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Plow That Broke the Plains, The (1936 Video)

Director

Pare Lorentz

Subject

Agriculture; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The first US Federal Government documentary intended to be shown publicly. This is a graphic description of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. Indicates steps already taken by the New Deal agencies to tackle...

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24 Square Miles and Harting - An English Village (2005)

Subject

Geography; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 62 mintues), £19.99

Two films from the 1940s depicting rural life in Oxfordshire and Sussex at the time.

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Wheat Cycle (1975 Film)

Subject

Agriculture; Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In Afghanistan the people and their labour are bound to the land in the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or sub-titles, the film conveys a sense of unity...

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Inside China: The Newest Revolution (1983 Video)

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Producer

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Filmed in two Han communities around the city of Wuxi in south-east China. Looks at the new emphasis on material incentives after years of Maoist austerity. Four women sing ‘we exchanged our chickens for a...

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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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