Item Details
Earth days [videorecording]
a Robert Stone film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston ; written, produced, and directed by Robert Stone.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.
- Director
- Robert Stone
- Performer(s)
- Featuring Denis Hayes, Hunter Lovins, Dennis Meadows, Rusty Schweickart, Paul Ehrlich, Stewart Brand, Stephanie Mills, Stewart Udall, Pete McCloskey.
- Release Date
- 2010
- Run Time
- 102 min.
- Language
- Closed-captioned.
- Rating
- TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
- Notes
- Originally broadcast as an episode of the television series: American experience.
- Includes curriculum for grades 6-12.
- "This program contains material that may not be appropriate for all users. Viewer discretion is advised"--Container.
- Related title
- American experience (Television program)
- Pollution.
- Edition
- Widescreen.
- Contents
- The decline of conservation
- Consequences of development
- Rachel Carson and Silent spring
- Poisoning the planet
- The population bomb
- Stewards of the planet
- Changing views of Earth
- Birth of a movement
- The first Earth Day
- Limits of growth
- Threats to the American way of life
- Sustainable living
- The next steps
- Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Robert Stone
- Robert Stone's first film: Pollution (1972) (4 min.)
- ISBN(s)
- 9781608831890, 1608831892, 9781608832224, 1608832228,
- Credits
- Principal photography, Howard Shack ; editing, Don Kleszy ; original music, Michael Giacchino.
- Published
- [Arlington, Va.] :PBS :Distributed by PBS Distribution,c2010.
- Publisher no.
- AMX62205 PBS
- Related resources
- This episode available at American Experience Web site
- Description
- 1 videodisc (approx. 102 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; English 5.1 surround.
- Technical details
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