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Catalogue Number: NFB526579
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Directors: Evelyn Lambart
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Animation, Geography, Mathematics, Physical Geography, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1947
Running Time: 10:02
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The Impossible Map - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526579
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Directors: Evelyn Lambart
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Animation, Geography, Mathematics, Physical Geography, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1947
Running Time: 10:02
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Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth.