Watch Science World: Wood - Nature's Versatile Resource; Planning Tomorrow's Cities, 1980

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. 1 WOOD: NATURE'S VERSATILE RESOURCE - AS POPULATION GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS STRAIN THE PLANET'S RESERVE, NEW, INTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO AN OLD RESOURCE - TREES - MAY HELP SOLVE THE WORLDWIDE PROBLEM OF SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE MATERIALS. THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTS VITAL TO OUR DAILY LIVES DERIVE FROM TREES, BUT THIS RESOURCE, TOO, LIKE OTHERS, IS LIMITED. SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH IN INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT IS PRODUCING POSITIVE, EFFECTIVE RESULTS, HELPING TO EXTEND THE WORLD'S TIMBER SUPPLIES AND MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF WOOD.

2. TOMORROW'S CITIES: LEARNING TO PLAN - THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CITIES HAVE TENDED TO SPRAWL AIMLESSLY ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. TODAY, URBAN PLANNERS ARE LEARNING THAT NEW CITIES CAN BE DESIGNED TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEM, AND THAT CAREFUL PLANNING CAN ALSO MAKE OUR OLDER CITIES MORE LIVABLE AND EFFICIENT.

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