Life in an Oasis: North Africa

Duration: 22 0:11:20

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet Instructional Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the relationship of an oasis environment to daily life, picturing the irrigation farming, the building of houses of mud bricks, and the constant fight against wind and sand. Contrasts earlier, natural oases with present-day, man made oases where modern technology is used to locate water, drill wells, build fertilizer factories, and prepare the earth for planting., Shows the relationship of an oasis environment to daily life, picturing the irrigation farming, the building of houses of mud bricks, and the constant fight against wind and sand. Contrasts earlier, natural oases with present-day, man made oases where modern technology is used to locate water, drill wells, build fertilizer factories, and prepare the earth for planting.

Complete Record: Shows the relationship of an oasis environment to daily life, picturing the irrigation farming, the building of houses of mud bricks, and the constant fight against wind and sand. Contrasts earlier, natural oases with present-day, man made oases where modern technology is used to locate water, drill wells, build fertilizer factories, and prepare the earth for planting., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive


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