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A Grain of Sand
196414 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Produced by the United Nations.
This title is an acquisition.
The plight of children in some parts of the world is portrayed in animated sequences by noted British artist Ronald Searle, the narration following the style of William Blake's poem. There is live footage of a day in the life of a ten-year-old boy in Tunisia. What he observes on his way to and from school illustrates some of the work of UNICEF.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Babies and ChildrenDeveloping Countries
- Social Issues > ChildrenForeign SocietiesSocial Services in Foreign Countries
- Developing Countries > Health and IllnessInternational Development and Service AgenciesNorth AfricaYouth
- Children and Youth > Health and SafetySocial ServicesYouth of the World