A highly effective visual depiction of the explosive growth rate of the human population over the past two thousand years. Small white dots, each representing one million people slowly appear on map of the world’s continents. Growth increases at a rate which indicates that population may drain the earth’s resources.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323267
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Population density
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Population
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Population density
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)