the rest of the world. We may first have to help ourselves.

– From the narration