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A Strand breaks

United States, 1950
film

Traces the consequences of a state of imbalance in nature. The destruction of a community as a consequence of one element getting out of hand is carefully tra..

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Seeds of destruction

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Devastation

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Look to the forest

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Hold the land

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Life on the limit: cultivation and the environment

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The Sediment problem

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