Water The Drop of Life Part One: Body and Soul. Documentary about the global uses and abuses of water. Namibia
Dusty intersection in Namibia. Street signs showing direction of Windhoek and Walvis Bay, Mercedes and subcompact cars passing by. Subjective POV shot drive along dusty desert road.
Panning LS desert hill in Namibia, some arid-dwelling vegetation.
Cow drinking water from trough. Mr. Lucas herding cattle.
Mr. Lucas checking residential water reservoir.
Dilapidated house in Namibia.
Mother takes bucket to water spigot. CU large insect (locust?) being plucked off outdoor water spigot. MCU water being poured into blue bucket. MS/CUs Lucas family washing faces, hands in same bucket, using same water. Teenage Lucas boy taking wash water to outhouse.
Lucas family saying Christian grace, sitting down to eat noodles. CUs Lucas' washing dishes, reusing water on plants. Water conservation due to inadequate supply. African family.
Urban section of Windhoek, Namibia. MS collection water streaming below grate.
Namibian boy pouring glass of water in kitchen.
Main gate of Gammams Water Care Works (water treatment plant). Raw sewage being sifted, sorted, processed; passed through series of grills, filters. Employee combing through sedimentation tank. CU charcoal pellets pouring into tank. Array of filter tanks.
Animated diagram of ultra-filtration (ultra filtration) system used to process and recycle sewage waste water into drinking water.
Water filtration tanks and pipes.
Panning high angle LS Windhoek, Namibia.
Mrs Lucas hanging laundry out to dry on clothesline.
Schoolchildren (African girls and one Caucasian girl with Caucasian female teacher) singing song about water in Windhoek, Namibia: "Children of Namibia hear our cry. You better save water or it will die. We have a land that is so great. We also have a problem we all hate. The rains fall on dams, the rivers flow. The cattle breed and the bushes grow. Times are good and life is sweet. Now let's talk about the things we know, not having any water is our biggest fault, so, Children of Namibia hear our cry."
(African girls and one Caucasian girl with Caucasian female teacher) Teacher talking with class about ways to conserve water, schoolgirls providing answers: "And how can you, individually, conserve water in your houses, your garden and the school?" "While brushing your teeth you can close the tap and then brush your teeth so you don't waste water."
Classroom using pictograph of city to depict water allocation. (African girls and one Caucasian girl with Caucasian female teacher)