THE POND AND THE CITY 



Color Sound Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. 



l6 l /2 minutes Rental Sale 



This is an impact film which presents a disturbing account of 

 man's current relationship to the land upon which the security of 

 his future depends. The beautiful natural setting of a pond is con- 

 trasted with the problems of a bustling city environment. The 

 narrator, using statements from Thoreau, Whitman, and others, 

 documents the rapid deterioration of the natural environment. 

 Implied in the film are a number of questions for the viewer to 

 consider: Is urbanization worth what is being lost? Do I really 

 care about these problems? What can I do to alter the situation? 

 Hopefully the audience will feel impelled to add its efforts to the 

 conservation battle on a local level. 



AUDIENCE: High school; college; adult 



REVOLUTION ON THE LAND 



Black & White Sound International Film Bureau 



30 minutes Sale 



This able documentary dramatizes the change in status of today's 

 farmer; his dependence upon factors other than land and weather 

 and his rapid transformation into a bookkeeper. By means of per- 

 sonal interviews with farmers and business men, we observe the 

 gradual fading away of the old-fashioned independent landowner, 

 his need to modernize, to spend large sums of money to continue 

 to farm, and we see him confronted with the necessity of integrating 

 with a large business complex which may eventually reduce him 

 to the status of a "hired hand". One possible answer to the problem 

 is explored in the frank discussion of the Farm Cooperative which, 

 with all its faults, is suggested as a logical solution. Ample time is 

 given to both business and Farmer-Cooperative representatives, 

 and the film is recommended as a revealing and candid presentation 

 of the problem. 



AUDIENCE: High school; adult 



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