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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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Bent World of the Banana, The (1994)

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £10.00

Shows the high human and environmental costs of banana production on large plantations. The companies who control the trade show no signs of accepting their responsibilities towards either their workers or...

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Classic Bic Banana Commercial (2003 Video)

A television commercial for the BIC Banana pen ("which comes in ten expressive colours"). Shakespeare is having trouble expressing himself writing with an ordinary ballpoint and even today, the voice-over...

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Canaan Banana on sanctions against South Africa (1989)

Genre

Interview

Former president of Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana discusses the pressure on Britain to apply economic sanctions against South Africa. A delegation of church leaders from four continents will meet with Geoffrey...

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Colour Supplement No.17: interview and music programme (1990)

COLOUR SUPPLEMENT No.17: interview and music programme presented by Amanda Ware on Saturday evenings on Ocean Sound North, The Light FM [?] transmitted 21:02-21:58. CD17- Little Amazon Rainforest Park....

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Los Alamos (2004)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 11 minutes), Free loan

A short video in two parts. Part 1 is an eyewitness account of a strike in 2002 on the Los Alamos banana plantation, owned by Ecuador’s richest man, Alvaro Norba. During the dispute workers were demanding...

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Bananas Unpeeled (2000)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 26 minutes), £10.00

A film, introduced by Mark Thomas, investigating the social and environmental issues facing banana plantation workers and farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean, where harsh working conditions and...

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Reports: Banana Dock fire at Southampton

Date released

8 Jun 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

366

NoS ID

006539

Story no

10 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Banana Dock Fire at Southampton. SHOTLIST: Shot of the trucks in the docks and hoses being played on same.

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Seeds of Revolution (1980 Film)

Producer

Howard Enders

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Concerns a worker-controlled banana co-operative in Honduras and the opposition it encountered from a multi-national corporation which had a monopoly of the country’s banana industry. The corporation was...

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Best of the Bunch, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1999 sale: £12.00 (inc VAT +p&p)

A video-based teaching pack in which Mark Little interviews banana farmers in St Lucia, exploring the problems they face. He draws students into a discussion of the issues.

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