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Rachel Carson's Silent spring

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Additional authors: Goodwin, Neil. | McCullough, David G. | Chadwick, Alex, -- 1947- | Streep, Meryl. | Peace River Films. | WGBH Educational Foundation. | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) | WGBH Video (Firm)
Published by : WGBH Boston Video, ([South Burlington, VT] :) Physical details: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. -- Silent spring. | Biologists -- United States | Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. | Science writers -- United States | Pesticides -- Environmental aspects. | Pesticides -- Toxicology. | Pesticides and wildlife. | Insect pests -- Biological control. | Environmental health. | Television programs. | Biographical television programs.
Year: 2008
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Videos/Films Book Cart 333.72 Rac (Browse shelf) Available 97163

Documentary.

Originally broadcast on the television program American experience in 1993.

Special features: DVD-ROM link to American Experience website; other products of interest.

Host: David McCullough.

Narrator: Alex Chadwick ; readings by Meryl Streep.

Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.

DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (4x3) presentation; Dolby Digital.