Science - Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) - 1973

The Google Earth of its day, the Landstat satellites didnt look out into space, they looked down on earth, helping scientists to predict famine, study urban development, and better understand the planet we call home. SUMMARYThis film shows how the Earth Resources Technology Satellite helped meet the need to provide a worldwide survey of earth resources to help scientists and governments plan their use and conservation. U.S. scientific investigators explain how they were using ERTS (later renamed Landsat) images to identify crops, forests, and grass lands, study urban development, determine the boundary of wetlands, identify geological features that may lead to mineral and fuel deposits, and monitor disasters including volcanic eruptions and floods. This film won the Bronze Medal Award at the Atlanta Film Festival, 1973. CREATED BYNational Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - ) REPOSITORY:Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of moving images held by the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section SUBJECTSAstronauticsEarth sciencesBoldt, Joseph R., author of screenplayAllan, Ken, narratorBurns, Frank, directorEtheridge, James B., film producerMargolin, Murray, film editorAudio Productions, producer