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The third film in the Talking Textiles series considers the effect to the planet and its people of manufacturing cotton and using it to create the textiles so basic to satisfying human needs. What may...
A critical look at the cotton industry in India. Multinational companies are involved in promoting the extensive use of pesticides, many of which are banned in the western world. The bleaching and dyeing...
Three 8-minute films: 1) THE VISITOR: A couple have come from Siberia to visit friends in Moscow and are stopped by police demanding a tax towards the city’s upkeep - in reality, a new measure to curtail...
Shows various procedures in cotton processing: spinning, weaving, dyeing, quality control, design, marking up, cutting, marketing.
Examines three areas of natural resource use: the commercial and technical issues behind the recycling of aluminium cans, the processes by which raw cotton becomes a woven fabric, and water as a natural...
A compilation of 13 films/extracts from 1913 to1960 mainly showing production aspects of the cotton industry.
Series discussing the technical, scientific, economic and political issues in the rise and fall of the cotton industry. Great Britain, India and the United States of America are the three countries...
Documents excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides in Guatemala. The country’s cotton production depends on aerial spraying of pesticides every two or three days during the harvest. The consequences...
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