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Freshwater World

Giles Walker

1974 24 min

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This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the processes that pollute or disrupt clean and balanced freshwater environments.

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This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the processes that pollute or disrupt clean and balanced freshwater environments.

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Environment and Conservation

Geography and Geology

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Credits

• director
  Giles Walker
  
• editing
  Giles Walker
  
• producer
  Desmond Dew
  
• executive producer
  Colin Low
  
• commentary
  Stanley Jackson
  
• narrator
  Stanley Jackson
  
• photography
  Don Virgo
  
• sound
  Ken Page
  
• sound editing
  Victor Merrill
  
• re-recording
  Jean-Pierre Joutel
  
• music
  Eldon Rathburn
  

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Ages 12 to 16

Geography - Environmental Issues
Science - Environmental Science
Science - Life Systems/Ecology

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