The World at Your Feet

195322 min 30 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Larry Gosnell

Production: Michael Spencer

Script: Larry Gosnell

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Man's inevitable and invaluable associate, the soil, is shown in a new light--a veritable thriving community in miniature, populated by living things of the animal, plant and insect worlds. How this soil world maintains a harmonious balance is shown in highly magnified sequences.

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Subject categories

  • Environment and Conservation > Agricultural Land and SoilsEcosystems
  • Animals > Animal LifeEcosystemsInsects
  • Plants > EcosystemsPlant Life

Credits

director
Larry Gosnell
script
Larry Gosnell
producer
Michael Spencer
photography
Grant Crabtree
John Spotton
sound
Clarke Daprato
editing
Maureen Balfe
music
Eldon Rathburn

Awards

  • Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Graphic ArtsItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
  • Honourable Mention - Category: Natural HistoryYorkton Film Festival
  • First Award - Category: Non-theatrical Government Sponsored FilmsGenie Awards
  • Certificate of Merit - Category: Natural SciencesBiological Photographic Association of America Exhibition
  • Superior in its CategoryBiological Photographic Association of America Exhibition
  • First PrizeInternational Festival of Films for Children