Birth Of The Soil: Encyclopedia Britannica
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Birth Of The Soil: Encyclopedia Britannica is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Explains how topsoil is produced from rock, water, air and sunlight over a period of many centuries. Contrasts the productivity of topsoil with subsoil.
Birth Of The Soil: Encyclopedia Britannica | |
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Produced by | Encyclopedia Britannica |
Production company | Encyclopedia Britannica |
Distributed by | Encyclopedia Britannica |
Release date | 1948 |
Running time | 00:10:00 |
Language | English |
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Episode of Series “The Living Earth”.
This film shows how nature produces life-giving topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, air, and sunlight, by the processes of plant growth and decay and photosynthesis.
Credits Production Company Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
- Director
- GEORGE E. BREWER JNR
Production Places UNITED STATES
Production Dates 1948
- ACMI Identifier
- 320240