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The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes

1968 · 17 minutes · Colour

[FILM: The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes, 1968]

A lone canoeist paddles through ice ages, floods and the formation of the Great Lakes — and ends up in modern pollution.

Streaming from YouTube, from the producer’s or official distributor’s own account. Watch it there ↗

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