French cinemagazine items: Pollution - All human activity is polluting, that is it modifies the balance of certain natural cycles; Measurements used at Lake Leman and the Rhone Valley trace pollution by mercury and other metals; Checking the behaviour of fish allows follow-up of hot water waste from power stations; Two examples of global solutions - a co-operative farm ‘rethinks’ the complete production process as a function of natural cycles and an anti-pollution fight at the heart of the matter in an oil refinery; Automatic sorting of household refuse and a treatment system to transform refuse into a solid fuel comparable to coal; A purifying plant for waste domestic water, industrial water residue and domestic refuse.
Suitable for senior students.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010514
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Pollution
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Documentary → Documentary films - France
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science and civilization
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)