Man and the "Second" Industrial Revolution

Series: History of Man Series

Duration: 0:20:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Jules Power International Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explores some major features of the "second" industrial revolution such as space probes, atomic power, and cybernetics and shows how man is using this new technological knowledge to change the world and to reach out to new worlds. Poses the problems that have come with this knowledge: overpopulation, pollution, and an endangered environment. Provides a point of departure for discussion on the possible political and economic consequences., Shows how man is using new technological knowledge to change the world and to reach out to new worlds. Poses the problems that have come with this knowledge, overpopulation, pollution and the ability to destroy the environment. Provides a point of departure for discussion on how the future history of man will be written.

Complete Record: , Explains some major features of the "second" industrial revolution such as space probes, atomic power, and cybernetics, and shows how man is using this new technological knowledge to change the world and to reach out to new worlds. Poses the problems that have come with this knowledge: overpopulation, pollution, and an endangered environment. Provides a point of departure for discussion on the possible political and economic consequences., Explores some major features of the "second" industrial revolution such as space probes, atomic power, and cybernetics and shows how man is using this new technological knowledge to change the world and to reach out to new worlds. Poses the problems that have come with this knowledge: overpopulation, pollution, and an endangered environment. Provides a point of departure for discussion on the possible political and economic consequences., Shows how man is using new technological knowledge to change the world and to reach out to new worlds. Poses the problems that have come with this knowledge, overpopulation, pollution and the ability to destroy the environment. Provides a point of departure for discussion on how the future history of man will be written.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.