Synthesis = Synthese. No. 1/78 [English language]

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.

Credits

production company

CTM Cinema and Television

Duration

00:27:20:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1978

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 → Environmental protection - Citizen participation

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 → Documentary films - France

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science and civilization

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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France, 1978

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