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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.
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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4901 . ‡aAnnenberg/CPB collection
500 . ‡aClosed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
5110 . ‡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.
650 0. ‡aIndustries ‡xEnvironmental aspects.
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650 0. ‡aHuman ecology.
650 0. ‡aEnvironmental policy.
650 0. ‡aFilms for the hearing impaired.
7001 . ‡aOstrow, Marty.
7001 . ‡aJordan, Jeanne.
7001 . ‡aAngier, John.
7102 . ‡aWGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). ‡bScience Unit.
7102 . ‡aChedd-Angier Production Company.
7102 . ‡aFilm Australia (Organization)
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