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  1. Grain for Indian Famine Areas

    Date released
    5 Jul 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1152A
    NoS ID
    017222
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grain for Indian Famine Areas. DESCRIPTION: Mrs Pandit, the Indian Ambassador, was in Philadelphia to see grain being shipped to India. Meanwhile, her brother Mr Nehru, India’s Prime...

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  2. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 2: Village Life in Bihar (1984 Video)

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

    Discusses the violence of relations between landlords and farm workers in the Begusarai district of Bihar, a backward and feudal area where low pay, landlessness and debt bondage are still common among...

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  3. Earthquake in India Spreads Desolation

    Date released
    1 Feb 1934
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    243A
    NoS ID
    004612
    Story no
    1 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Earthquake in India Spreads Desolation. DESCRIPTION: Worst shock for 37 years takes heavy toll of life and property, leaving hosts homeless in Bihar. SHOTLIST: Panning shot of the...

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  4. Under the Carpet: Bihar’s Lost Boys (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1996 hire: £2.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) 1996 sale: £7.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at child labour in the Indian carpet industry and follows those released from servitude. It examines the work of Christian Aid partner Mukti Pratishthan in fighting for the rights of children, and at...

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  5. Faces of the Forest: The Santals of West Bengal (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the aboriginal community of the Santals, its social habits, religious ceremonies, and the day-to-day life of a village situated at the borders of West Bengal and Bihar. Rich in traditional songs,...

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  6. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 4: On the Ganges Plain (1984 Video)

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

    Investigates the effects of changes in agriculture in a backward state like Bihar. With inequality and differential access to resources, how have various social groups been affected? Rich farmers, poor...

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  7. Follow the Rainbow (1991 Video)

    Director
    Vasudha Joshi; Ranjan Pallit
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Damming the Subarnarekha River in India’s South Bihar region will have catastrophic results for the native Ho Indians. The World Band-financed dams will submerge their lands and temples. The campaign of...

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  8. Bridging the Ganges

    Date released
    18 May 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1563
    NoS ID
    023022
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bridging the Ganges. DESCRIPTION: Until now, the only way of crossing the river Ganges in the State of Bihar, has been by ferry. Now, a bridge has just been built to the designs of Mr...

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  9. Ho, The: People of the Rice Pot (1975 Film)

    Director
    Michael Yorke; Valerie Yorke
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on the life of one man, his two wives and seven children in order to portray the yearly cycle of the Ho people, a secluded tribe of the Mundari-speaking group living in the southern part of Bihar...

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  10. Long Search, The (1977 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £325.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Survey by Ronald Eyre of the world’s major religions. Each part shows encounters with men and women an attempts to capture something of the faith and understanding of individual people. 1: The Hindu...

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