The Battle of Billy's pond (Captioned)

When enthusiastic young fisherman, Billy, and his friend, Cobby, find their favourite pond polluted with dead fish floating on the surface, they decide to investigate. The boys discover that the pond has been poisoned by industrial waste. Based on the book by Howard Thompson.

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Credits

production company

Children's Film Foundation (London, England)

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323947

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Pollution

Closed captioning

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

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United Kingdom, 1976

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