The Nature of salt

A short documentary showing how salt affects different environments, for example, how it kills grass. Also shows some laboratory-like experiments such as “water taking salt from soil”. Towards the end of the film we also see aspects of ‘salt mining’ via live footage and diagrams.

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Credits

Duration

00:10:17:00

Production places

Unknown

Production dates

1930

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315099

Languages

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Salt

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments

Short films

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Unknown, 1930

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