Boomsville.

Duration: 396

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1968

Creator: National Film Board of Canada.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Color Sound 396 National Film Board of Canada

Complete Record: , An overview of American history and man's interaction with his environment which traces the process by which a virgin land was made into a frantic, congested "boomsville". The growth of cities, advent of railroads, cars and airplanes; the industrial revolution, immigration, the role of the wars, and the growth of a pleasure-loving society are portrayed with clarity and wit. An animated film; no narration., , , Presents an animated overview of the growth of cities, showing what man has done to his environment, from the explorer first spotting land to man reaching the moon. Recreates, without a single word, man's interaction with his surroundings, tracing, step by step, the process by which man took a virgin land and made of it a frantic, congested 'BOOMSVILLE.'.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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