Santa Barbara: everybody's mistake

United States, 1970

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Episode of Series “Our Vanishing Wilderness”.
Examines the controversies behind the 2 million gallon oil leak in the Santa Barbara Channel, off the coast of California in 1969. Shows how smog created by oil is killing pine trees high above sea level. The film asks why a society places such a high value on oil that it willingly endangers its own life. Based on the book “Our Vanishing Wilderness” by Mary Louise and Shelly Grossman and John Hamlet.

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Credits

producer

Shelly Grossman

production company

National Educational Television

Duration

00:28:45:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1970

Appears in

Our Vanishing Wilderness

Group of items

Our Vanishing Wilderness

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322394

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Air - Pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Energy policy - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental health

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Marine pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Oil pollution of the sea

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - United States

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Environmental health

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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