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  1. China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story (1980 Film)

    Director
    Tom Radford
    Producer
    Michael Scott; Lydia Semotuk
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Horsebreaker, diplomat, politician and teacher Chester Ronning grew up as the son of missionaries in China. He experienced the Boxer Rebellion and the civil war there, and later became a teacher in Alberta....

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  2. Lost Horizon (1937 Video)

    Director
    Frank Capra
    Producer
    Frank Capra
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    Based on the novel by James Hilton in which a British diplomat and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like Shangri-la. The place...

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  3. Glance of Genius, The: B H Hodgson in the Himalayas (1983 Video)

    Director
    Tristram Riley-Smith
    Producer
    Tristram Riley-Smith
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 42 min.

    B H Hodgson (1800-1894) was renowned in the 19th century as a diplomat, linguist, zoologist, ethnologist and collector. He spent almost 40 years living in the Himalayas - mainly in Nepal and Darjeeling -...

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  4. Inventors of the World Series (12 Parts) (2003)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 12 x 23 minutes), £29.95 each

    Each programme in the series examines the process of invention through some of the monumental accomplishments of one the world’s greatest inventors and their landmark contributions. Explains that no one...

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