This DVD compilation contains films that promote the conservation or mixed use of land. Conservation (responsible use) vs. Preservation (maintaining original condition) was one of the most hotly debated environmental issues of the 20th century and still continues today.
Included Films:
To Conserve Our Heritage
To Conserve Our Heritage
Produced: 1940
Length: 35 Minutes
As much as America is a land of boundless opportunity, it is a land of gutted hills and ravished valleys, of worn out land and muddy rivers choked with topsoil from misused hillsides. Though made in the 1940s, To Conserve Our Heritage, explores the problems of pollution and conservation in a remarkably modern way. Its message is, an America rich in land and soil is an America built tough from the inside out; and the only way to ensure the land is strong is to practice conservation techniques and prevent harmful polluting. Some of the pollution we have to worry about now, thanks to advances in technology, is not included, but the idea that the pollution must stop and we must take responsibility for our land is a message which transcends time and technology. This brilliant film is an excellent testimony to what should be included in our everyday thinking and offers solutions to the problems of pollution that should be heeded.
Heritage of Splendor
Heritage of Splendor
Produced: 1963
Length: 18 Minutes
Narrated by Ronald Reagan and sponsored by an oil company, this vintage film explores the conservation of natural resources. The beginning of this conservation film promotes the efficient management of the countrys natural resource as opposed to preservation, and explains how mixed-use land makes everyone happy. Then the film also attacks the littering problem that is sweeping the nation, especially recreational sites
Rural Holidays
Rural Holidays
Produced: 1965
Length: 24 Minutes
A farm is not just a farm but an opportunity for tourist recreation and holidays. “Rural Holiday” explores the idea of farmers taking pieces of their land, or even all of it, and converting it to a vacation spot for people from the city. With a joint message of soil conservation, it progresses to explain that appropriate soil testing and control is important before even thinking about setting up a campground or tourist spot. An interesting idea of taking idle farm land and making it produce profit for the farmer is well mixed with a government conservation message that stands out today as being as relevant as it ever was..
