JOURNEY INTO SUMMER

Part of The Four Seasons series, this quietly beautiful film shows natrue at her zenith of color and life. Everything is in full bloom--plants, insects, animals--and all are performing their individual and interdependent roles in nature's great life cycle. But all is not ideal as it seems. Lake Erie looks magnificient at first, but closer inspection shows it is near death, poisoned by pollution. Happily, there is also evidencethat humankind is beginning to halt some of the damage to the environment. We learn about the comeback of the buffalo, the introduction of the ibex to North America, and preventive measures taken to save our waters, woods, fields and hills.

Produced by Philip S. Hobel
1989, 47 minutes
Teacher's Guide available
Purchase: $150 Classroom Rental: $75

* Silver Medal, Atlanta Film Festival
* Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival

"...Considerately paced, informative narration combines with spectacular filming techniques in these nature walks that consider interrelationships of the wild, for schools, community groups, and public libraries." - Booklist (American Library Association)

Other titles in the series include:

- North with the Spring
- Autumn Across America
- Wandering Through Winter

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THE FOUR SEASONS (Series) This award-winning series celebrates the scenic splendor of North America's changing seasons while emphasizing the urgent need for protection and conservation of the world's environment and wildlife.

WANDERING THROUGH WINTER Part of The Four Seasons series, this film's focus is winter. A time of migration and hibernation, winter also sets the blood racing, the nip of the wind quickening our every move.

AUTUMN ACROSS AMERICA Part of The Four Seasons series, this film poses some searching and often bewildering questions. It asks why we still offer bounties for certain animals...why we destroy the awe-inspiring redwood forests...why the elk is near extinction...why the trumpeter swan was "too beautiful to live."

NORTH WITH THE SPRING Part of The Four Seasons series, this charming film focuses on the world's favorite season, spring: the season of youth, of lovers, the mating season