Examines man’s dilemma of how to behave toward his environment. Is modern urban life, with its artificiality and ugly trappings of pollution and untrammelled usage of nature’s commodities, an instinctive protection against the alien silence and solitude of the wilderness? Narrated by Ben Aviary.
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ACMI Identifier
322944
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Urbanization
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization - Environmental aspects
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Human ecology
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urbanization
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Alienation (Social psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alienation (Social psychology)
History → Urbanization
Television
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)