Versions:.Presented with discussion in Window on Canada No. 50, title code: 106B 0155 141. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Director, Larry Gosnell ; script, Larry Gosnell ; producer, Michael Spencer ; photography, Grant Crabtree, John Spotton ; sound, Clarke Daprato ; editing, Maureen Balfe ; music, Eldon Rathburn.

Recorded 1953.

Man's inevitable and invaluable associate, the soil, is shown in a new light--a veritable thriving community in miniature, populated by living things of the animal, plant and insect worlds. How this soil world maintains a harmonious balance is shown in highly magnified sequences.

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Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Graphic Arts, 1963 Honourable Mention - Category: Natural History, 1954 First Award - Category: Non-theatrical Government Sponsored Films, 1954 Certificate of Merit - Category: Natural Sciences, 1953 Superior in its Category, 1954 First Prize, 1960

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