# Topsoil

The story of one of America's richest treasures -- the thin layer of topsoil on which we depend for most of our food, clothes, and other necessities of life. Shows why and how both city and rural people are dependent on topsoil of productive farmlands. Explains how topsoil was made by nature through the centuries and how it may be destroyed in a few years by improper farming methods. Distinguishes between productive topsoil and the less fertile subsoil, and ends on the theme that topsoil can be conserved while still being used for maximum production. Some great shots of New York City.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1948
- By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0349_Topsoil_03_45_09_20)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/0349_Topsoil_03_45_09_20?play=1)