Tree of survival / a United Nations Production ; written, directed and produced by Abdellarif Ben Ammar.
Publisher:
Public Affairs BranchCIDA,
Copyright Date:
1984
Description:
1 videodisc (20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Reproduction Info:
Digital copy. Iowa City : University of Iowa Marketing and Media Production for the University Libraries, 2012. VHS video tape transferred to industry standard DVCAM format, (4:3 standard definition) with Sony DSR-1800 digital videocassette recorder and simultaneously to DVD format with Panasonic DMR-ES25 DVD recorder via Y/C distribution system from a variety of VHS source decks.
Issued also as a documentary motion picture. Narrator: Alexander Scourby. Video has minor audio disturbance that comes and goes, but cannot be removed.
Summary:
Shows the Sahel ten years after the drought of the early 1970s but prior to increased world awareness brought about by the recent famine in Ethiopia. Sahel, the Arabic word for coast, defines the region of the creeping desert where the lives of people and animals are swallowed up as the Sahara advances by as much as a metre each month.
Series:
International development video library
OCLC:
(OCoLC)781628256
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.