The Watchkeepers

United Kingdom, 1991

Film
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Episode number 10 of Series “Spaceship Earth”.
Satellite technology combined with computer graphics can present an enormous range of information about Spaceship Earth and its inhabitants. This information can be climatic, demographic, geographic, religious, horticultural, agricultural and social. This program reviews the range of information accessible via these combined technologies and with the help of the NASA computer examines the first “living portrait” of the earth.

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Credits

producer/director

John Selwyn Gilbert

production company

Antelope Films

Channel Four

Network Television

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1991

Appears in

Spaceship Earth

Group of items

Spaceship Earth

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306178

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Land use - Remote areas

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Land use - Remote areas

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Global Positioning System

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Remote sensing

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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