Rachel Carson's Silent spring
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[South Burlington, VT] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 363.738 Rac
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DVD 363.738 Rac
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Published
[South Burlington, VT] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Documentary.
General Note
Originally broadcast on the television program American experience in 1993.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographers, Rick Brandt ... [et al.] ; editor, Michel Chalufour ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz.
Participants/Performers
Host: David McCullough.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: Alex Chadwick ; readings by Meryl Streep.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. -- Silent spring.
Environmental health.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Insect pests -- Biological control.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
Television programs.
Video recordings.
Biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. -- Silent spring.
Environmental health.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Insect pests -- Biological control.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
Television programs.
Video recordings.
Other Subjects