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  1. Floods Drown Large Areas in Rhone Valley

    Date released
    29 Nov 1951
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2165
    NoS ID
    043389
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Historic Avignon and smaller towns are isolated. Large rice-growing areas of delta face ruin.

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  2. Nini Pantun: Rice Cultivation and Rituals in Bali (1988 Video)

    Director
    U Ramseyer
    Subject
    Agriculture; Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min., 1995 sale: DM140 (+p&p)

    On Bali, rice cultivation is an integral part of daily life with many material as well as religious aspects. The film shows both the technology of rice growing (irrigation, terrace construction, ploughing,...

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  3. Wet Culture Rice (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Taiwan’s rice farmers rely less on mechanisation than on human labour to produce and harvest two crops during the annual agricultural cycle. Their meticulous cultivation methods achieve the highest average...

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  4. Chinese Farm Wife, A (1974 Film)

    Director
    Richard Chen
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the pattern of life on a rice farm in Taiwan. Mrs Li, whose husband is a salaried factory worker, participates fully in farming and community activities in addition to her role in supervising the...

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  5. Ghana’s Roosting Bird (2007)

    Director
    Miriam Rowe; Gemma Gander
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Economics; Geography

    A short film looking at what Ghanaian farmer’s have to battle with. Despite plentiful fields, cheap imports and a lack of support from the Ghanaian government means that farmers cannot easily supply their...

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  6. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: China Hits Back

    Date released
    21 Feb 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    768
    NoS ID
    013019
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: China Hits Back (Changteh recaptured). DESCRIPTION: China has recaptured Changteh from Japan which meant the recovery of one of the most fertile rice-growing areas. SHOTLIST: Cut story...

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  7. Pest Wars (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws; Sean Morris
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

    Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current...

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