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Spanish-language soundtrack. "Fossil remains and other prehistoric relics illustrate how continued life depends on an organism's ability to adapt itself to changes in its environment. The growth and development of the climax forest is shown in detail. For junior and senior high school and adult groups"--1951 Catalog of Copyright Entries.

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Portuguese-language soundtrack. "Follows the chain of events when a strand is broken in the web of life. Shows a forest, destroyed by a windstorm, which eventually becomes a productive area as a grassland until again a strand is broken. Stresses that man's survival depends on his immediate use of the knowledge and science available to him if he is to survive"--Audio-Visual Catalog, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981.

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Footage presumably taken by and of Saul and Lillian Blickman in and around Kenya and Tanzania. Includes footage of local people in traditional dress, the Namanga River Hotel, local people setting up the Blickmans' camp, serving them, and performing other work.

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Footage includes Maasai people in traditional dress and jewelry, also with tools, Maasai with cattle, various landscape shots. Footage possibly taken by Saul and Lillian Blickman.

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The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

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Reel 1 (parts 1 and 2) of a documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world. Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.

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Reel 2 (parts 3 and 4) of a documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world. Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.

Scope and Contents "Preparing for the tortoise commissary. Mr. Astor cutting the leaves from a cactus; the favored tortoise diet. On a sand-covered reef between Indefatigable and Seymour, near Nourmahal Anchorage, Mr. Astor captured his sea lions. Scores of sea lions frequented this ledge, swimming with easy grace in the furious seas that swept the weather side. Post Office Bay, Charles Island, the beacon light of gas tanks, a typical Galapagos landscape with the dwelling of the departed Norwegians, and views...