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Deep threat = Mer mere

Canada, 1977
film

Humour helps bring home a serious point in this animated, wordless film. The sea has its own laws and man is accountable to them. Man is shown evolving from t..

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Down to the sea

Canada, 1973
Similarity: 73%

Man: the polluter

Canada, 1973
Similarity: 72%

A Monster problem

Victoria, Australia, 2006
Similarity: 72%

Sirene

Belgium, 1970
Similarity: 72%

Burt Dow, deep-water man (K)

Czechoslovakia, 1983
Similarity: 72%

Whale bait

Victoria, Australia, 1994
Similarity: 72%

Burt Dow, deep-water man

Czechoslovakia, 1983
Similarity: 71%

The Swimming hole

United States, 1972
Similarity: 71%

Air!

Canada, 1972
Similarity: 71%

Sea dream

Canada, 1979
Similarity: 71%

Home to the sea

United States, 1974
Similarity: 71%

Fish

Australia, 2005
Similarity: 71%

Deep sea trawler

Germany, 1969
Similarity: 71%

The Seas must live

United Kingdom, 1979
Similarity: 71%

Return to the sea: a saga of survival

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 71%

A Plea for the wanderer

Canada, 1975
Similarity: 71%

Dot and the Whale

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 70%

Edge of the deep

Australia, 1959
Similarity: 70%
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