

CRISIS ON THE KANAWHA 



Color Sound Stuart Finley 



20 minutes Sale 



The Kanawha River is in West Virginia, and this is the story of 

 the planning, the research, and the action which is being taken to 

 reduce its pollution. An almost endless chain of sewer outfalls from 

 towns along its banks; industrial wastage from modern chemical 

 plants; even the more modest contamination of liquid waste from 

 large dairy holdings all have contributed to the problem of the river. 



This film documents the cost of rehabilitation and research; 

 explores the cooperative efforts of town and industry to provide 

 sewage and disposal plants, the several types of filtration plants 

 necessary to fit particular problems, and finally is able to report 

 progress and a significant concept almost as valuable as the action 

 taken. The concept is simply that stream pollution need not be 

 accepted as a corollary of progress. Technological knowledge and 

 legal remedies are available. Only the willingness to pay the price 

 remains the major problem and that too is being handled by mass 

 communication of necessary information to all people of the river 

 valley. 



Who owns the river? This documentary makes it clear that the 

 boy who wants to swim, the fisherman seeking a good day's catch, 

 the property owners, the industries, the boatman, the city down 

 river, and the people of the valley all have inalienable rights. They 

 are all owners. They are all responsible. 



AUDIENCE: Junior high; senior high; adult 



GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RIVER 



Color Sound U. S. Public Health Service 



28 minutes Apply 



Washington, D. C., with its problem of pollution of the Potomac, 

 is presented as an example of problems occurring throughout the 

 nation due to growing and spreading population and industry. Pol- 

 luted water threatens the public health and also destroys natural 

 beauty, and the need for concerted community action is immediate. 

 Examples of such action on the Potomac problem are given, as 

 well as instances of failure to act. The film may well serve as an 

 object to every growing community. 



AUDIENCE: Elementary; junior high; senior high; adult groups 



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