Birth Of The Soil.

Duration: 11 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: An explanation of how nature produces topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, water, air, and sunlight. The film emphasizes the necessity for an organized conservation program to save our natural resources. Includes animated drawings. For high school students and adult groups. , L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.

Complete Record: BIRTH OF THE SOIL. The Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, c1948. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm. (The Living Earth Series, pt. 1) Summary: An explanation of how nature produces topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, water, air, and sunlight. The film emphasizes the necessity for an organized conservation program to save our natural resources. Includes animated drawings. For high school students and adult groups. Credits: Director, George E. Brewer, Jr.; story, John H. Storer. © New York Zoological Society; 6Jul48; MP3452.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.