Why do we still have mountains

United States, 1964

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Episode of Series “Earth science series”.
Explains how mountains are formed by deformation of the Earth’s crust, showing that uplifting movements are occurring at present, and new elevations replace those being eroded.

Credits

director
producer

Stanley Croner

production company

American Geological Institute

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1964

Appears in

Earth science series

Group of items

Earth science series

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011945

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mountains

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Erosion

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mountains

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/74731--why-do-we-still-have-mountains/ |title=Why do we still have mountains |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=17 January 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}