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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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They Call Him Ah Kung (1975 Film)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Ah Kung, like most of his schoolmates, will inherit the family farm. Yet he may choose to leave farming, attracted by industry and the urban life style. Ah Kung’s personal dilemma symbolises a national...

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Slaves of the River (1993 Video)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £6.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the lives of landless Bangladeshis over the course of the annual monsoon, as they eke out a living on a tiny island situatied in the world’s largest river delta. They speak for themselves with...

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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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Land Dayaks of Sarawak, The (196 Film)

Director

William R Geddes

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A straightforward presentation of the daily life of a land dayak longhouse village as it was in about 1960, with material on the growing of rice, fishing, the collection of wild vegetables and fruits, food...

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Two Autumns: The Work of Andy Goldsworthy in Scotland and Japan (1992 Video)

Director

Peter Chapman

Producer

Peter Chapman

Subject

Art

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Looks at the work of sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who uses leaves, stick and rocks to capture the rhythms of time and place. Filmed on location in Scotland and Japan and shows the artists at work during the...

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Children Must Learn, The (1941 Film)

Director

Willard Van Dyke

Subject

Education

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Scenes of life and schoolwork in an American country district illustrate the argument that to be of value, education should not be merely academic but should bear a clear relationship to the lives of the...

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Nuer, The (1970 Film)

Director

George Briedenbach; Robert Gardner; Hilary Harris

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Nuer, well known from the work of Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, live as transhumant herdsmen and millet farmers in the swamps and open plains close to the Nile and two of its major tributaries in the Sudan...

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Scenes of Norfolk Life (1993 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 55 min., 1996 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Looking at life in the county from 1902, with scenes of town, village and country life. Also lifeboats, a steam engine rally, Norwich City football team 1913, holidays at Caister 1972, and Norwich through...

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Will to Win, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Pam Taylor

Subject

Agriculture; Geography

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at the ‘economic miracle’ brought about in Brittany chiefly as a result of the co-operative organisation of Brittany farmers. Considers the effects of the social history of Brittany, the effects of...

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