This film deals with the international exchange of information through modern means of communication - press, radio, films, television, telegraph, cablegram. Half the human race does not have yet the means to hear the other half; half the human race remains a prey to superstition, poverty, ignorance, disease, fallacy and distortion of the truth. This is a history of the development of communications and how the UNO is working to break down the barriers to progress and international understanding.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009559
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Influence
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Social aspects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Study and teaching
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cultural relations
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Intercultural communication
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → International understanding
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communications - History
Documentary → Documentary films - United Nations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communication - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Intercultural communication
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → International relations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → International understanding
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mass media - Social aspects
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mass media - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)