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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction television programs Environmental television programs Biography Biographical television programs Documentary television programs |
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Named Person: | Rachel Carson |
Material Type: | Internet resource, Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil Goodwin; Alex Chadwick; Meryl Streep; Peace River Films,; WGBH Educational Foundation,; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.),; WGBH Video (Firm), |
ISBN: | 9781593757632 1593757638 9786313227433 6313227433 |
OCLC Number: | 144513883 |
Notes: | Originally broadcast on the television program American Experience, on public television in 1993. Special features: DVD-ROM link to American Experience website; other products of interest. |
Credits: | Editor, Michel Chalufour ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz ; cinematographers, Rick Brandt, Michel Chalufour, Flynn Donovan, Neil Goodwin, Rick Malkames, Frances Reid, Stephen Schecter. |
Performer(s): | Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Alex Chadwick ; readings by Meryl Streep. |
Target Audience: | Not rated. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (4x3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Rachel Carson: woman, family member, scientist -- New chemical technologies -- Playing God with chemicals -- Silent Spring is published -- The government pays attention. |
Series Title: | American experience (Television program) |
Other Titles: | Silent spring American experience (Television program) |
Responsibility: | writer and producer, Neil Goodwin ; a Peace River Films production for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation, WNET/Thirteen and Peace River Films. |
Abstract:
Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.
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