The Gardens of Victory (WWII film)

Food is much more appreciated when one has to do all the work of tilling the soil, planting the seed, watering and weeding and finally harvesting your crops and canning the extra for winter use.

I agree, we would be less wasteful if we had to produce all our own food.

MERICA

Locally in 2008 people got reintroduced to gardening. I guess one might call them recession gardens. I wonder if those people still garden.

Do any of those old garden guides still exist? Is there a way to find one? It would be cool to lay out a garden WWII-style.

So, the kid grabs a carrot, with very limp greens on top, showing it is not very fresh. Then he discards the greens which are full of vitamins and minerals. In England, we would be admonished if we had done that, and so would the mother for letting it happen. Very poor attitude for using vegetables to their best potential. Oh, sorry. I forgot that this took place in a country where there was no shortage or rationing like we had. However, we gratefully thank that country for the food they did send to us as it was very badly needed but, also, they never had to innovate as we had to.
'nuf sed.

When was this made,?

We keep a Victory Garden every year! And we call it a Victory Garden in honour of our parents who kept them as well. You don't need much space!

Plus a lot of the end bits can be turned into hearty vegetable broth.. My wife and I save and compost everything from egg shells to coffee grounds..

I need to start my Victory Garden as well!!!!! It looks like a lot of fun!!!!

wow better homes and gardens

all I know is I was told to eat because there were starving children who didn't have enough. Our food wasn't really that good though..winter was tough to get through in particular.I mean you do have to research and know what you are doing.

Grandaddy and Granny done prepared me for covid19. Love it and live it!

Love the reaction:
Yarmayn: "Bro!"
Alex: "SHUT UP!"
(Slaps him in arm playfully) 😂

Times really havent changed from then to now

We in the U.S. were pretty darn blessed to have enough food during WWII--even though some items were rationed. We were pretty spoiled in comparison to those in Europe and the Pacific.


During this time of pandemic we need to grow Victory Gardens once again to feed ourselves, our families and help our neighbors and friends to have enough to eat. Where possible, they also need to learn how to feed themselves so they aren't as dependent on the government and other people.

United States Office of Civil Defense, Decided halfway through the war, to get off their arse and help,

Well They shouldn't have fucking bothered, they were a total waste of fucking time lol

United States Office of Civil Defense, Decided halfway through the war, to get off their arse and help,

Well They shouldn't have fucking bothered, they were a total waste of fucking time lol

Who else here because of school

Never ceasing is so gimmicky and not a Godly way you HAVE to let the land rest!!!! We will eventually grow ourland into dust if we do not let the land rest like God requests

Does anyone know of the date that Congress passed any Victory Garden legislation?

Who else hade to watch this from there teacher

Too many are too far removed!

Man, we need a program like this TODAY.

IF FOLKS DON'T START DOING THIS AGAIN AMERICA WILL BE STARVING TO DEATH EN MASSE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS OR LESS!! THEY'RE ACTIVELY SHUTTING/BURNING/CULLING DOWN THE ENTIRE FOOD SUPPLY FOLKS!!! OUR GOVT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT TO THE COMMUNIST CHINESE, WHO ARE HOARDING HALF THE WORLDS GRAIN SUPPLY AND WE'RE STILL!!! EXPORTING TO THEM!!!! ☢️🌠🐍🇻🇦👁️🌎

Keep Calm and carry.

I’m a gardener

The average obese American would gladly become a socialist before lifting a finger. We’ve become a nanny state.
“The price of mans life is the effort it takes to plant a hill of beans” Henry David Thoreau

July 2020. After witnessing the mass hypnosis of covid lockdowns, and realizing the death toll on those with underlying health conditions such as obesity, I never heard our ‘modern’ government push the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Probably because it would hurt someone’s feelings. Imagine them saying the truth: If you’re a fat slob with no conditioning you might not make it; but 99.7% will be fine. Stay home and depend on big brother. Amazing how the sheep fell in line. Many people today would rather die a slave than truly embrace what it means to be free Those same sheep would turn on their fellow man for his resources to save their own butts. I’d love to see a solar flare knock society back into a reality of what really matters. Your garden would only be as good as you could defend it. The glory of God is man fully alive; claim your birthright.

Thank you so much for sharing this film. I was reading a PDF book called, "The War Garden Victorious" about the war gardens which began in WW I. Victory gardens seem to be the same thing. This is a great film to show people on the history of the subject. In fact, during the current times of war, we should be growing these again. I started my own vegetable garden a month ago and I hope to add fruit to it soon.

I think Americans need to repeat this. Its healthy, effective, creates less burden on government and also each garden can be tended by those illegal Mexican free of cost.

it's amazing they still had the energy after work to build/maintain these quite frankly incredible gardens

Great video except for the overuse of chemicals, etc. Use compost to enrich the soil. And please eat the carrot greens too as they are rich in nutrients. Don't throw them away.

I have my mother's Victory Farm Volunteer card as she grew up in Enumclaw, Washington within sight of Mt. McKinley.

Long live Germany

We need this in 2023

We still haven't learned ..we don't need pestcide

Learning to grow your own food is great. If we ever experience economic hardship a garden would be valuable.