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  1. Impact of Tourism 6, The: Thailand (2004)

    Subject
    Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £120.00

    The Thai tourist authority is pushing ‘ecotourism’ which, in theory, doesn’t damage the environment. Ecotourists take rafts down river, ride elephants in lush green spaces, visit Buddhist temples and...

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  2. Thai Hilltribe Embroideries (2002)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

    The videos in the SURVIVING TRADITIONS series have all been filmed on location in countries where craft traditions still survive. This film has been made with the cooperation of the local people. It is not a...

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  3. Smiles: The Hypocrisy of Thai Politics (1998 Video)

    Director
    Kamron Kunatilaka
    Producer
    Lyndal Barry; Sam Kalayanee
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale - see TRIUMPH OVER TERROR, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., See: TRIUMPH OVER TERROR

    Uses vox pops and satire to explore the many contrasts in Thailand between human dignity and its many abuses. A new constitution was meant to elimate political corruption, but Thailand remains a country...

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  4. Tan Family, The (1995 Video)

    Director
    Rithy Panh
    Producer
    Parminder Vir
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 1996 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at United Nations aid from a Cambodian point of view. Follows a family of Cambodian refugees who settled in the refugee camp of Sok San in Thailand, near the Cambodian border, where they lived for 13...

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  5. Children’s News (2 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Two programmes looking at how the world’s governments are responding to UNICEF’S call to ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. They chart the progress of global ratification...

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  6. Land of Smiles, The: Thailand (1994 Video)

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

    Thai folk songs, dances and a performance of the classical Ramakien dance drama. Also shows temple ceremonies and the monastic architecture, religious paintings as well as the Buddhist way of life in the...

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  7. Once Bitten... (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1993 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p) each; 2 programmes on 1 cassette - £30.00 (+VAT +p&p); the whole set - £100 (+VAT +p&p)

    The eight-part CUTTING EDGE series, filmed at Oxford University, examines the skills, methods and attitudes necessary to be a top scientist. Each programme looks at the ‘cutting edge’ of scientific...

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  8. Meo, The (1972 Film)

    Director
    Brian Moser
    Producer
    Brian Moser
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About the involvement of Meo tribesmen in the war in Laos. Shows a Meo (Hmong) village and a Shaman’s procedure for exorcising an evil influence, then continues with the effect of war on the Meo. These...

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  9. Miao Year (1964 Film)

    Director
    William R Geddes
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A detailed ethnographic study of the Miao tribe, who practice shifting agriculture, in northern Thailand. Shows details of Miao ritual, the cultivation of agricultural produce (maize, rice and the opium...

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  10. Chang (1927 Video)

    Director
    Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack
    Producer
    Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). b&w. 67 min., 1997 sale: US$59.95 (+p&p)

    A documentary film about a rice farmer and his family who live on the edge of the jungle in Siam and struggle for survival against numerous wild animals including bears, tigers and leopards. Includes footage...

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