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#1 The Living Machine

 

Title

Planet earth. Episode 1. The living machine [videorecording] / produced by WQED Pittsburgh in association with the National Academy of Sciences ; producer, Gregory Andorfer ; screenwriters, Gregory Andorfer, Georgann Kann

Published

Chicago, IL : Films Incorporated, 1986

Descript'n

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in

 

Summary

Plate tectonics, one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, is explored with world-renowned scientists on location. They are at Kilauea Volcano during a dramatic eruption, aboard the submersible craft Alvin as it dives to the bottom of the Atlantic, and in pursuit of the cause of the worst earthquakes in American history

Note

Major funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with corporate funding by IBM

 

Originally broadcast on PBS

 

"Annenberg/CPB collection"--Container

Performer

Richard Kiley

 

Notes