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Timeless treasure

Unknown, 1965
film

Deals with the continual deterioration and destruction of man’s cultural heritage and the need for active preservation. Shows rebuilding and restoration..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

History's heritage

United States, 1970
Similarity: 79%

Nubie 64

France
Similarity: 75%

Return to Florence

France, 1968
Similarity: 75%

The Task ahead

United States, 1952
Similarity: 74%

Things worth keeping

United States, 1972
Similarity: 74%

Venice in peril

United States, 1969
Similarity: 74%

Submerged glory

United States, 1970
Similarity: 73%

Preserving Egypt's past

United States, 1982
Similarity: 72%

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

United States, 1966
Similarity: 72%

Europa nostra

United States, 1978
Similarity: 72%

The World of Unesco

France, 1975
Similarity: 72%

Land of Kush

United States, 1961
Similarity: 71%

Element 3

Canada, 1965
Similarity: 71%

Cultural heritage

United Kingdom, 1973
Similarity: 71%

A Fable for friendship

Czechoslovakia, 1958
Similarity: 71%

How will we know it's us?

United States, 1968
Similarity: 70%

Decade for action

United States, 1968
Similarity: 70%

Synthesis = Synthese. No. 2/78 [English language]

France, 1978
Similarity: 70%
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