A Land Betrayed

Jan 23, 1963

0h 10m

★ 6.0

Overview

Produced by Alfred Higgins Productions with assistance from the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Academic Support Center Film Library, Keep America Beautiful, Inc., and Keep Los Angeles Beautiful, Inc., the 1963 short film A Land Betrayed examines the various ways people have spread the “cancer of ugliness” across America and offers call-to-action solutions to combat the nation-wide problem.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Alfred Higgins Productions

University of Missouri-Columbia’s Academic Support Center Film Library

Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Keep Los Angeles Beautiful, Inc.

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Cast

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