The Living soil

Without spoken commentary, this film depicts both the life of the soil and the life within it. The film also demonstrates through photography, the chemical cycle of soil. For many people soil is just dirt. Yet through the fresh eye of the camera, soil is seen as the home of a vital community.

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Credits

producer

Nicholas Alexander

production company

CSIRO

director

Roger Seccombe

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323706

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Soil erosion

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Soil formation

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Soils

Animals & Wildlife → Biology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Soil ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Soil erosion

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Soil formation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Soils

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Soil formation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1982

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