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Russian Reindeer

Date released

14 Apr 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/31

NoS ID

113044

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Far from the comforts of civilisation in the remotest region of the USSR deer herders carry out their arduous round-up work in sub-zero temperatures.

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Herders of Mongun-Taiga, The (1989 Video)

Director

John Sheppard

Producer

John Sheppard

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI) Sale (Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The Tuvanians live deep inside the Soviet Union at the centre of Asia. With ‘glasnost’, the new openness, a film crew was allowed to film the nomadic yak herders of Mongun-Taiga, a rugged district on the...

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Timothy Asch (1932–1994)

Date

12 Sep 2014, 10:17

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California, Timothy Asch made several groundbreaking documentaries and was a champion for the use of...

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Rough Riding in Australia

Date released

Sep 1964

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

8

NoS ID

324621

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: ‘Carrousel Britanico’ goes to Australia to see the thrills and excitement of an Australian rodeo. Here sheep-herders and cattle men test their skill on the bucking broncos. Riders try to...

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Siberia (1997 Video)

Director

Ian Paul

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks

Adventurer Ray Mears visits the Evenk people, nomadic reindeer herders who live in traditional teepees on a diet of reindeer, fish and a few edible plants in the freezing Arctic climate in the taiga forest...

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Kirghiz of Afghanistan, The (1975 Film, Video)

Director

Charlie Nairn

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Follows a a group of pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a remote corner of Afghanistan close to the Russian and Chinese borders. The focus of the film is on the remarkable authority and...

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Kazakhs of China, The (1983 Video)

aka: Inside China: The Kazakhs

Director

André Singer

Producer

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The Kazakhs are horse-riding herders of sheep and yak, living on a vast territory administratively called East Wind Commune in Sinkiang province of China. For the first time a western television team was...

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Tempus de Baristas (1993 Video)

aka: Time of the Barmen

Director

David MacDougall

Producer

Paolo Piquereddu

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Depicts a fast-disappearing way of life - that of goat-herders in the mountains of eastern Sardinia. Three generations are seen: Pietro, a teenager, is thinking of going on to secondary school to study hotel...

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Mastering a Continent (1983 Video)

Director

Mike Csaky; Andrew Harries; John Percival; Christopher Ralling

Subject

Anthropology; History

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

Looks closely at three different communities examining the way in which African peoples mastered the problems of creating a way of life in a varied and often hostile environment. Looks in particular at two...

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Taiga Nomads (3 Parts) (1992 Video)

Director

Heimo Lappalainen

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 50 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

Documentary series about the Evenki (formerly the Tungus), who are scattered all over eastern Siberia. They are a nomadic tribe who move with the household and reindeer throughout the year, never having a...

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