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- Throughout the seas of Southeast Asia, there are nomadic families of the Bajao tribe, who spend their entire lives living on large sailing outrigger canoes. They live off the resources of the ocean and the thousands of small islands in this region. Yet they manage to have developed an interesting culture. We travel with them as they fish, collect sea-shells, trade them for food, cloth, etc. at villages, and join other Bajao families on remote islands for ceremonies.
- No two nations are exactly similar in following any one system of government, either socially, economically, or politically. Therefore the terms capitalism, socialism and communism are general terms, often misunderstood. There are even differences in the popular use of the terms versus their technical meanings. This film explains these terms and presents some history of their results.
- Yuji helps his mother at home, and father in forest cutting trees. He wants to be a forester, but when he follows a load of trees to sawmill, and then sees the wood being made into pianos, he wants to become a musician.
- We divide Asia into five major regions, each very different. Here are the people, the land, agriculture, industry, and culture of these regions.
- Pockets of poor housing can be found in every city of the world. But in the 3rd world it is a serious problem. In this film we follow the daily life of a family in a crowded slum of a typical 3rd world city.
- The Spanish Conquistadores wrote down the history of Peru's ancient civilizations, as told to them by the Inca. But archaeologists found evidence that this "history" was entirely false. Great cultures developed in So. America long before the Inca.
- The life and economic standards-of-living of people in a one-crop nation (coffee) is compared with those of a nation with a diversified economy.
- Brazil, South America's largest nation, is mostly tropical, but is becoming one of the most industrialized nations on the continent. This film examines the various lifestyles of the people and their problems, both urban and rural.
- Introducing the land, agriculture, industry, and daily life of the people of the several different regions of Africa.
- Colorful and exciting ethnic dances from around the world, usually express the different social and cultural backgrounds of their people.
- Introduces the concept of "The Third World". It discusses the differences between the Socialist bloc, the Free-Trade (Capitalist) bloc, and the less developed 3rd World nations. Most were colonies of "First World" nations, and most still have some ties with their x-rulers. We examine the daily life, economy, problems, and future possibilities for the people of these nations.
- Daily life of a Thai farm family, seen through the experiences of their son, Deely: growing rice, getting water, going to school, shopping in town, etc.
- Certain conditions are necessary for the development of civilizations. We examine ones that started in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, the Indus valley, Greece and Italy. Often, each was influenced by others, and each was eventually conquored by others.
- Traditional handicrafts in Japan started as the production of needed utencils. Some families shown in this film are now in their 6th or 7th generation of making what have become works of art, mostly using natural materials.
- The Nile, longest river in the world, has for centureis influenced the people of Africa, who had produced one of the greatest of early civilizations. Today, the people here continue to influence this powerful river, which creates a long thin green belt as it flows through the desert of North Africa.
- Between the Andes Mts. and the Atlantic Ocean, lie Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. All have a Spanish heritage, and speak Spanish. This film is an overview of their economy and culture, much of which is based on their raising of livestock on the pampas grasslands.
- A plains Indian legend of the problems the Sun Spirit had in creating the first animals, when placing life on this Earth.
- For the Eskimo, their housing, clothing, food, customs, arts, all developed from their natural environment. Now this life is being modified from the outside: schools, TV and VCRs, snowplows, airplanes, etc.
- After World War-2, little was left of Japan's cities and industries. The nation had very little in natural resources, having to import most of its raw materials, and even food. Yet they rebuilt, developing a thriving industrial and social society so rapidly that they were unable to control problems such as pollution. Eventually this economic "bubble" burst, and it took several years to recover ... mostly by becoming experts in the new "Age of Information Technology". Through all this, they have managed to keep much of their ancient cultural traditions.
- The early tribes of Japan were strongly influenced by ancient China. Eventually a closed feudalism developed, which produced a distinctive civilization. Life was controlled by emperors, shogan generals and samurai warriors. Once the nation was forced to open to the "western" world, there were major changes in their technology, and in fact in all aspects of life. This eventually led to a major war, their destruction by atomic bombs, and the need to rebuild. About all that was left was their cultural value of national pride and loyalty.
- An overview of the nations of Eastern Europe which were once part of the "Communist Bloc", introducing the similarities and differences between their resources, histories, economies, and cultures.
- Clothing is worn for a variety of reasons, besides just protection. It helps identify our nationality, religion, age group, social level, and personality. This film describes these differences, as well as the materials used, from plants, animals and synthetics, and their creation, both by hand and by mass production.
- The original peoples who moved into the Americas developed many different cultures, depending on the environment into which they settled. This film is an introduction to these people, their history, customs, and the changes they are now going through.
- Daily life of a typical Choco Indian family. As a hunting-gathering tribe, they have adjusted to supplying almost all their needs from their natural resources, in this remote rainforest of Darien, along the Panama - Columbian border.
- India, is one of the most heavily populated nations in the world. This film is an introduction to its many diversified cultures, many religions, languages and dialects, with extremes of geography, climate, and of living conditions.