“ LAND USE AND MISUSE “ 1970s ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FILM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 90774
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This educational film “Land Use and Misuse“ dates to the 1970s and presents information about environmental damage, the importance of vegetation for protection of land. It presents an anti-deforestation, anti-clearing of land premise.
It was made by Learning Company of America, then part of Columbia Pictures Industries. American Meteorological Society / Dr. Reid A. Bryson (0:11). Two white men’s faces bouncing in shot while jogging (0:50). Grains of wheat against blue sky (0:54). Oil pumpjack / rocking machine at work (0:56). Pan from forest to suburban housing development (1:02). Various shots: construction, bus by overpass, tilled field, small plane taking off over field, four-lane highway, timber lorry (1:10). Sign staked in front of evergreen forest land: “For Sale: This Desirable Property” (1:23). Demonstration of erosion after land clearing in lab experiment (1:30–4:30). Lab experiment on vegetated / unvegetated earth (grass) with irrigation; lab experiment showing vegetation reduces erosion after rain (1:30). Lab simulation of sun (heat lamps); earth drying (time lapse); “rain cycle” repeated; “dry cycle” repeated; weather cycle simulated in lab (2:15). Close-up: erosion’s effects on underground soil layers for cleared and vegetated land (plant roots, leaves) (3:36). Large tree, mountains behind (3:53). The sun (small circle in clear sky) (4:00). Clouds forming (4:05). Rain hitting tree, earth (4:09). Close-up of water run-off (streams forming); soil erosion (4:17). Stream (4:25). Cleared land with vague structures in background (4:30). Various water pumps, water distributors, irrigation technology (4:37). Lab experiment to show fertilizer and DDT build-up over time (closed water cycle with soil additives, pollution) (4:47). Dead grass in lab experiment; dead grass, dry field on farm; barn on horizon in background (5:17). Cows in dry field (5:27). Deer or elk, with antlers (buck) (5:29). Aerial view of smokestacks / industry / industrial development (5:31). Dead fields, dry fields in Rajasthan Desert, India (5:37). Cows, goats in dry fields in Rajasthan, India (5:52). Illustration of desert atmosphere and heat (6:05). Dusty landscape in Rajasthan (6:20). Two men on path on camel / bike in Rajasthan, dust (6:25). Tilling with camel, Rajasthan (6:36). Lab experiment with wind, dust, fan (sign “This Desirable Property“) (6:50). Illustration of planet Earth with sign (“This Desirable Property“ ) (6:56). Illustrated sequence about land use in 1970s America (facts / pie chart / background visuals—land use in the United States in 1970s: 58% crop and livestock production; 22% ungrazed forest land; 12% desert, swamp, or tundra; 5% wildlife refuges and parks; 3% cities and towns (7:01). Mother cow, baby cows suckling on farm in pen (7:47). Junkyards with cars near river, birds everywhere; expanding urban areas (highways, suburbia, retail, restaurant, hotel development, branded signs--Texaco, 76, steakhouse) (7:55). Lab experiment with model house shows effect of residential development / land clearing on temperature and light (thermometer, Lunasis 3 light meter); thermometer showing 28 degrees Celsius, 26 degrees Celsius (8:06). Plane taking off from runway, subtitle: “ALBEDO“ (9:04). Hot tarmac at airport; airport building and populated hill in background (9:18). Cityscapes, skyscrapers (9:26). Forest by field with fence (9:30). Cleared man-made desert area near industrial development (9:39). Multi-story highway system with many early 1970s cars (9:45). Farm near mountains; tilled soil in front of farm building (9:53). Light bulb on grass in a lab setting shows albedo effect (10:00). Sun viewed from underwater (10:15). Clouds moving, hurricane at beach, buildings in hurricane, palm trees in hurricane (10:23). Close-up time lapse: bean plant sprouting (10:36). Light bulb on grass in lab again, albedo effect (10:48). Glaciers (11:00). Cars in traffic (bumper-to-bumper) viewed at street level from divider (11:19). Illustration of jet trail (11:24). Aerial view of small 1970s city (11:28). Small dust devil in lightly vegetated desert (11:34). Broken doll in ugly deserted field near dilapidated building (destruction / land misuse) (11:38). Land reclamation in a bay (11:44). Virgin forest being cut (11:55). Beach sign from San Francisco Department of Public Health warning of polluted water (12:00). Pacific evergreen forest, hills (12:07). Farm with crops growing; various close-ups of crops (12:24). End titles: produced by Davidson Films, Inc. San Francisco.
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