Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" Part 8

Description

The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode chronicles the life of Rachel Carson, a US biologist, well known for her writings on environmental pollution and natural history of the sea. Her controversial, book, "Silent Spring," which she was encouraged to write after noting the unregulated use of chemicals, especially DDT, sparked a revolution in government environmental policy and ecological consciousness. The producer of this video is Neil Goodwin.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Series

Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts