The Rape of the Earth

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

10

Date Released

28 Jun 1947

Length of issue (in feet)

1877

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Rape of the Earth

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Enticknap synopsis: Soil erosion which threatens the food supplies of the increasing world population, and the work being done, both to preserve fertile land and to repair damage in already eroded areas.

Researcher Comments

Produced in association with the editors of Illustrated. Trade shown on 8 August 1947.

Keywords

Environment; Agriculture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p254. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Director

Robin Carruthers

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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