Standing room only

United States, 1967

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Episode of Series “21st Century”.
Considers the implications of the world’s burgeoning population growth depicting ideas for distributing food surpluses, exploiting the oceans, increasing agricultural activity. Examines several of the procedures including birth control whereby this growth can be controlled. Reporter: Walter Cronkite.

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Credits

director

Sidney Meyers

producer

Isaac Kleinerman

production company

CBS News

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1967

Appears in

21st Century

Group of items

21st Century

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322905

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food supply

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Food supply - Developing countries

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

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Overpopulation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Population density

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

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

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Food supply

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Food supply - Developing countries

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Human ecology

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Overpopulation

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Population density

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food supply

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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