The Earth Belongs to the People (1971, sound)

Year Published: 1971

Description:

Description: Newsreel #57.

From the Newsreel catalog, 1971-72:
"A radical analysis of the ecology crisis, the film dispels the myths that big business and big government have been telling the people about the world-wide ecological crisis. Is there really over-population in the world, or is there an unequal distribution of wealth and food? Do people or large industries ruin the environment? Will the earth survive for the people or for corporate profit????? Live and animated footage."

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1970s, Environmental issues, Food, Poverty, Capitalism

Tags: animation; homemade titles; collage; performance art; masks; starvation; food scarcity; pollution; overpopulation; consumerism; food; racism; wealth distribution; Food Is Grown For Profits Not For People title; industry; gasoline pump; 34 cents per gallon; corporations; CO2 emissions; smog; mass transit; public transportation; advertising; auto industry; stop motion; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Newsreel, Boston Newsreel

Credits:

Distributor: Newsreel

Contributor: Roger Beebe

Source Collection: Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1971

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: documentary, activist

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: release print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable area

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 615

Complete Record: Description: Newsreel #57. From the Newsreel catalog, 1971-72: "A radical analysis of the ecology crisis, the film dispels the myths that big business and big government have been telling the people about the world-wide ecological crisis. Is there really over-population in the world, or is there an unequal distribution of wealth and food? Do people or large industries ruin the environment? Will the earth survive for the people or for corporate profit????? Live and animated footage." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1970s, Environmental issues, Food, Poverty, Capitalism Tags: animation; homemade titles; collage; performance art; masks; starvation; food scarcity; pollution; overpopulation; consumerism; food; racism; wealth distribution; Food Is Grown For Profits Not For People title; industry; gasoline pump; 34 cents per gallon; corporations; CO2 emissions; smog; mass transit; public transportation; advertising; auto industry; stop motion; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s Film Sponsor: Creator: Newsreel, Boston Newsreel Credits: Distributor: Newsreel Contributor: Roger Beebe Source Collection: Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1971 Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: documentary, activist Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: release print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: variable area Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 615