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Beauty Hints

Date released

25 Mar 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

117

NoS ID

120358

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Take a handful of rice and grined to a fine powder, mix with the yolk of a 1,000-day-old Chinese egg and then add a pinch of magnesium. The result, according to the beauty experts, is a...

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Tao, The Way and Its Power (1976 Film, Video)

Director

Jeremy Marre

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Tao, meaning ‘the way’, was a word the Chinese used more than two thousand years ago ‘to explain the unexplainable’ - the relationship of man to the universe. Taoism lies at the root of almost all...

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Sha Mu Lei Te (1996 Video)

aka: Shamlet

Director

Lee Kuo-hsiu

A comic interpretation of Hamlet performed by the Pingfong Acting Troupe. The production tells the story of an amateur theatre troupe which goes on a tour with Hamlet. After they debut to a lukewarm...

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Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview

British actor David Yip speaks about his career and overcoming stereotypical roles offered to actors of oriental origin. Born to a Chinese father and British mother, he discusses how Chinese communities...

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Chinese Visual Festival 2014

Date

28 Apr 2014, 11:42

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

7 - 18 May 2014 Screening at King’s College London / BFI Southbank / Riverside Studios Now in its fourth year, CVF has significantly expanded to include the very best in Chinese language independent...

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Monty at large (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Monty at Large, presented by Monty Modlyn. This episode focuses on Hatton Garden, the jewellery district of London, and Chinese New Year. Part 1 of the programme includes interviews with two unidentified...

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Management in Chinese Cultures (1999 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £75.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines how Chinese culture differs from the West - in Chinese cultures, western stresses on individualism, delegation and empowerment are replaced by an emphasis on community and the family, a lean...

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Made in China (2007)

Director

Yves Scagiola; Roman Weber

Subject

Social Studies

MADE IN CHINA is an expedition through the urban Chinese underground and the slowly budding youth culture in Beijing and Shanghai. Ten young intellectuals in film, art, literature and music describe and...

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T’Ai Chi and Qigong: The Prescription for the Future (2003)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 70, 70, 90 minutes), £44.99 (all 3 vols)

A series of three videos written and presented by Bill Douglas, founder of World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day. He explains the complex Chinese concepts simply using Western culture, with the aim of giving a...

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Lost World of Tibet, The: The Director’s Cut (2008)

Director

Emma Hindley

Producer

Emma Hindley

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

Dan Cruickshank presents this illuminating documentary about life in Tibet prior to the brutal Chinese occupation of 1950. Colour films dating back to that period have been carefully restored, revealing...

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