# Agricultural Explorations in Ceylon, Sumatra, and Java 1925-1926

"Agricultural Explorations in Ceylon, Sumatra, and Java" is a silent motion picture produced by the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry. The film features footage of plant explorer David Fairchild and his expedition team during a trip to the East Indies in 1925 and 1926. Among the members of the expedition were plant explorer P.H. Dorsett and his son James, who shot the film footage. The film follows the explorers as they seek tropical plants that could be grown in the United States and provide economic benefits, whether as food, ornamentals, or crossbreeding stock to improve species already grown there. Much of the film shows gardens, landscapes, and village scenes from the three islands visited by the explorers. In some scenes, native people demonstrate their uses of particular fruits, vegetables, and plant materials. Segments of film footage are interspersed with title cards that narrate the expedition story. This motion picture is held in the Special Collections of the USDA National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, MD. For more information visit the Dorsett-Morse Oriental Agricultural Exploration Expedition Guide

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1925
- Runtime: 21 min
- By: United States Department of Agriculture
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agricultural_Explorations_in_Ceylon,_Sumatra,_and_Java_1925-1926.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: United States Department of Agriculture
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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