Heritage of Splendor (1963)

★★★★ · Native chipmunks! · Spuzz · 2003-07-22

This film about litterbugs, which IS a worthwhile topic for a film and is generally amicably presented, has, nevertheless some SERIOUS flaws to it. I just love, first of all, how such a film can be presented by an oil company (*cough* air pollution Oil slicks *cough*). But the true highlight of this film happens at around the 3 minute mark, when Ronald Reagan says about the USA, "We can meet some of the natives too, remembering that they were here before us". And on the screen we see shots of um, Chipmunks. HAHAHAHAHA!! I'm not TOTALLY roo sure what haopened there, but that is one of the…

★★★ · Heritage of Splendor - and simpler times! · lmbowling · 2004-06-05

Narrated by Ronald Reagan prior to becoming the 40th President of the United States, this film is a throwback to simpler times, when an oil company could point to littering as a societal injustice. Presented by the Ritchfield Oil Company, this film is intended to educate the audience about litter and how to protect our natural resources, parks, highways, and private property by properly using garbage containers. Although it sounds hilarious in this modern day and age, it can still be used as an educational resource. Keeping in mind the era and period, this film is a benchmark of how far we…

★★★ · "Spreading more litter in more places than ever before" · Steve Nordby · 2004-06-18

Ronald Reagan narrates this film and if Ronald Reagan were alive today he'd say: "Huh? I was just reading the script." Note: "conservation" and "conservative" should share some meaning in a rational context, but in the Amerikan political climate these are disconnected. An anti litter piece (as if the pro litter lobby going to complain). Well shot. Uncontroversial. Mildly entertaining and fun for warnings of the dangerous debris the ex-leader of the free world warns us of, but if you are looking for depth, nothing here to see. Move along.

★★★ · 'Cause Every Litter Bit Hurts! · Christine Hennig · 2005-03-03

Ronald Reagan narrates this 60s anti-littering film, sponsored by a big oil company, in which he tells us that big corporations are in no way responsible for pollution, but our public lands are a mess because individual citizens are litterbugs. This is pretty much what youd expect from this kind of film, with a mildly disturbing scene of a child dressed in a freaky-looking litterbug costume locked in a cardboard cage. Eventually, Reagan threatens to close all the National Parks if we dont clean up our acts and stop acting like pigs already. Tell that to Exxon, Ronnie, though I will make an…