Untied Stales
Environmental Protection Agency
Revised May 1977
Films
from
EPA
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irotecting and enhancing our environment today
and for future generations to the maximum extent
possible under trie laws enacted by Congress—
that's the mission of the U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. EPA's mandate is to mount an inte-
grated, coordinated attack on environmental poiiu-
tion in cooperation with State and local govern-
ments. This mandate encompasses a range of en-
vironmental concerns—air poilution, water pollu-
tion, solid waste management, pesticides, toxic
substances, radiation, and noise pollution.
As part of its mission to inform the public, EPA
makes appropriate films available within the United
States, on a free-loan or rental basis. Television
broadcasts as public service are permitted, unless
otherwise indicated.
Borrowers must pay return postage (fourth class
film rate) and postal insurance.
Some EPA films listed in this catalogue also may be
purchased. See back cover for details.
All films are 16mm, with sound, and in color.
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How to order
free-loan films
before the date you want to show the film. Give the
name, address and zip code of the person and the
organization assuming responsibility for the film,
Rims cannot be loaned to minors. Piease specify
complete titles, first and alternate choices of show-
ing dates, and any alternate film desired in case the
requested film is not available. Free loan films are
available from the distributors as indicated.
Please order your WftiA/ fn
fiim at least one nUW IU
month in advance of fp nf o I f i I m c
your first scheduled '=""31 MINIS
showing. Order by complete title. Official letterhead
or purchase orders wiil be accepted. Indicate a
preferred date and at least two alternate dates, in-
clude complete shipping'and/or billing address;
i.e., name, title, department,-organization, street ad-
dress, city, State, and zip code as well.as area code
and telephone number. Rental price includes ship-
ment to the user by parcel post within the United
States. User pays return postage (fourth class film
rate) and postal insurance.
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Free-loan films
The following films are available on a free-loan
basis by writing to:
Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc.
Central Distribution Office
2323 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, N.Y, 11040
or the regional office of Modern listed in the
phone directory of the following cities: Atlanta;
Boston; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cedar Rapids, I A.; Charlotte
N.C.; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland, 0.; Dallas
Denver; Detroit; Harrisburg, PA,; Honolulu; In-
dianapoSis; Los Angeles; Milwaukee; Minneapolis,
Philadelphia, PA,; Pittsburgh, PA.; St. Louis; San
Francisco; Seattle; Summit, N.J.; Washington, D.C.
This film deals with one problem,
stated in four different ways,
using essentially two main
animation characters. The message: *
man's desire for a richer fuller material life inevita-
bly affects the environment and man must learn to
recognize what the choices are and what his deci-
sions will cost him. The film has been produced
without dialogue with a rich music and sound
effects track. This concept attacks the problem—a
problem that has been with us for a long time—and
will be with us for a long time.
—1975. 10 Minutes. Cleared for TV. No narration.
Does It Have To
comedy. Be This Way
short film This motion picture features television
comedian Tim Conway. And through a series of hi-
larious situations which confront him as he drives to
work, the message is clearly delivered
there's just too much dependence on the
automobile, viewers, hopefully, begin to unders-
tand the importance of using mass transit, car
pools, and other means of transportation as away to
conserve energy, cut car costs, and above all, clean
the air.
-—1975. 10 Minutes. Cleared for TV. No narration.
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SS?,. Within Our Reach
something we all need and cleaning our lakes and
streams is a national goal, Money is available in the
form of grants for building of municipal wastewater
treatment facilities. Unfortunately, reny cities and
towns are not taking advantage of this money. This
fi!m shows what steps are necessary to receive
these funds and details what individuals can do to
ensure cleaner water. "Within Our Reach" docu-
ments the actions of the city officials and citizens of
Parsippany-Troy Hilis, New Jersey to clean up its
wastewater. This film is of special interest to city
mayors, city managers, and city planning directors.
—1976, 17 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
The Gifts is a TUp
documentary film about ' 'IC
the American landscape and what has happened to
it during the course of the past two and a half cen-
turies. The film's title comes from the Nation's
legacy of clean water, pure air, and virgin land, a
legacy that remains under threat. Narrated by Lome
Greene with music by Skitch Henderson.
-—Revised 1973, 28 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Voices is a chronicle of
environmental action and
Jeffersonian ferment unlike anything seen on
American soil for generations. Beginning in
Chicago with citizens fighting a billion-dollar cross-
town expressway, the film documents various en-
vironrnentai actions—the efforts of Clevelanders
determined to take part in planning for a new jetport
in Lake Erie and the work of farmers in Missouri
determined to protect their land against govern-
ment dam builders. Narrated by William Conrad
with the music of singer-composer Don McLean.
—1974. 28 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
and a man who !oved it.
The man is the late
Thomas Hart
Benton, great citizen of America,
painter, author, and conservationist.
The river is the Buffalo, a clear-running waterway
that winds through the Ozark hiils of northwestern
Arkansas. A Man and a River is a fervent caii to
preserve beauty by a man who perceives beauty.
Narrated by Richard Chamberlain.
—1973.14 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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^ The Great Clean Up
was produced by the National Rim Board of Canada
for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
the Department of the Environment of Canada, it
brings the public up-to-date with respect to what
has been done about water pollution in the Great
Lakes—what is being done—and what remains to
be done, particularly in the context of the U.S.—
Canada Agreement of April 1972.
—1976, 53 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Millions of tax A
dollars have been "
spent to build waste +n
treatment plants as an IQ
investment in clean lakes and rivers. These plants
are an investment to protect. This film was pro-
duced to generate an awareness of the environmen-
tal and economic dividends of efficient operation
and maintenance at each treatment plant. Such effi-
ciency requires dedicated operations personnel, an
adequate operating budget, and the determination
of local municipal officials and private citizens. Also
highlighted are the rewards of careers in this field,
as lab technicians, operators, managers, etc.
—1977. 13 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Peopie are speaking up
about environmental problems*
in their communities. This film relates to the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972—
which mandates a timetable for cleaning up our
lakes and streams. For the first time, it encourages,
provides, and, indeed, insists that we citizens
become involved in the decisions that will affect the
quality of our daily lives, no platter where we live or
who we are. But thg'law Only provides the oppor-
tunity. The rest'fs/tfp to each of us. If we don't speak
up, othets' wtfi ahd we may not agree with their deci-
sions,
-197f. 11 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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Many are affected by the lo
roar of jet planes. Some J^
communities, some airports, some airlines and
growing numbers of people have joined the attack
on aviation noise. This film dramatizes the problem
and the cooperative attack against engines that
make too much noise.. .against airport and
airplane operations that make too much
noise... against poor land use and faulty construc-
tion practices around air centers. With strong
cinematic and sound impact, the film makes a sim-
pie point. We can do something about the noise.
We are doing something about it. Yet, the job has
—]15 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Free-loan films
The following films are available on a free-loan
basis ijy writing to:
flHR Filmedia, Inc.
1212 Avenue of the Americas
New York, N.Y. 10036
™ininga The Village Green
film describing many of the issues and considera-
tions involved in organizing and running a suc-
cessful and self-sustaining citizen's recycling
center. The fi!m depicts the activities of a citizen's
recycling center in Greenwich Village, New York
City.
—1975. 15 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
The Big Pickup
"Everybody wants us to pick up their garbage but
nobody wants us to put it down." The Big Pickup
describes America's five billion doflar-a-year
chore... collecting solid waste. This documentary
film shows the garbage collector's problems and il-
lustrates new techniques which can improve effi-
ciency and effectiveness.
—1974. 28 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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An environment TKp
in perspective- ' ne
in this case, Long Island, New York. A look at this
heavily populated island—its early history—and the
many pollution problems that residents there face
today. !t is a report from the people who moved from
the city to the suburbs and even exurbia—to get
away from the city—only to find that those places
become new cities. Distribution limited to the New
York Metropolitan area and surrounding counties.
—1976. 28 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Sierra
founder of the Sierra Club. Wander through
Yosemite Yalley and the High Sierra Rejoice in the
cycle of the seasons, tumble with the snow meit on
its journey, to the sea and listen to the anthem of the
rain. John Muir's High Sierra is a film about a moun-
tain range, a man, and a vision, that, "in wildness is
the preservation of the world".
—1974. 28 Minutes. NOT Cleared for TV
This fiim illuminates ft
an intense public debate r\
in a small Maine town r\f \/o||iQc
torn by conflict between Ul »dlUCS
environmental preservation and economic develop-
ment, A New York oil company wants to build a
modern oil refinery in Maine, and crude oii would
be provided by giant 200,000-ton tankers which
would move through rocky approaches to
Penobscot Bay. Huge oii spills could wipe out
lobstering, fishing, and the tourist-based economy
of the area But there is high unemployment in the
area, and the refinery would bring jobs and attract
satellite industries. The Maine people involved
have taken sides because they know their future
could be at stake.
—1972. 28 Minutes. NOT Cleared for TV.
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A film about water THo fl KQi"
pollution problems: I 11C I II Ol
what they are, who Pn 11 il 110 fl
produces them, what's ' UIIWVIWI1
being done about it, and what wii! happen in the
future. The fiim visits the Potomac, the Kanawha,
the Tittabawassee, the Houston Ship Channel, and
other waterways. It takes the viewer into the com-
bined sewers, of St. Paul, to the advanced waste
treatment piant at Lake Tahoe, to Dew's chemical
recycling plant, and Armco Steel's industrial waste
recovery system. New concepts such as the "living
filter," oxygen aeration, and sewage reclamation
are shown.
—1972. 26 Minutes. NOT Cleared for TV.
A film about the Tho
pollution that *ne
affects us most DQ 11 ut IO R
personally—pollution of f WMUU«11
the air. Los Angeles has worked for decades to
reduce its air pollution from both stationary and
mobile sources and stitl has a serious problem to-
day. Chicago is using new laws and strict enforce-
ment to control sulphur oxide emissions produced
in the burning of fossil fuels. While automobiles
spew hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and
nitrogen oxides, the film depicts current efforts to
check pollution from this source.
—1973. 22 Minutes. NOT Cleared for TV.
illustrates Thf1
a novel rural I 11C
solid waste collection and disposal system which
was developed by Chilton County, Ala., to serve
26.000 residents scattered over a 700-square-miie
area. Four-cubic-ya'rd containers located
throughout the county are emptied every other day
by a specially equipped packer truck. The county's
pid rat-infested dumps were ciosed and roadside
maintenance problems have been solved.
—1970, 17 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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S» Sanitary Landfill
of landfm One Part Earth
planning and —. — n A
operation from site 10 I"OUT rBtlS
selection, equipment RpfllCQ
requirements, climate influences, r\ClUoc
operating procedures, topography, and soil condi-
tions to final contour planning and ultimate use of
the completed lil!. While much of the fi!m concerns
deep filling—landfills of 200 tons-per-day capacity
or greater—much of the information given can, with
judgment, be applied to smallerfaciiities. Designed
for technical audiences.
—1969. 24 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Free-loan films
This fiim, produced by the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration for the U.Si Environmen-
tal Protection Agency, is available on a free-loan
basis from this source only:
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Film Order Department
12231 Wiikins Avenue
Rockville, Md. 20852
The bays, the lagoons, the Pcti iar\/
ends of our rivers— toluol y
wherever salt water meets fresh water—these are
the estuaries of the United States on which a large
percentage of our food from the sea is dependent.
Estuaries on three coastlines are depicted, showing
their use for trades and for sport. The film stresses
the great value of these estuaries for food and
recreation, and as a natural treasure, and our need
to preserve and protect them.
—1976. 28 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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Rental films
The following films, formerly available on a free-loan
basis, have been withdrawn from general distribu-
tion because they contain some outdated material.
However, since there are occasional requests to
view these films, they are available on a nominal fee
rental basis. Order from:
Film Rental Branch
National Audiovisual Center (NAC)
General Services Administration
Washington, D.C. 20409
Make checks payable to "National Archives Trust
Fund (NAC)."
An exposition of RprvH I HCF
emerging techniques on • XC^J^i 1115
the reuse, recovery, and recycling of solid waste.
The film does not portray all the recycling options
presently being demonstrated, it contains neverthe-
less much useful information of current importance
on how materials now ending up as municipal solid
waste may be used to extend the supply of our Na-
tion's naturai resources. RENTAL FEE: $10.00.
—1971. 21 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
The Realities
of Recycling
recover usable materials from solid waste. It ex-
amines technology still being evaluated to recover
glass, aluminum and stee! containers, paper, and
old car hulks. RENTAL FEE: $15.00.
—1971. 38 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
Describes the enormous Thp
burdens that communities 1 11C
We.Throw Away
solid wastes. The film should be of interest to the
wide spectrum of people concerned with improving
waste management systems. It covers in less detail
the information included in "What's New in Solid
Waste Management?" RENTAL FEE: $12.50,
—1970. 37 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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This is a look at what had
'happened five years after
itefeM in Solid Waste
solid waste research
and demonstration
program. The fiim describes techniques available
then (1970} for controlling and processing solid
waste—specially designed equipment, improved
management techniques, alternative systems, in-
cluding costs, capacities, and other data. RENTAL
FEE: $15.00
—1970. 37 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
tn August of 1970. more Thp
then 40 unusual M IC
automobiles participated Clpatl AlT
in a cross-country race Tl LI
from Boston, Mass, to Cat- R3C6
Pasadena, Caiif., taking
seven days. Not in a race in the usual sensed these
' _ca'rs were judged on low pollution emissions, noise,
'and'other factors, as weli as speeds The-event
stimulated young people at colleges to help .apply
some practical contributions to the automotive air
pollution problem Narrated by Orson WeltesVREN-
TALF£E:$12.50. , ,; V,
—1970-25 Minutes. Cleared for TV, '''"•' >
Covers the 1970 Clean Tho Dar>a 4-rtK
Air Car Race, and I "6 K3Ce TOt
includes a brief discussion Hlp?in Air
of the different control wicaii nil
systems, different fuels, and different propulsion
systems that were entered in the cross-country
event. Narrated by Alexander Scourby. RENTAL
FEE: $12.50
—1970. 27 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
is the onrush of urbanization
opening a Pandora's box
upon'our iarid'andits
people? This film _. .l/ ~ Jl —
was,designed to POD-TOD BOX
speak for itself, r
by contrasting the sound and fury of the ;city with
the serene unspoiled countryside. RENTAL FEE1
$10.00
—1967.16 Minutes. Cleared for TV.
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":S*Purchase Price
of EPA films
Audiovisual Center (GSA), Washington D.C. 20409
at the prices indicated beiow. Checks should be
made payable to "National Archives Trust Fund
(NAC)." Price includes ree!, can, and shipping by
regular mail within the United States and posses-
sions. Allow 30 days for delivery.
Big Pickup, The $127.00
Choice Stakes 45.50
Does It Have To Be This Way? 45.50
Gifts, The 131.75
Investment To Protect, An 59.00
Jet Roar 68.00
Man And A River, A 68.00
Outer City, The 127.00
Realities of Recycling, The 177.00
Recycling 100.00
Sanitary landrill, One Part Earth, etc 100.00
Speak Up 50.00
Stuff We Throw Away, The 104.50
Village Green, The 65.00
Voices 136.25
What's New In Solid Waste Management? 163.50
Within Our Reach 77.25
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