Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Water The Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay. Documentary about the global uses & abuses of water. Shot on location in numerous countries. Originally shot on Super 16mm. Letterboxed widescreen (more than likely 1.66:1) version.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
LS scenic river valley during sunrise, Southeast Spain. Great TLS/MSs sheep herd grazing in eeking sun. TLS antiquated water wheel in semi-arid valley. Tilting TLS dried riverbed. Farmer Jose Ferrer Sanchez says "Before the pipes came it was all land w/o trees, only land w/ only some barley & plants that hardly grew. There was nothing." TLS/MSs Jose Ferrer Sanchez working in receiving end of the Tajo-Segura Water Supply Channel. MS/CUs Mr. Sanchez entering office, paying water bill. MSs rushing river water. TLS sluice channel, water traveling toward cam. Tilting LS Talave Reservoir. TLS old Spanish man working at board in control room. Tilting TLS Ojos Pumping Station pumping water up mountain. LS La Padera Reservoir. Panning LS Mantaza Aqueduct in Murcia, Spain.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
TLS farmer walking through lemon grove, Murcia, Spain; MCU three lemons on tree (one a ripened yellow, others still green); MS stout, balding, middle-aged male farmer walking through lemon grove, toward cam, stopping to pop off tap from irrigation hose. LS pumping station w/ Ladrones graffiti on pipeline. TLS graffiti on building, Spain: El Agua del Rio Para Sus Vegas. MCUs former farmer Clemente Cervantes Crevelle typing on old manual typewriter; MS Mr. Crevelle perusing papers in office. Mr. Crevelle says "In 1994 we lost a lot of land. Our pump could not pump enough & some of the water pumped was loaded w/ salt. That was the final blow: to use that kind of water for irrigation. The water has been diverted through Molina to Orihuela, but it actually does not reach there. They are in even worse shape then we are. The Segura is almost dry. The water companies use most of it, but some if it is used to irrigate farmland. The ones who get that water are the lucky ones. I'm not going to plant trees anymore. If I knew there was going to be enough water I would gladly use my land, but I'm not going to invest money & then be in the same situation. There are people looking for land on which to build houses, so maybe one day I will divide the land & sell the whole lot." C/As of Mr. Crevelle walking along parched earth, former site of his peach orchard. Panning high angle parched, dry, semi-arid land. Panning h/a LS water conduit cutting through semi-arid valley, residences dotting landscape. MSs rippling river water.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
Panning LS mid-size commercial boats docked in harbor, Cyprus. Captain of Orion Magne Dalhem (sp) says "We have developed a new system of doing this: waterbags. We can bring the empty waterbags on deck, fill them up & tow them over to the other side. The first time we brought water over to Cyprus, we were received like heroes over there. They had no water. We were blowing the whistle, the President was pressing the button & the water came out. Was very nice. They are quite happy about it." C/As Captain Dalhem & crew on Orion; empty water bags, hooks, weights, ropes on deck.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 4: A Price to Pay
TLS/MSs water rushing, sloshing in canal. TLS Masai women & children walking through plain, away from cam. H/a LS bend in open conduit. TLS Mexican farmer walking along crops, small irrigation ditch. TLS water conduit in desert valley. MS water rushing along canal, toward cam. MCU roiling, rushing water. Panning LS Mantaza Aqueduct in Murcia, Spain. MS/MCUs Arab engineers installing underground water pipeline in Middle Eastern city. Former Prime Minister of Israel SHIMON PERES says "The population is growing all the time. Water resources were not properly handled or properly planned & clearly not enriched, & the running of the water is in old systems & in old pipes. There is a great price for the lack of modern ways to irrigate or to conduct the water."