First of all, water

The film aims to draw attention to the possibilities available for detecting and reaching subsoil water. Swedish scientists have made a great contribution as regards getting hold of, quickly and at reasonable cost, life-giving, pure water.

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Credits

director

Ake Backlund

production company

AB Nordisk Filmkopia

Radio Sweden

Duration

00:29:40:00

Production places

Sweden

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

003750

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sweden

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water use

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water, Underground

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water consumption

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Water consumption

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Discoveries (in science)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth sciences

Places → Sweden

Short films

Short films → Short films - Sweden

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Sweden, 1975

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