Tip of the iceberg

United Kingdom, 1975

Film
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Episode of Series “World in action”
The problem of toxic industrial waste poses environmental problems around the world. This film investigates the dangers of the dumping of tons of toxic waste on an industrial tip near the Avon Age fortress of Sutton Walls, Hertfordshire, and near farmland in Matlock, Derbyshire.

Credits

producer

Steve Morrison

production company

Granada Television International

Language

English

Duration

00:26:47:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

29581

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial sites

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment

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

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects

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

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Waste disposal - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Waste disposal sites

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Waste disposal sites

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

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

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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