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  1. Ancient Civilisations (6 Parts) (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p) each

    Series looking at how the ancient civilisations in China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and meso-America originated, what sustained them and why they fell.

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  2. Banana Story

    Date released
    3 Jun 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    127
    NoS ID
    120395
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Did you know that 2,500 million bananas are eaten in this country every year? The fruit of the wise men, as the banana used to be called when it grew wild in India, is today widely cultivated...

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  3. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 1: A Village in the Punjab (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Explores the lives of some of the inhabitants of Jodhan in the middle of Punjab’s rich wheatland, an area which has undergone rapid changes in the last 15 years. Three families with very different incomes...

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  4. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 5: A Time for Change (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Shows how West Bengal’s socialist government is trying to combine the objectives of greater social justice and agricultural modernisation, suggesting that despite setbacks, progress is being made....

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  5. India

    Date released
    15 May 1944
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    158
    NoS ID
    156291
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Lord Wavell visits Bombay Province and sees the developing forest area with its rubber trees (war material). He meets local tribesmen (one is 104 old) and is presented with a traditional sword. The hillsmen...

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  6. India in Crisis

    Date released
    1942
    Series name
    The March of Time 8th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    352224
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: In this issue the March of Time reviews the various factors making for disunity in India, and examines the disastrous possibilities of Japanese invasion. With its great natural...

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  7. Coconut Fibre

    Date released
    May 1967
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    60
    NoS ID
    327793
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Modern expansion in the coir industry of South West India, which manufactures carpets and mats from coconut fibre.

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  8. Future of Food, The (2009)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £195.00 each part or £331.50 the set

    We take our food for granted. Supermarket shelves groan with an incredible variety of produce - of all seasons, and from all over the world. But at the end of 2007 and into 2008, as food riots swept the...

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  9. River Indus Agreement

    Date released
    26 Sep 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1634
    NoS ID
    023789
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: River Indus. DESCRIPTION: Rising in the Himalayas, the Indus flows on through the Northern plains to become, with its 5 tributaries, one of the world’s greatest river systems. For...

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  10. Inflation is the Answer

    Date released
    28 Oct 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1795
    NoS ID
    025303
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inflation Is the Answer. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s at war against insects, or to be more exact, the Government department, which is helping developing countries to overcome their food...

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