FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Environment

VH 7072 '70's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume 5, The 70's, looks at Approaching the Apocalypse [1971-1975]: The one bright spot of the 1970's was Nixon's opening of China to the West while the riots at Attica prison and Kent State University, the trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, left Americans exhausted, embittered and disillusioned. This program appraises the effects of those blights on the political landscape and their impact on the trust between the government and the governed, so vital to the well-being of a representative democracy such as the U.S.. Starting Over [1976-1980]: The women's and civil rights movements, begun decades earlier and as controversial as ever, continued to evolve during the nation's Bicentennial Period. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 1233 Acid Rainbows
Summary: Discusses the effects of acid rain on the American west. Includes information from remote wilderness sites and new data from western cities. 028 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 8147 An Act Of Congress/ Produced By Guggenheim Productions Inc.
Summary: Video is a behind-the-scenes look at how a law is created in Congress. Film traces the path of the Clean Air Act of 1977 legislation, from its inception as bill HR-616 in Subcommittee to its signature into law by the President. Includes segments of committee hearings, strategy sessions, floor debate and joint House-Senate hearings, and follows the actions of key legislators. 059 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 5690 Alaska, Denali Wilderness
Summary: Alaska's Denali National park is the backdrop for a year round struggle for survival. Wolves, grizzlies, moose and caribou are depicted in dramatic life and death sequences in this snowy, desolate environment. 030 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 7165 Alaska's Great Wilderness
Summary: Travel to Alaska's great wilderness and witness the amazing cycles in one of the last pristine places on our planet. Explore the vibrant territory beneath Mount McKinley, and soar above it. Watch the caribou roam, a mother grizzly and her cubs, and the flight of the majestic golden eagle. 054 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 5692 Alaska's Grizzlies
Summary: Breathtaking adventure into the habitat of the grizzly bear of Alaska, illustrating how they survive and live their daily lives. Includes footage of cubs discovering their environment, a mother bear defending her cubs from attack, bears hunting and fishing for food, and a face to face encounter with an adult Kodiak brown bear. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY

VH 5693 Alaska, The Last Frontier
Summary: Travels throughout Alaska exploring the various aspects of the state, including its diverse culture, climate, and geography, as well as some of the top attractions. 075 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY

VH 5691 Alaska, Voices from the Ice
Summary: A nature film for tourists surveying the Alaskan countryside. 020 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY

VH 0874 Banking on Disaster
Summary: A three-part documentary filmed over a ten year period exposes the detrimental effects of deforestation, road building, and colonisation in Rondonia, Brazil. Story told through colonist, Renato Ferreira; ecologist, Jose Lutzenberger; and Seringuerio union leader, Chico Mendes. 078 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, LATIN AMERICAN

VH 3273 Battle for the Great Plains
Summary: This program focuses on the struggle of the Great Plains people to peacefully coexist with nature and profiles their deep connection to the land and its history. Over 100 years ago, the vast stretch of land reaching from Texas to the Canadian wilderness, home to millions of buffalo and scores of Native American tribes, became known as the Great Plains. When settlers migrated to this frontier, its people, animals, and land were forever changed. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, NATIVE AMERICAN, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 6930 Bill Moyers Reports: Earth On Edge
Summary: Assessment of the state of the environment. Combining interviews with leading scientists and reports from Mongolia, British Columbia, Brazil, South Africa, and the state of Kansas, Moyers and his team explore the impact that human activities have had on the planet. This exploration takes place while posing the urgent question: What is happening to Earth's capacity to support nature and civilization? 120 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 1465 Building Bombs
Summary: A film on the Savannah River Plant, where nuclear weapons are made, and about its effect on the nearby communities and environment. 055 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIOLOGY

VH 3169 Careers in Florida's Freshwater Environments
Summary: Produced especially for and field-tested on 7th and 8th grade students. Other students, grades 4-10, also will learn something from this program. This fast-paced, musical video introduces students to the many occupations needed to protect and preserve our lakes, rivers, and wetlands. 026 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 6074 Children of Chernobyl
Summary: This film reveals for the first time the true depth of the tragedy at Chernobyl through exclusive archival film, eyewitnesses, and families now living in the aftermath. 052 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0978 Cities: Living in a Machine
Summary: Explores the problems facing society in building the cities of tomorrow. Not only must the environment be saved, but the city has to be designed to serve man. A model of a future city is shown as is the city of Brasilia and the problems it has in surviving today. Discusses the philosophy of designer-philosopher, Dr. Appleton Spilhaus. 018 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 4035 Citizens Protecting America's Parks
Summary: Established in 1919, the National Parks and Conservation Association is the only national, nonprofit, citizen organization dedicated to protecting and preserving our country's National Park System and promoting public understanding of our national parks. 013 Min. VIDEO Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0609 City in Sand/People of Desert/Muck and Mystery Man/.../...
Summary: The first 3 parts of this 11-part series examine critical issues affecting the environment: development, overpopulation, overuse of natural resources, acid rain, and tropical deforestation. The last 8 parts of the series address a problem in one village or region and report on people who are working to reverse environmental damage. 120 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: ONLY ONE EARTH

VH 6780 Clean Up Your Act! Solving Environmental Problems
Summary: In this video, a 13 year old reporter and a 17 year old editor research and write an article about the direct action that children are taking to clean up the environment. As they work on their article, Lydia and Sarah meet children aboard a ship on the Hudson River, at a landfill, and at a board of education meeting. These children belong to local and international groups that are concerned about pollution, a problem that crosses national boundaries. 015 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 4689 Coastlines
Summary: They appear like permanent lines on maps, but coastlines are in constant flux--eaten away by erosion and extended by deposits of sand and stone carried by water. This program looks at the vegetation that is gradually established. 029 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 0354 Cooperation Across Boundaries: The Acid Rain Dilemma
Summary: Explores acid precipitation as a problem calling for political and diplomatic solutions. Specifically looks at the effect of acid rain on US-Canadian relations and on interstate relations, illustrating the legal difficulties of dealing with an environmental problem that has no boundaries. 032 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 6628 Cracking the Ice Age
Summary: An exploration of the theory that the rise of the Himalaya Mountains helped create the ice age. According to the theory, the crash of the continents that produced Mount Everest also produced a complicated chain of events that has resulted in a drastically altered world climate. 057 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, GEOLOGY

VH 3501 Crossroads of Evolution: Healing Ourselves and Our Planet
Summary: Humanity now stands at a critical crossroad regarding the state of our personal health, the future of our species, and the preservation of our planet. This program is an exploration of the most pressing health and environmental issues of our time, with commentary from a broad spectrum of health professionals, featuring: John Robins, Michio Kushi, Lindsay Wagner, Dirk Benedict, O. Carl Simonton M.D., Barbara DeAngelis Ph.D., Martha Cottrell M.D. and others. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 4692 Desert as a Laboratory
Summary: This program shows two examples of deserts that are being used as research models in the effort to understand the role of man in the ecosystem of the desert. 026 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 3569 Disasters
Summary: This program takes a look at some of the natural and manmade disasters that have occurred around the world over the past century. Using archival footage, the program revisits the sites of some of the century's worst disasters, including erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, cyclones, floods, fires, and industrial accidents. 048 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

VH 1368 Disposable Society, The
Summary: Examines the simplest solution for garbage disposal, not creating the garbage in the first place. Going to the source of the solid waste problem, examines the components of garbage to determine what part disposableness plays and what can be done. 026 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: CURRENTS

VH 0449 Down in the Dumps
Summary: Examines the technological approaches to the garbage dilemma, including composting, resource recovery, and high-tech incinerators. Also discusses the public reaction to the location of new waste treatment facilities. 026 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 1369 Down to the Last Drop
Summary: Discusses ways to conserve and protect water in order to assure a plentiful supply for the future. 026 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: CURRENTS

VH 0726 Down Upon the Suwannee
Summary: Presents a popularized natural history of the Suwannee River region from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Suwannee delta on the Gulf of Mexico. 045 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: STEP INTO NATURE

VH 6741 Earth Day Special, The
Summary: Using comedy, song, and reports on the state of the planet, the Earth Day 1990 is celebrated. Shares tips everyone can use to help solve the most urgent crisis the world faces today. 099 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0378 Embrace of the Sea: Florida's Coastal Waters
Summary: Provides information about the functioning, use and allocation of Florida's surface, underground and coastal water resources, so that viewers may make informed decisions concerning the critical environmental issues affecting water in their state. Two videocassettes, VH 378 & 379. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: FLORIDA WATER STORY, THE

VH 6773 Environment, The: A Historical Perspective
Summary: Explores the environmental impact humans have had on the planet and the future of ecology for the 21st century. 053 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 1847 Environment, The: Business & Social Responsibility
Summary: Explains the evolution of social responsibility. The topic is addressed from theoretical as well as practical standpoints. 030 Min. VIDEO Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 3454 Exploring Storm Surge
Summary: This video provides a thorough discussion of storm surge, one of the most dangerous elements of hurricanes and major storms. This video illustrates basic storm surge principles, shows actual footage of storm surge damage and relates high-water level data collection by the U.S. Geological Survey to the task of recreating the storm surge event. 014 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0607 Fate of the Forest, The
Summary: The first 3 parts of this 11-part series examine critical issues affecting the environment: development, overpopulation, overuse of natural resources, acid rain, and tropical deforestation. The last 8 parts of the series address a problem in one village or region and report on people who are working to reverse environmental damage. 059 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: ONLY ONE EARTH

VH 7897 Fire Prevention
Summary: Covers common fire hazards, the importance of the organization's fire prevention plan, and OSHA requirements. 005 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: TRAINING TIMEOUT

VH 0379 Florida's Fragile Fountain / Golden Coins, Silver Ribbons
Summary: Focuses on the unique makeup of Florida's soil, aquifers, rivers, and lakes. Two thirty minute programs. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: FLORIDA WATER STORY, THE

VH 3446 Florida Yards & Neighborhoods: Reclaiming Paradise
Summary: An informative program on ecologically sound ways to landscape home grounds in Florida. 028 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 7556 From Hurricanes to High Tech: Solving the Water Puzzle
Summary: Describes how modern technology is used in water management techniques in South Florida. Discusses some of the social and economic issues surrounding the region's water resources development. 018 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0757 Gertrude Blom: Guardian Of The Rainforest
Summary: Examines the life of "Trudi" Blom, the Swiss born conservationist who has spent her life protecting the rain forests of southern Mexico and preserving the culture of its native inhabitants. 057 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 5333 Get a Grip!
Summary: Lets teens know that they can make purchasing decisions that have a positive, or negative, effect on the environment. Eco-efficiency is the next step past reduce, reuse, and recycle. By understanding eco-efficiency citizens can make decision everyday that in effect leaves only a light footprint on the earth. 013 Min. VIDEO Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS

VH 8050 Getting In Step: A Video Guide for Conducting Watershed ....
Summary: Learn how four diverse groups conducted successful outreach campaigns using the six basic steps to outreach. 035 Min. VIDEO 2003 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 3458 Gore's Remarks On The Everglades
Summary: Florida Democratic Party Convention Excerpt: Gore's remarks on the Everglades. CSPAN-TV Cable December 9, 1995. Vice President Al Gore. 008 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 0658 Greenhouse Effect, The
Summary: Investigates the misuse of the earth's resources: burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which traps the sun's heat and raises the world's temperature. The impact on sea level, crop growth, and rainfall addresses questions vital to the survival of life. 050 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 6477 Health Hazards: What You Don't Know
Summary: From the time of conception, human development and health are affected by the environment in which a person lives. Population growth, urbanization and industrialization, modern agricultural method, and energy sources have each had a part in polluting the environment and affecting the quality of human life. This program focuses on health hazards in the environment with particular attention on the health consequences of air pollution and contaminated water. It also looks at environmental hazards in the workplace and home, and benefits and costs of "curing" the ills that exist. 030 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: HUMAN CONDITION, THE

VH 4370 Hurricane Andrew As It Happened
Summary: The most comprehensive video documentary of Hurricane Andrew. See it through the eyes of meteorologist Bryan Norcross and the WTVJ/Channel 4 News Team. The station broadcast live from its "Storm Center" and throughout South Florida during the costliest natural disaster in American history. August 24, 1992. 123 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 6328 In Our Own Time
Summary: Examines abstract expressionism and art since World War II and why the appearance of abstract expression caused the United States to become a center for the visual arts. Reviews the diversity of styles in the post war period. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ART, ENVIRONMENT Series: ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD

VH 7209 In Our Water
Summary: Video investigates the degree of chemical pollution in the drinking water. Video follows the story of a South Brunswick, NJ family, whose water becomes polluted by a toxic chemical dumpsite. 062 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0397 Istokpoga Lake of Legends
Summary: The story of how citizens, lawmakers and government agencies are working together to solve major aquatic plant problems and restore to health Florida's fifth largest lake. 039 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT

VH 4690 Lagoons
Summary: Lagoons are nature's preserve for waterfowl, alligators, and other reptiles. The nature of the lagoon has proved a lure to the species that is destroying the lagoons by building cities on their shore-- man. 026 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 1590 Land Preservation for Floridians
Summary: Sponsored by Florida Advisory Council on Environmental Education. Describes efforts to acquire and preserve pockets of undisturbed Florida land in order to protect the native flora and fauna that are present. Several Land Trusts are presented as well as their scope of emphasis. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 4687 Life at the Top
Summary: This program shows the variety and the nature of life on high: how people have managed to sustain themselves in the past, at a cost that can no longer be paid as the effects of deforestation and other excessive dipping into nature's treasury have begun to affect living conditions negatively. 028 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 1286 Mad River
Summary: Portrays a community in the redwood region of Northern California dealing with unemployment, plant closures and environmental questions. 054 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIOLOGY

VH 4605 Narmada Diary, A
Summary: Five years in the life of Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Save Narmad Movement, which has spearheaded the agitation against the dam is documented. In a situation where government resettlement rehabilitation programs have proved inadequate and inappropriate. 060 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, ASIAN STUDIES, ENVIRONMENT

VH 0012 Nature: Jet Set Wildlife
Summary: Shows how the introduction of non-native animal and plant species to Florida has crowded out native species. 060 Min. VIDEO Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, BIOLOGY

VH 5295 New Horizons for Human Rights
Summary: This program explores different examples of new standards, including environmental degradation and the urgent need to protect people's health, and indigenous populations who are demanding that their age old rights be respected. 027 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 7460 Nice Guys Finish Last
Summary: This is the story of five "whistleblowers" - people who speak the truth and whose lives are ruined as a result. 055 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 2996 No Grapes
Summary: In small farming communities across California, children are dying. Birth defects - open spines and missing limbs - are common. And childhood cancer is 1200 percent above the national average. The cause: the 8 million pounds of unnecessary toxic pesticides used on table grapes each year. 014 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 7851 Origins Of Disease, The
Summary: First of a four-part series which investigates the relationship between history, destiny and disease. This episode investigates how new diseases arise, and in the process, examines some which are not diseases at all, suffering made worse by factors as diverse as medical jargon and management style. Looks at Hantaan fever; post traumatic stress disorder; RSI; and health in Hungary, India and Australia. 053 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: PLAGUED

VH 2509 Over The Hedge
Summary: A brief look at people who express their individuality by pruning their shrubs into off-beat shapes. 010 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 2153 Pathway to Fishing
Summary: Describes the "Pathway to Fishing" program which introduces children to recreational fishing. 022 Min. VIDEO Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 2600 Protecting Florida's Water
Summary: Using the septic tank system to protect Florida's water. 028 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 3274 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Summary: SILENT SPRING sparked a revolution in government environmental policy and became instrumental in creating a new ecological consciousness. This is the story of how one scientist's courage changed the way we think about our world. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, ENVIRONMENT Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 3452 Raincatcher
Summary: A conservation video that promotes a balance between natural and developed West Palm Beach, Florida. Features Mayor Nancy Graham. 009 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 1163 Regulators, The
Summary: Host E.G. Marshall shows the work of the Environmental Protection Agency in translating federal law into specific regulations. Focuses on the 1977 amendments to the Clean Air Act, especially section 169A, which is aimed at wilderness areas. 051 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIOLOGY

VH 0469 Restoring the Environment
Summary: Shows how technology is being used to correct environmental problems such as toxic waste clean-up. 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 1266 Rivers to the Sea
Summary: The river is a living current, a wellspring for creatures of the land, sea and air. Through the seasons, and along its course, the river is the thread that binds together species as different as salmon, lampreys, ospreys-and humans. 046 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 0605 Road to Ruin
Summary: The first 3 parts of this 11 part-series examine critical issues affecting the environment: development, overpopulation, overuse of natural resources, acid rain, and tropical deforestation. The last 8 parts of the series address a problem in one village or region and report on people who are working to reverse environmental damage. 053 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: ONLY ONE EARTH

VH 7555 Run River Run: Restoring Florida's Kissimmee River
Summary: How the channelization of the Kissimmee River to control flooding has affected the environment and wildlife and the studies and efforts being made to restore part of it to its original habitat. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 0606 Sinking Ark
Summary: The first 3 parts of this 11-part series examine critical issues affecting the environment: development, overpopulation, overuse of natural resources, acid rain, and tropical deforestation. The last 8 parts of the series address a problem in one village or region and report on people who are working to reverse environmental damage. 058 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: ONLY ONE EARTH

VH 1464 Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment
Summary: Hosted by young people, this contemporary program travels around the world to explore three primary environmental issues: deforestation, global warming, and ozone depletion. 025 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ENVIRONMENT

VH 2668 Spirit and Nature
Summary: At Middlebury College in Vermont, representatives of major world religions join the community to wrestle with the challenge of the deepening global environmental crisis. They address the ethical and spiritual aspects of our ecological concerns, raising issues of responsibility for each other and for all the species on the planet, our inter-relationship with other parts of the cosmos, and the need to see nature as sacred. 088 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 0608 Struggling People/Valley of Heart's Delight/Big Fish...
Summary: The first 3 parts of this 11-part series examine critical issues affecting the environment: development, overpopulation, overuse of natural resources, acid rain, and tropical deforestation. The last 8 parts of the series address a problem in one village of region and report on people who are working to reverse environmental damage. 120 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: ONLY ONE EARTH

VH 3412 Sugar Scandal: A Special Report
Summary: Hosted by Ed Asner and presented by the National Audubon Society. This video gives a brief history of the fight between environmentalists and sugar farmers in South Florida over who should pay to clean up the Everglades. See VH 3453 "Sugar Scandal: Sugar Farming in Florida's Everglades", a longer and more detailed version. 011 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 3453 Sugar Scandal: Sugar Farming in Florida's Everglades
Summary: Hosted by Ed Asner and presented by the National Audubon Society. This video gives a detailed history of the fight between environmentalists and sugar farmers in South Florida. Environmentalists say that farmers have polluted the Everglades and they should be the ones to clean it. Farmers contend that they aren't the only ones to cause harm and that they are already paying their share. See also VH 3412, "Sugar Scandal A Special Report", a shorter version of this program. 046 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS

VH 6620 Test Tube Zoo
Summary: "Test Tube Zoo" looks at endangered species which disappear mostly due to habitat destruction, pollution, disease and poaching. Zoo scientists such as Dr. Betsy Dresser of the Cincinnati Zoo, have started a plan of action to increase populations of endangered species using reproductive technology. Zoos are working cooperatively in the Species Survival Plan, a database of genealogical information of animals used to match up animals for breeding programs. 046 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 0467 Tides of Time
Summary: Explores the short-term struggle to save endangered coastlines and the implications of the "greenhouse effect" which portends the rising of the oceans and the flooding of present day coastal cities. 026 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 0215 To Catch a Cloud
Summary: A presentation about the nature of the atmosphere. Scientists provide insight into research concerning acid rain and man's impact on the environment. 028 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 4697 Toward a Livable City
Summary: This program looks at the development of Barcelona. When population growth began to take the city over the government intervened with a plan to make life in the city more pleasant. 027 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 0468 Toxic Goldrush, The
Summary: Discusses the need for regulation of the toxic waste disposal, now that it has become big business. 032 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 1263 Toxic Waste
Summary: Presents organic chemistry, biomagnification up the food chain, chemicals, the invention of custom-tailored plastics, and the scientific community's responsibility toward educating the public. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ENVIRONMENT Series: PERSPECTIVES IN SCIENCE

VH 7029 Trade Secrets - A Moyers Report
Summary: Exposes the 40 year history of the American chemical industry's suppression of information regarding the threats to public health by synthetic chemicals being introduced into the environment at all levels. Addresses the danger to public health by the continued use of approximately 9000 of the 15, 000 mass produced chemical substances that have never undergone toxicological study in the United States. 120 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, CHEMISTRY, ECOLOGY, AMERICAN STUDIE

VH 7032 Transportation
Summary: For thousand of years a lack of means of transportation circumscribed the potential of mankind but with the advent of steamships, trains, automobiles and airplanes, societies began to travel and intermingle. This program investigates the history of transportation, its revolutionary impact on society, and its environmental consequences. 053 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT

VH 7925 Trinkets & Beads
Summary: Documents the lives of the Huaorani, a small tribe of Ecuadorian Indians who, after 20 years of pressure from foreign oil companies, agreed to allow oil-drilling on their land. Focuses on the introduction of massive environmental pollution and cultural change, and the tribe's subsequent efforts to regain control of their lives and lands. 053 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, LATIN AMERICAN

VH 4688 Tropical Rainforest, The
Summary: Most forests are in the tropics, on either side of the equator. Temperatures are high and rain falls are heavy and not seasonal. This program looks at the ecosystem of the rain forest: the height of the trees and the adaptation of leaves to heavy rainfall, the roles of lianes, the ecological roles of marsupials and monkeys, etc... 028 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

VH 3067 W. S. Merwin
Summary: In dark, outraged, and often pessimistic tones, Pulitzer Prize winning poet W. S. Merwin writes of the treasures of the earth, and man's alienation and destruction of nature. Speaking from his passion for trees and other life forms, he strives to open our eyes to the fact that urban reality is not the only reality. 030 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: WRITERS, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY Series: MOVEABLE FEAST

VH 1673 Wasting of a Wetland, The
Summary: In the Everglades, not only is a unique legacy of wildlife being lost, but with it the sole source of fresh water for Southern Florida, America's fastest growing population center. It is a microcosm of modern environmental problems with growing human populations consuming their own most vital resources. 023 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY

VH 1264 Water
Summary: An Examination of freshwater ecosystems, the effects of damming and diversion, a resource management tool used to establish limits for the amount of phosphorus loaded into water, and scientific responsibilities for maintaining healthy ecosystem. Students also learn what dams are for and how they're built. And they gain an understanding of the responsibility of engineers in resolving environmental problems. The history of the Oldman River is a fascinating story. Water management in southern Alberta is examined. A case-study of the Hamilton Harbour clean-up is viewed from the citizens' perspective, and the issue of society's responsibility regarding water management is raised. 060 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT Series: PERSPECTIVES IN SCIENCE

VH 1292 What Price Clean Air?
Summary: Looks at the effects of pollution and acid rain on public health and the environment. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: ENVIRONMENT