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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Growing Up in the Orient. DESCRIPTION: Buildings in the traditional style are becoming fewer and further between. In Hong Kong they’re building towards the vertical. They still use...
Pathe synopsis: Blood-curdling yells echo round a school hall in south London. A group of kendo enthusiasts keep alive this centurie- old Japanese sword-fighting ritual yet despite the elaborate armour and...
Bodmin, in Cornwall, suffers from a plague of starlings. Millions of them wreck a bamboo plantation
BFI synopsis: children in Java demonstrate their Anikung Band, making music from bamboo sticks
COI synopsis: From a rice field in South East Asia comes an age old technology which depends on a length of bamboo and a smooth round pebble to make a pump. Updated and motorised, this simple pump is finding...
The essence of a Chinese garden is said to be ‘infinite riches in a small room’ - harmony, proportion and variety. The key characteristics are: rocks, water, buildings, trees and vegetation in different...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men of Timor. DESCRIPTION: The amazing story of a handful of Australians, who lost to the outside world, fought on in defiance of unmeasurably superior Japanese strength. SHOTLIST: Cut...
theEYE is a series of interview-based profiles of contemporary visual artists in Britain. Each film provides a survey of an artist’s work and ideas, featuring the artist in discussion and illustrated by...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Kite Flying. DESCRIPTION: Huge monster of bamboo and paper are launched by crews of over fifty in environs of Tokyo. SHOTLIST: Close shot of kites. Japanese make last minute...
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