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The City: heaven and hell

Canada, 1964

Film
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Episode number 1 of Series “Lewis Mumford on the city”.
An outline of the opposed natures - creative and destructive - of the city in history, the elements that created the first cities about 5000 years ago, and the forces that now threaten to destroy them.

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Credits

producer

Ian MacNeill

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1964

Appears in

Lewis Mumford on the city

Group of items

Lewis Mumford on the city

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322054

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Urbanization

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urbanization

History → History

History → Urbanization

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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