April 10, 1995
Contact: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940
Public Contact: Ron Wilkinson (202) 707-1187
Library of Congress Film Festival Celebrates Earth Day 1995
The Library of Congress will observe the 25th anniversary of
Earth Day on April 20-21 with a free film festival in the Mary
Pickford Theater of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101
Independence Ave. S.E.
The Library's commemoration of Earth Day began in 1990, on
the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Day, with the aim of
initiating a new decade of environmental awareness and action.
Taking the lead in this effort at the Library, the Science and
Technology Division offers a continuing environmental education
program with relevant publications and outreach efforts aimed at
students and the general public.
Films on environmental topics will be shown on April 20 and
21 in the Pickford Theater, third floor of the Madison Building,
from noon to 5:15 p.m. The films are free with no tickets
required. The complete listing of films follows.
EARTH DAY FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, April 20
Noon | "Mammals of the Sea," 30 minutes. Pacific
marine mammals and their plight. Oregon State
University, 1980. |
12:35 p.m. | "Secrets of a Bomb Factory," 60 minutes. A grand jury investigation of a nuclear weapons
plant. Frontline Series, WGBH-TV, Boston, 1993. |
1:35 p.m. | "In Our Children's Food," 60 minutes. How systemic pesticides are poisoning us. Frontline
Series, WGBH-TV, Boston, 1993. |
2:35 p.m. | "Under the Microscope," 30 minutes. Teachers
learn "hands-on" environmental education
techniques (2 episodes). Prince George's County
(Md.) Public Schools, 1992. |
3:05 p.m. | "Crane River," 60 minutes. Migrating sandhill cranes on the Platte River. National Audubon
Society. |
4:05 p.m. | "Water, More Precious than Oil," 60 minutes.
Resource management to combat the world's
growing water crisis. KTCA-TV, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, 1981. |
Friday, April 21
Noon | "Wolves," 60 minutes. Controversial efforts to
revive populations of wolves in the wild.
National Audubon Society. |
1:05 p.m. | "Danger at the Beach," 60 minutes. Coastal
pollution, the increasing threat to our beaches.
National Audubon Society, ca. 1994. |
2:05 p.m. | "Web of Life," 60 minutes. Genetics and ethics;
our attempts to shape our biological legacy.
Smithsonian Institution, 1989. |
3:05 p.m. | "The Death of the Dinosaur," 60 minutes. Did an
asteroid cause the extinction of dinosaurs?
WHYY-TV, Philadelphia, 1992. |
4:05 p.m. | "Ducks Under Siege," 60 minutes. The decline in
wild duck populations as an indicator of
ecological imbalance. National Audubon Society,
1989. |
All of the films have been provided through the courtesy of
the Public Broadcasting System, Alexandria, Va.
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PR 95-059
4/11/95
ISSN 0731-3527