Legacy for the Future

- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- Japan

The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary series from the 1970s visits over 150 World Heritage Sites across 44 countries. It looks at why civilizations succeed and then fade away. The show helped shape how Japanese TV makes documentaries.
educationalsoberreflectivecontemplativehistoricalinformativeawe-inspiringserious
What happens
Legacy for the Future (未来への遺産, Mirai eno Isan) was Japan's first television documentary miniseries. Run on NHK for seventeen installments in 1974 and 1975, the theme of the program was "why civilizations flourished and declined." Footage was seen from over 150 World Heritage Sites in 44 countries. An experimental series of programs, Legacy for the Future paved the way for the modern Japanese television documentary that NHK has since become known for. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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