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Let's Look at Water

Harold Randall

1947 20 min

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This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all parts of the city with water is also illustrated, as is the safeguarding of water supplies on trains, ships and aircrafts.

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This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all parts of the city with water is also illustrated, as is the safeguarding of water supplies on trains, ships and aircrafts.

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Urbanism

Environment and Conservation

Technology

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Credits

• director
  Harold Randall
  
• editing
  Harold Randall
  
• producer
  Vincent Paquette
  
• narrator
  Vincent Paquette
  
• script
  Harold Randall
  
  Vincent Paquette
  
• camera
  Charles Beddoe
  

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Education

Ages 11 to 13

Geography - Natural Resources
Health/Personal Development - Disease Prevention
Science - Environmental Science

Have students compare current water-purification procedures in Canadian cities with the procedures outlined in the film. Have students investigate the water crisis in Walkerton, Ontario (2000) and explain what went wrong and how a situation such like that can be prevented in the future.