No spare parts /
No spare parts portrays the introduction and utilization of appropriate technology in a developing nation. In Ghana, thrown away materials are being recovered, and used to build and modernize their economy. Requiring only minimal financial resources, small workshops use recycled automobile parts and...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Oley, Pennsylvania] :
[Distributed by] Bullfrog Films,
[1990]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | No spare parts portrays the introduction and utilization of appropriate technology in a developing nation. In Ghana, thrown away materials are being recovered, and used to build and modernize their economy. Requiring only minimal financial resources, small workshops use recycled automobile parts and traditional crafting skills to produce machinery of great benefit to the local people. Grinding mills, lathes, palm oil presses and lumber saws, all made from scrap, enable the population to improve their everyday lives. Ghana's utilization of discards as a resource for raw materials reduces their reliance on imports and improves their independence and self-reliance. The appropriate technology movement is burgeoning in Ghana, having a beneficial impact on all levels of society. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced by: Asterisk Film & Videotape Productions, Ltd. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ©1990; previously released in 1991. Title from title frames. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (22 min.) : digital, sound, color |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player. |
| Audience: | 7 and up. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Len Gilday, Peter Walker ; editor, Joan Mackian ; music, A.B. Crentsil. |
| Access: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
