- FR PUNES AG 12-Photo-SC-1-L1258/2A3
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- 1970
Part of Audiovisual archives
English transcription: More than 200 million automobiles now use the world's roads. In cities, they dangerously pollute the air we breathe. Travelling 1,000 kilometres (600 miles), a car consumes as much oxygen as a human being does in a year, and in addition to lethal carbon monoxide, it emits annually about one kilogramme of lead. Another problem created by the proliferation of motor vehicles is how to dispose of wrecked and worn-out hulks. Increasingly they pile up in hideous cemeteries which blight the countryside as here at Genevilliers.
French transcription: Paysages-dépotoirs. Plus de 200 millions de voitures circulent sur les routes du monde. Quand elles roulent, elles empoisonnent l'air des villes une auto consomme sur 1.000 km autant d'oxygène qu'un homme en une année et elle émet, outre l'oxyde de carbone, environ 1 kg. de plomb par an avec ses gaz d'échappement. Les carcasses des voitures hors d'usage s'empilent le long des routes, hideux cimetières qui enlaidissent nos paysages. Ici, à Genevilliers.
Description: Various types of waste, especially metal and rubber, from wrecked automobiles lying in a field surrounded by workshops and high residential buildings.
Location: Paris.