The Living Body and Air Pollution
Year May, 1972
Time 24 min.

Summary How does air pollution affect us? In this film, we recorded effects of air pollutants on the respiratory apparatus of experimental animals using micro-cinematography. When mice were exposed to sulfurous acid gas, the cilia of the epithelial cells stopped moving and eventually fell off. With polluted city air (city ozone), the lung alveoli swelled and the blood flow surrounding capillaries eventually stopped. In another experiment, mice were kept at the center of Tokyo business quarters for 6 months. We could observe that in the course of time the lung became darker due to charcoal dust. These experimental footages vividly demonstrated the harmful effects of air pollution. We do not want to survive like experimental mice, rather we hope to stop any kind of pollution on the earth.

This film visually pointed out by scientific experiment the seriousness of environmental pollution, which has been a social problem since 1970s. This film was honorably invited for screening at the United Nation and at several other international meetings on environmental issues all over the world.
Awards 1973
Award in the category of Scientific Short Film, The First International Film Festival in the Human Environment, Montreal, CANADA

1972　アジア国際環境会議(ジャカルタ)特別招待
1972　国連国際環境会議(ストックホルム)特別招待
1972　全インド公害会議(ボンベイ)特別招待
1972　日本紹介映画コンクール優秀賞
1973　モントリオール国際環境映画祭科学映画賞

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Planning The Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection
  ※The name of a planning company, supervisor and their title is that at the time of completion.
Staff Director : Takeda, Junichiro
Cinematographer : Hasegawa, Takahisa
Experiments : Asaka, Tokio
Music : Hori, Etsuko
Narrator : Jyo, Tatsuya
Production Manager : Gunji, Ryo
Producer : Hayashi, Rokuro