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Shelter (USA)

United States, 1937
film

This film traces man’s growing ability to change the form of materials, and shows how the development of transportation has increased the variety and th..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Shelter (3rd Edition)

United States, 1980
Similarity: 81%

Man the builder

Australia, 1971
Similarity: 78%

A Place to live

United States, 1975
Similarity: 75%

Problems of housing: the individual home

United States, 1944
Similarity: 74%

Homes around the world

United States, 1963
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A world of structures

United States, 1973
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Shelter construction in winter (Outdoor recreation)

Canada, 1968
Similarity: 74%

Transportation

United States, 1992
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Clothing

United States, 1937
Similarity: 73%

Sun, wind and wood

Canada, 1978
Similarity: 72%

Shifting Shelter 2

2000
Similarity: 71%

Eskimo children

United States, 1941
Similarity: 70%

To build a school house

United States, 1975
Similarity: 70%

Mountains, materials and technology

United Kingdom, 1994
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Animals that build

United States, 1983
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Rise of industrial America: the rise of the American city

United States, 1969
Similarity: 70%

Hope for the handicapped

Australia, 1963
Similarity: 70%

Shelter

Australia, 1965
Similarity: 70%
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