Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Water The Drop of Life Part Three: The Perils of Pollution. Documentary about the global uses & abuses of water. Shot on location in numerous countries. Originally shot on Super 16mm. Letterboxed widescreen version (more than likely 1.66).
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Great panning MS tide of river rolling, rollicking onto shore bathed in soft sunset colors, stop at watercolor being painted on easel; MCUs paint brush being dipped in water glass, then in paint; CU/MSs young Asian woman painting watercolor by shore; picturesque LS river scene during sunset, riverboat in distance. Secretary-General of the United Nations KOFI ANNAN says "I'm someone who loves nature. One of the things I find most relaxing is to be in the woods, to be in the forest, to sit by the riverbank & watch the water flow by. I've got this stage when I look at the river & I look at the water, what strikes me is how clean or dirty it is. But when you sit by a river that is clean, that has been protected, that has been respected by the inhabitants & you see the rivers, leaves float by, it's so clean you see the fish swimming. And all alone by the river, w/ sorts of birds singing, you realize how fortunate one is to be able to have that moment to enjoy to be in nature & enjoy a river which is clean & alive." Israeli diplomat SHIMON PERES says "We have to take care about nature as much as nature is taking care about us. Nature is very kind w/ us & if you want to enjoy the gifts of the nature & the promises of the nature, we have to refer of the nature & it s needs, it s rules, it s norms."
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
MS reflection of sun on shimmering water. LS/TLSs scenic river, marsh landscapes. Great traveling shot of wetlands in Biesbosch National Park, Netherlands; MS bird sitting on reed; nice aerial shot of wetland marsh. Actor/activist TED DANSON says "80 % of the fish that you catch commercially, at one point or another, have something to do w/ where fresh water & ocean salt water meets b/c that is where life germinates; that's where you have the riches nutrients; that's where you have the nurseries growing." Great subjective POV & objective traveling shots along Biesbosch wetlands (reeds, forests, marshes, tidal creeks, etc). State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport & Public Works of the Netherlands MONIQUE DE VRIES says "Water is an essence for the quality of life. In countries like the Netherlands where there is a lot of water, you take it as a matter of course & you don't realize that we have to be very careful with it."
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Panning WLS scenic marsh, wetland in Netherlands. LS holstein cows grazing on hill near wetland (polder). TLS bulldozer pushing mud, slogging through canal. LS scenic Dutch canal. TLS freighter sailing along canal. LS train crossing strange bridge spanning canal or river.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) Archival footage of massive floods in Netherlands, 1953: flooded farming fields; men race to build sandbag wall at levy; flooded, destroyed homes; cattle crossing street; aerial of flooded town; refugees, displaced persons.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Panning LS Delta Works dam. Traveling MSs vegetation, still water at Biesbosch wetlands. LS/TLSs commercial ships sailing along canals. Panning MS earth sliding slowly into canal (a small mudslide, essentially). Subjective POV shot along canal in Biesbosch wetlands. Dutch State-Secretary MONIQUE DE VRIES says "Everybody realizes now that building dikes & dams or only looking at flooding is not enough, but that we all need a very healthy water system." Panning TLS former polder (drained wetland near farm) gone wild. LS two Galway cows being released into field; panning LS several Galway cows resting on opposite side of canal. Panning LS view from sea wall.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Israeli diplomat SHIMON PERES says "We have wasted a great deal of the donations of nature. We cut trees, we polluted rivers, we polluted the air. We must understand that we are now beginning to pay the price for it." TLS/MSs Middle Eastern man opening well cover outside home, several children sitting on patio in BG. Great shot of Planet Earth rotating in space. Animated diagram of planet earth, ratios of salt water to fresh water. LS icy-blue glacier. Traveling shot of sea lion resting on ice floe. Scenic LS lake, mountains in distance. MS small river pouring over rocks. TLS windmill spinning on farm, large well in FG. Diagram of aquifer. Nice MS water seeping from pipe, spinning windmill in BG. Great LS roiling ocean tide, sun setting in BG (sunset). Panning TLS reflection of sunset on ocean waves. Actor/activist TED DANSON says "Everything that man does on land, all of our values, all of our attitudes, how we treat each other, how we work together or not ends up getting reflected in the coastal waters. I'm concerned about oceans. I'm concerned about being able to swim & fish off the beaches in that 1st 30 miles of coastal waters. I cannot just look at that & say what is the problem. I have to go to the top of the mountain & I have to look at where the water comes from & watch what happens as it goes all the way down. If you follow nature, you know the natural path of water, & you look at what we do to it, all the way down, that's where you have to solve the problem."