Crackpot, jackpot: Human contrasts and survival

United Kingdom, 1978

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Episode number 10 of Series “Botanic man”.
This program takes a look at the problems caused by the high energy consumption of modern countries and some possible solutions. It contrasts life in California, the inhabitants of a tower block who live in a completely controlled environment and the inhabitants of Mexico where Indians are farming land which is rich in oil and great changes are about to embrace them.

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Credits

producer/director

Terence Dixon

production company

Thames Television

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1978

Appears in

Botanic man

Group of items

Botanic man

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ACMI Identifier

304034

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agriculture - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Energy conservation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Erosion

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Life

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Sound

Colour

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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