- Title: VM-278
- Summary: RURAL & URBAN POVERTY: THE SEEDS OF CATASTROPHE: THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR, BOTH RURAL & URBAN POVERTY, STARVATION, RURAL VILLAGES OF THE THIRD WORLD, HOMELESS PEOPLE, SUPERMARKET CHECK-OUT, SHACKS, GHETTO, SLUMS, WORKING IN THE FIELD, NUN, CLASSROOM IN AN OLD SCHOOL BUS, JOB TRAINING, PEOPLE HANG OFF OF BUS, STARVING CHILDREN, ZOOM INTO THE PLANET EARTH
- Description:00:37:30 - ZOOM IN ON PLANET EARTH AS SEEN FROM OUTER SPACE. "LIVING ON OUR PLANET IS ONLY A MATTER OF CHANCE, HOW YOU LIVE IS NOT". 00:37:58 - MAP OF THE WORLD WITH A DIVIDING LINE SEPARATING THE 2 WORLDS. THE POOR AND THE RICH. "IT'S THIS DIFFERENCE THAT THREATENS THE WELL BEING AND PERHAPS THE SURVIVAL OF US ALL". 00:38:13 - MONTAGE VARIOUS CONTRASTING LIFE STYLES BETWEEN RICH AND POOR INCLUDE CU FACE SHOT ELDERLY ARAB BEGGAR WITH BEARD TILT DOWN TO HIS HANDS HELD OUT AS OPPOSED TO SUPERMARKET CHECKOUT COUNTER. STARVING INFANT AND IN CONTRAST A WOMAN TRYING ON FUR COAT.. 00:38:34 - LITTLE CHILDREN PRACTALLY ALL BONES, ON LINE FOR DRINK OF WATER AS OPPOSED TO TRAFFIC JAM ON SUPERHIGHWAY. 00:38:43 - ZOOM IN 2 BARE FOOTED CHILDREN POSE AS MOM HANGS CLOTHING ON CLOTHESLINE IN ALLEYWAY. 00:38:50 - LINE OF THATCHED ROOF HUTS IN AFRICAN (?) VILLAGE. ONE LONE NATIVE WOMAN WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. PAN PRIMITIVE HUTS. 3 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE LIVE IN THE POOR WORLD". 00:39:09 - YOUNG WOMAN USES INGENIOUS PRIMITIVE GADGET TO CRUSH NUTS OR BEANS INTO FOOD ITEMS. BAREFOOTED WOMAN SPREADS THE CRUSHED ITEMS WITH HER FEET. 00:39:53 - VILLAGE WOMEN POUND STALKS OF WHEAT (?) ON. CU FACE SHOTS OF HARDENED NATIVE MAN, WOMAN AS THEY CLING ON TO JARS OF FOOD ITEMS. "IF THEIR HARD STYLES ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WILL DIE ...." 00:40:22 - PAN HIGH ANDES MOUNTAINS OF BOLIVIA AND PERU. CU GOOD SHOT ANDES INDIAN USING LONG TREE BRANCH TO POUND WHEAT OR RICE (?) STALKS AS LITTLE CHILD SITS ON GROUND WATCHING. AS SHEEP GRAZES IN F/G. "THESE INDIANS DIE BEFORE REACHING MIDDLE AGE ...." 00:41:11 - CU TEAM OF OXEN PULLING PLOW. "THERE CAN BE FEW PLACES ON EARTH WHERE WORK IS MORE EXHAUSTING". :THE ODDS OF EXISTENCE AGAINST THE FARMER ARE INCREASED BY THE CRUELTY OF THE WEATHER" 00:42:04 - MS FARMERS IN THE FIELD in BANGLADESH TRYING TO SALVAGE WHATS LEFT OF THEIR RICE CROP IN THE WATERLOGGED FIELD. CU FRUSTRATION ON FACE NATIVE FARMER. "THEY ALREADY SOLD THEIR CATTLE TO BUY FOOD, NOW THEY MUST SELL THEIR LAND". 00:42:45 - PAN GROUP OF UNCLOTHED CHILDREN WITH PARENTS, SITTING ON GROUND AROUND LARGE POT OF BOILING RICE. 00:42:59 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN CROUCHING ON GROUND PICKING UP GRAINS OF RICE, ONE AT A TIME, WHICH HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND WHILE BUNDLING AND COLLECTING THE MAIN CROP. CU WOMAN CARRYING SLEEPING CHILD ON HER SHOULDER AS SHE COLLECTS GRAINS OF RICE. 00:44:26 - CU FACE SHOT FLY INFESTED CHILD. 00:44:41 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS ABANDONED COUNTRY VILLAGES IN PERU Y WHICH WERE ABANDONED TO SEEK A NEW LIFE IN THE CITY. THOSE WHO STAYED WERE MOSTLY THE OLD. "TODAY IN THE POOR WORLD THE EXODUS IS TAKING PLACE WHEN THEIR ARE NO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITIES". 00:46:58 - AERIAL VIEW CITY OF LIMA, PERU. CU HEAVY CAR AND BUS TRAFFIC. CROWDED PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. VARIOUS FACE SHOT COUNTRY NATIVES SITTING AROUND, WATCHING THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE. THE FIND THE CITY ALREADY FULL OF HUMANITY. 00:47:58 - PAN HILL IN LIMA, PERU 2000 - 3000 FEET UP. THE ONLY PLACE FOR THESE NATIVES TO LIVE IN A OVERCROWDED CITY. IF YOU LIVE BEYOND THE REACH OF THE WATER MAIN ON THE LOWER PART OF THE HILL, YOU HAVE TO DRAW YOUR WATER AND CARRY IT UPWARD. 00:48:22 - WOMAN CARRIES LARGE 5 GALLON CAN UP HILL. ON THIS PARTICULAR HILL THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF PREGNANCIES WHICH END IN MISCARRIAGE. CHILDREN SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN THE FALL ON THIS HILL. SOME DIE. 00:49:29 - CALCUTTA, INDIA - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE LIVING IN SQUALOR. CU FACE SHOT ELDERLY INDIAN MAN SAYS THEY LIVE< "JUST LIKE ANIMALS". VOICE OVER, "THE CITIES IN THE POOR WORLD HAVE TO BE SMELLED TO BE BELIEVED:\ ".SHOTS OF GARBAGE DUMP AND OPEN SEWERS.. 00:50:54 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE LIVING IN UNBELIEVABLE SQUALOR. PAN HOMES, JUTS BUNCHED TOGETHER. CU LITTLE BOY SEATED ON GROUND CRYING. 00:52:38 - MS CHILDREN BEING TAUGHT IN ABANDONED SCHOOL BUS. MORE THAN 1/2 OF ALL 3RD WORLD CHILDREN ARE DENIED EDUCATION 00:53:02 - CATHOLIC NUN SPEAKS OF THE PROBLEMS AS SHE STANDS OUTSIDE BUS CLASSROOM. 00:53:23 - MS OPEN SEWER WITHIN SMELLING RANGE OF SMALL CALCUTTA SCHOOL HOUSE. 26 CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND IN 7FT BY 6 FT CLASSROOM. MALE TEACHER WRITES ON BLACKBOARD IN B/G.. CU FACE SHOTS CHILDREN, MANY SUFFERING MAL-NUTRITION. 00:54:18 - VARIOUS SHOTS MEN BUILDING TINY COMMUNITY SCHOOLHOUSE IN MIDST OF CROWDED SLUM. 00:54:25 - VARIOUS SHOTS LONG LINE OF MEN APPLYING FOR JOBS AT EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. ONLY 1/2 WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR WORK. 1 IN 10 WILL GET A JOB. IN INDIA AS A WHOLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING JOBS INCREASES BY 100,000 A WEEK. 00:55:18 - VARIOUS SHOTS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES BEING RE-TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO MEND A TYPEWRITER OR REPAIR A RADIO. THE MONEY SPENT TO EDUCATE THESE STUDENTS WOULD BE BETTER SPENT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE EDUCATION LADDER 00:56:17 - MONTAGE PAN HUNDREDS HOUSES BUNCHED TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. "AFTER FOOD, THE MOST BASIC NEED FOR MAN IS SHELTER". "THE FACT IS THAT 80 % OF POPULATION IN THE POOR WORLD CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY OR RENT A FINISHED DWELLING PLACE". 00:57:22 - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE RIDING ON TOP OF CITY BUS AND OTHERS JUST HANGING ON THE SIDES AS IT RIDES THROUGH CROWDED CITY TRAFFIC, RICKSHAWS AND BICYCLES EVERYWHERE.. 00:57:33 - MONTAGE SMALL CHILDREN PARENTS, SLEEPING ON BLANKETS ON CITY STREET GROUNDS DUE TO LACK OF SHELTER..MORE OF SAME.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-278