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The Water Cycle
Short Film (Full Length) – 1972
Nature gives us only so much water. There is no more.– From the narration
The city: indifference and anonymity breeding unthinking and uncaring people, people to whom water is something that comes out of the tap.– From the narration
Now the river approaches its greatest enemy: the river enters the city.– From the narration
The perfect water cycle: ideal, idyllic. But the pretty pictures are a fiction. Wherever man comes into contact with water he interferes with it, abuses it or pollutes it. In New Zealand we’re starting to realise that this irresponsibility must be checked.– From the narration
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