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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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
315099
Languages
English
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Salt
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)