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Title:

Cadillac desert [videorecording] : water and the transformation of nature / produced by Trans Pacific Television and KTEH/San Jose.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS and Columbia TriStar Television,
Distributed by PBS and Columbia TriStar Television,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

4 videocassette (250 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Documentary films.
Water resources development--West (U.S.)--History.
Irrigation--History.--West (U.S.)--History.
Political corruption--West (U.S.)--History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Reisner Marc. Cadillac desert.
Postel, Sandra. Last oasis.
Else, Jon.
Harrar, Linda.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
KTEH-TV (Television station : San Jose, Calif.)
Trans Pacific Television.
Public Media Home Vision.

Other Titles:

Mulholland's dream.
American Nile.
Mercy of nature.
Last oasis.

Notes:

Pts. 1-3 based on Marc Reisner's Cadillac desert. Pt. 4 based on Sandra Postel's Last Oasis. Narrator, Alfre Woodard.

Contents:

pt.1. Mulholland's dream (85 min.) -- pt. 2. An American Nile (55 min.) -- pt. 3. The mercy of nature (55 min.) -- pt. 4. Last oasis (55 min.)

Summary:

Cadillac desert relates the story of the epic quest for water and the role it has played in the vast transformation of the American West and many parts of the world.

ISBN:

9780780019263
0780019261

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42212786

UPC:

3742911253

Locations:

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)