Conservation of Natural Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone river. Montage: natural resources w/ VO re wastage: waterfalls, oil refinery, petroleum spillage, railroad coal cars. Warehouse polluting river, streams. Farmer plowing w/ horses; eroded landscape. Forest before & after logging. Map of US & animation showing depletion of forests; logging scenes, tree topping, cutting redwood “timber!” as huge tree crashes down; 60% of each tree wasted, forest floor littered w/ branches.
12:02:36 MCU Hunter in forest drops cigarette, sets forest fire. Aerials of devastation & flames; smoking timber.
12:03:16 Ranger on fire lookout tower w/ binoculars; men cut fire trails thru forest. Sign ‘Bass River State Forest - Be Careful With Fire’. Men put out cook fire, cut brush.
12:03:51 Log on conveyor thru sawmill , cutting. Children w/ toys in wooden crate made from recycled waste. Artificial silk made from wood. Forest replanting programme.
12:04:37 Stump land after logging. Field plowed, topsoil washed away, field cut into large gulleys, erosion.
12:05:09 River choked by water from gulleys, floods, men on riverbanks w/ sandbags; valley flooded w/ houses almost submerged. Men build small dam across gulley to hold back soil. Beaver caught in trap & taken to headwater streams to build dams. Man-made dam. Contour plowing, terraces into soil of farmland.
12:06:30 Great Plains & western US dust storm from wind erosion. Dust Bowl shots - low visibility on road - bank of soil built up against shack - family loading possessions onto truck & leaving. (GOOD).
12:07:19 Map of US w/ dust bowl area. Man walks up deep erosion. Surveying, trees & hedges planted. Land & grazing use.
12:08:00 Pan across oil field packed w/ derricks; oil gushing out of ground & on fire, wasted. Oil refinery & oil by-products inc. petroleum extraction. Service station & man filling car at gasoline pump, fuel oil delivery to home, man lubricating machine in factory; mineral oil, paraffin, workers laying asphalt in parking lot.
12:09:16 Polluted stream w/ waste pipe, dead fish. Sewage processing plant. Farmer fertilising field. Man fishing in healthy river, waterfall, healthy forest & fields. River & large dam. Family at camp fire & meal outdoors in state park.
Environment. Nature. Farming / Agriculture. Energy / Fuels. Natural Disasters. Depression. 1930s Okies;
Sign in with Google
Similar Sub-themes
Conservation of Natural Resources Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone river. Montage: natural resources w/ VO re wastage: waterfalls, oil refinery, petroleum spillage, railroad coal cars. Warehouse polluting river, streams. Farmer plowing w/ horses; eroded landscape. Forest before & after logging. Map of US & animation showing depletion of forests; logging scenes, tree topping, cutting redwood “timber!” as huge tree crashes down; 60% of each tree wasted, forest floor littered w/ branches. 12:02:36 MCU Hunter in forest drops cigarette, sets forest fire. Aerials of devastation & flames; smoking timber. 12:03:16 Ranger on fire lookout tower w/ binoculars; men cut fire trails thru forest. Sign ‘Bass River State Forest - Be Careful With Fire’. Men put out cook fire, cut brush. 12:03:51 Log on conveyor thru sawmill , cutting. Children w/ toys in wooden crate made from recycled waste. Artificial silk made from wood. Forest replanting programme. 12:04:37 Stump land after logging. Field plowed, topsoil washed away, field cut into large gulleys, erosion. 12:05:09 River choked by water from gulleys, floods, men on riverbanks w/ sandbags; valley flooded w/ houses almost submerged. Men build small dam across gulley to hold back soil. Beaver caught in trap & taken to headwater streams to build dams. Man-made dam. Contour plowing, terraces into soil of farmland. 12:06:30 Great Plains & western US dust storm from wind erosion. Dust Bowl shots - low visibility on road - bank of soil built up against shack - family loading possessions onto truck & leaving. (GOOD). 12:07:19 Map of US w/ dust bowl area. Man walks up deep erosion. Surveying, trees & hedges planted. Land & grazing use. 12:08:00 Pan across oil field packed w/ derricks; oil gushing out of ground & on fire, wasted. Oil refinery & oil by-products inc. petroleum extraction. Service station & man filling car at gasoline pump, fuel oil delivery to home, man lubricating machine in factory; mineral oil, paraffin, workers laying asphalt in parking lot. 12:09:16 Polluted stream w/ waste pipe, dead fish. Sewage processing plant. Farmer fertilising field. Man fishing in healthy river, waterfall, healthy forest & fields. River & large dam. Family at camp fire & meal outdoors in state park. Environment. Nature. Farming / Agriculture. Energy / Fuels. Natural Disasters. Depression. 1930s Okies;