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  • George Washington Carver (1940)
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    69 min | Biography, Drama, Family
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George Washington Carver (1940)
Approved
69 min | Biography, Drama, Family
This documentary on the eminent black scientist George Washington Carver opens with a brief history of black labor in the South. After examining some of the typical jobs of a black worker, including the tilling of soil, the cultivation of ...See moreThis documentary on the eminent black scientist George Washington Carver opens with a brief history of black labor in the South. After examining some of the typical jobs of a black worker, including the tilling of soil, the cultivation of sugar and the ginning of cotton, the film focuses on Carver, who, at age seventy-six, is teaching at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. When one of his young students approaches him with questions about what he will be able to do when he graduates, Dr. Carver relates his life story as an example: As an orphaned son of a slave woman, Carver is stolen from his owner by nightriders and ransomed for a racehorse. His interest in nature makes him determined to get an education, and through all the rebuffs and disappointments, he perseveres to become an agricultural specialist. Developing a scheme to raise peanuts on idle land not used for cotton crops, he creates an industry. His discovery of the many uses of the peanut plant helps to realize a source of income for the poor sharecroppers. Through his diligent research and unselfish devotion to his people, Dr. Carver serves as an example to all his students. See less
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Director
Ben Parker
Writer
Robert Shurr (original story and screenplay)
Cinematographer
Ernest St. George
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Apr 16, 1940 (United States)

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George Washington Carver's primary photo
George Washington Carver
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute (1942)
Booker T. Washington's primary photo
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington III Booker T. Washington III   See fewer
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Ralph Edwards
George Washington Carver as a Boy George Washington Carver as a Boy   See fewer
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Raye Gilbert
Mrs. Carver Mrs. Carver   See fewer
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Milton Sprague
Carver as a Young Man Carver as a Young Man   See fewer
George Washington Carver (1940)
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John J. Marvin
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George Washington Carver (1940)
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