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  1. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia’s Famous "Sixth" Parades

    Date released
    3 Feb 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    765A
    NoS ID
    012995
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australia’s Famous "Sixth" Parades. DESCRIPTION: General Blamey reviews the famous Australian division, who are already veterans of the Western Desert, Greece and New Guinea....

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  2. Asmat of New Guinea, The: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    A study of the Asmat, a society in western New Guinea, showing their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.

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  3. Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea (1990 Video)

    Director
    David Wason
    Producer
    David Wason
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a group of small tropical atolls, are renowned for their rich yam production and the high drama of their harvest activities. Some...

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  4. Impact of Development (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 43 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the changes brought about by the development of a billion dollar gold mine on the indigenous people of Porgera, in one of the more remote areas of Papua New Guinea. As the government of PNG looks...

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  5. Cannibal Tours (1988 Video)

    Director
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    The ‘natives’ on the banks of the River Sepik in Papua New Guinea discuss the lives of Western tourists sailing thorough the jungle on a luxury cruiser, The ‘Melanesian Explorer’. The film raises the...

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  6. Kama Wosi: Music in the Trobriand Islands (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Led McLaren
    Producer
    Led McLaren
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Set in three inland villages on the largest of the Trobriand Islands. The poetry of songs and the art of singing are a major part of the Trobriand aesthetic traditions. Through the translation of song...

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  7. Bridewealth for a Goddess (2000 Video)

    Director
    Chris Owen
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 72 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Documents the last performance of the ritual for the fertility goddess Amb Kor. Shot over a period of 15 years, the anthropologists/filmmakers have been participant-observers durng a time of pivotal change...

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  8. Man Without Pigs (1990 Video)

    Director
    Chris Owen
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    John Waiko is the first Papua New Guinean to reach the status of professor. He travelled back from Australia to his home village to celebrate his achievement with his own people of the Binandere clan. When...

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  9. Legend in Clay (1961 Film)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the making of very large pots in the Amphlett Islands. The pots, which were exported to obtain sufficient food, played an important part in the utilitarian trade accompanying the Kula ceremonial...

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  10. Rebels of the Forgotten World (1991 Video)

    Director
    Alan Hayling; Claudio von Planta
    Subject
    Anthropology; Politics & government
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Reports from the jungle of West Papua, the western half of New Guinea known as Irian Jaya to Indonesians, about armed tribal opposition to Indonesia’s military occupation. Indonesia, with World Bank...

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