Malaya: Forest from the Dawn of Time

Synopsis

Part 1 shows the kind of plants and animals to be found in the major habitats of tropical rainforests, including rivers, the forest margin, the litter layer and the canopy. Gives a picture of the diversity and complexity of the rain forest ecosystem. The emphasis is chiefly upon the animals of the forest: gibbons, flying lemurs, trapdoor spiders, fireflies, flying frogs. Part 2 deals with the exploitation of the forest.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 29 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1983

Availability

Hire

Uses

Discussion material for ecology, conservation courses*

Subjects

Biology

Keywords

ecosystems; Malaysia; rain forests; tropical rain forest ecosystems

Credits

Director

Tony Beamish

Contributor

Ivan Polunin; Tony Beamish

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Beamish Productions

Sponsor

Name

Malaysia World Wildlife Fund

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.