I viewed this movie around 1977-78 at a theatre in St. Cloud MN. It was all english in color and was narrated throughout the movie. The only part that’s vivid in memory is a machine going down the road gulping up palm trees and then I think replacing with concrete. The theme as I recall was of our abuse of the earth and its environment.
perhaps you saw a theatrical presentation of “The Lorax” TV special from 1972? Also something sort of similar happens in the “Allegro Non Troppo” segment set to Ravel’s Boléro.