Do we really want to live this way? [videorecording] / produced by the WGBH Science Unit in association with Chedd-Angier, Film Australia, the University Grants Commission of India, Gujarat University, EMRC.
Summary:
Tells how freeways, shopping malls, and industrial and technological wealth have been the rewards of modern society. Examines the price of progress, including smog, toxic wastes, and contamination of once-pristine waters, all by-products of Western industrial life-styles.
Record details
- ISBN: 1559463295 (series)
- ISBN: 9781559463294 (series)
- Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Publisher: S. Burlington, VT : Annenberb/CPB Collection, c1990.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Originally shown on PBS.Series concept based on the Worldwatch Institute's State of the world reports.Major funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB project.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Written, produced and directed by Marty Ostrow ; editor, Eric Neudel ; animation and graphics, Jed Schwartz ; executive producer, John Angier.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Host, Meryl Streep ; narrator, Roy Scheider.
- Target Audience Note:
- College students and adults.
- System Details Note:
- VHS format.
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- Subject:
- Industries > Environmental aspects.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Pollution.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Air > Pollution > California > Los Angeles.
Water > Pollution > Rhine River.
Human ecology.
Environmental policy.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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511 | 0 | . | ‡aHost, Meryl Streep ; narrator, Roy Scheider. |
508 | . | ‡aWritten, produced and directed by Marty Ostrow ; editor, Eric Neudel ; animation and graphics, Jed Schwartz ; executive producer, John Angier. | |
500 | . | ‡aOriginally shown on PBS. | |
500 | . | ‡aSeries concept based on the Worldwatch Institute's State of the world reports. | |
500 | . | ‡aMajor funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB project. | |
538 | . | ‡aVHS format. | |
521 | . | ‡aCollege students and adults. | |
520 | . | ‡aTells how freeways, shopping malls, and industrial and technological wealth have been the rewards of modern society. Examines the price of progress, including smog, toxic wastes, and contamination of once-pristine waters, all by-products of Western industrial life-styles. | |
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650 | 0. | ‡aAir ‡xPollution ‡zCalifornia ‡zLos Angeles. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWater ‡xPollution ‡zRhine River. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aHuman ecology. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aEnvironmental policy. | |
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700 | 1 | . | ‡aOstrow, Marty. |
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710 | 2 | . | ‡aChedd-Angier Production Company. |
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