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This unique program shows us the jade road as it exists today, practically unchanged from 600 years ago. The remote mining areas in northern Burma where only very few outsiders have gained access are visited. Market places in Hong Kong, where jade changes hands in the very peculiar Chinese way of mixing business with gambling, often with entire fortunes at stake on a single boulder, sometimes leaving the gambler with no alternative but suicide, are also presented.
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Jahangir was the first of the great moghuls to inherit a stable empire. The paintings commissioned by him are the most beautiful examples of Moghul art. There was a fascinating account of the Moghul court written by England's first ambassador to India, Sir Thomas Roe.
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In polo one must follow the rules, because the slighest error can be dangerous for the horse and ride; to hit the ball while the horse is galloping demands a lot of precision.
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Part of the "Irish Renaissance" with Yeats pioneering "The Stream of Consciousness" type of writing found in Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Dubliners. A linguist who made his living teaching English, he spent many years in Paris.
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Jane Austen's life spanned the dramatic years of the Napoleonic Wars, but her quiet family life in Hampshire and the fashionable society of Bath most influenced her writing.
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From humble beginnings as durable clothing for workers in the mining towns of the Wild West, jeans have evolved into a cultural icon.
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An industrial designer shows how he hand-makes high quality pressed jewelry from silver and gold. His process is contrasted with mass produced jewelry cast from pewter for the surfers' market.
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1977 - 1981 Jimmy Carter aspired to make government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations.
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This vibrant animated series will encourage children to develop a love for science. Johan is a child whose inquisitive nature always leads him to successful discoveries. Johan, an enthusiastic six year old, explores Scienscope, a wildly colorful and futuristic reality contained only in The Amazing Book of Science. Helping Johan as he seeks the answers to his scientific curiosities are his friends. Together they discover how their world is inter-related to science and how science affects their everyday life.
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1961 - 1963 On November 22, 1963 - when he was hardly past his first 1,000 days in office -JFK was killed by an assasin as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. JKF was the youngest man elected to the presidency.
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Born in 1795. His parents ran a livery stable. Orphaned at age fourteen, he became apprenticed to an apothecary. He began seriously to write poetry living off the inheritance left by his parents. He died at age 25 of tuberculosis, but astonished the world by his body of poetry.
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During his early years Steinbeck pursued writing, but for a living maintained himself by working as a caretaker. In 1935 TORTILLA FLAT was successfully published and fame was achieved. He married three times and was involved in politics and controversy over W.W.II and the Vietnamese War. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in 1962 and died in 1968.
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Jonah collects everything pertaining to baseball and plays Little League 3 times a week. He also attends an intensive summer training
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All that most people know of Swift is that he wrote Gullivers Travels. However, it is such an extraordinary work and has had such influence that it is not surprising that he wrote much else and lived an interesting and unusual life.
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Jonathan began snowsurfing 2 years ago but now its all he wants to do. Hoping to go into international competition, he mounts the top of the mountain every morning on his snowboard.
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The steps of two remarkable English artists who, from 1792 spent eight years faithfully recording the marvels of architecture in southern India, including the Kailashrath Temple are retraced
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Jaipur, India's first fully-designed city, is the capital of Rajasthan, studded with old fortresses and spectacular palaces. It is still much admired for its astronomy observatory.
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A profound knowledge and affection for India is brought to this spectacular series of ten travel programs filmed across the subcontinent. The programs focus on the cultural side: the fascinating history and rich traditions of India.
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The history of the spice trade in the Cochin area of south western India provides a complex variety of people and religions who live together in harmony.
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Bombay, far surpassing Hollywood in film output, turns out a feature film every day to a set formula.
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No-one else has so vividly re-created India's people, its villages, and the endless panorama of rural life as Rudyard Kipling. We visit Kipling's birthplace, and the other places the writer used in his novels and stories.
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Hot summers were spent in the days of the British Raj were spent in the cool hills of northern India in the summer captial of Simla.
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The sacred Ganges River at Allahabad is the place where eight million Hindus attend the religious festival of Kumbh Mela. The Ganges is a mosaic of Indian life which is traced from Allahabad to Calcutta, Indias most industrialized city.
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The Indian Army is a highly Professional fighting force, proud Of its tradition and links with the British Army, One Of its crack cavalry regiments is the Bengal Lancers, recruited from the fierce fighting races of northern India, which today form the President's bodyguard.
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The Indian Army is a highly Professional fighting force, proud Of its tradition and links with the British Army, One Of its crack cavalry regiments is the Bengal Lancers, recruited from the fierce fighting races of northern India, which today form the President's bodyguard.
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This program records the history of the Moghul dynasty from Babur, who conquered India, through Akbar, to Shah Johan who two hundred years later built the Taj Mahal.
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A group of Japanese factory workers on a lively weekend holiday tour of the island of Kyusu are followed. Another side of the Japanese character is discovered. Many Japanese prefer short holidays, in the company of their workmates.
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The summit of Mount Fuji is climbed once again by tourists. 150 years ago an artist painted 36 views of the mountain, showing rural arcadia. Now it towers over an industrial belt, symbol of Japan today- the thirty-seventh view.
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As the iron rule of the Shoguns waned, Japan entered oversea trade agreements and began a period of aggressive industrialization and military preparation.
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Most Japanese today live in vast industrial cities. We see life in a remote fishing village and observe the traditional village-based life that Japanese lived for generations, with regular routines and punctuated seasonal festivals.
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We see the making of one of the countless Popular movies which re-creates the Samurai and their era that are made in Japan. Perhaps the Samuari spirit more truly lives on, Permeating into the business and industrial life
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The traditional Geishas, trained in song, dance and sophisticated conversation, still reign supreme as Japans most prestigious entertainers, employed for important functions.
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During months of researching and filming In Japan, the country was found to be both fascinating and baffling. This series of programs give a rare Insight into the country and Its people. Separating myth from reality and showing the curious alchemy of traditional feudal and modern technological Japan.
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In this colorful series Adam explores the traditions, the ceremonies and the breathtaking landscapes of the country. He travels from the bustle and clamor of the capital, Bangkok, to the remote mountain ranges in the north the notorious Golden Triangle - and captures, on film, the spectacular bicentennial celebrations In Bangkok, the timeless serenity of life In a Buddhist monastery, the rich tradition of the royal family and the essence of the long history of the people.
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Bangkok is a complex city of superb palaces, glittering temples and monasteries as well as massage parlors and bars. Founded two hundred years ago on the site of a fishing village, its population is now estimated at six million.
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Thailand's teak forests are among the last Places in the world where elephants are still used commercially, Also shown is an Elephant Festival and a tug-o-war between I bull elephant and 150 soldiers, and an amusing soccer game played by elephants.
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This Program follows King Bhumibol, whose talents range from science and agricultural engineering to sculpture and jazz, on his personal tours in the country, his ceremonial engagements culminate in the magnificent barge procession which marks the country's bicentennial celebration.
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Graceful Thai dancers in exotic costumes are depicted on travel brochures and posters. The history of the masked ballet which, if performed in full, would last 750 hours. The story of the dance drama, Romakien is explained.
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Historians believe the original Thais came from China, migrating slowly south over the rugged mountains that are now part of Burma and Thailand establishing their first kingdom by the 15th century, When it was destroyed they moved further south.
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A visit to the small market town of Chom Thong Provides a rare glimpse of life in a Buddhist monastery. The monastery and monks play a vital Part in the day to day life of the town.
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The south of the country, an area of rubber plantations, coconut palms, tin mines and mangroves is visited. The majority of people are Muslim and mosques dominate the skyline.
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In this video series a team led by Keith Adam spent five months in the Himalayas, filming from Kashmir in the west to the remote kingdom of Bhutan In the east. It is the first time that a film crew has ever filmed so extensively in this area, capturing the scenery, culture and lifestyle of the people.
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JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM- 1-Galileo began an endless fascination with the sun and its effects on the earth. JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2- Landsat- using space technology in the quest for information about the earths environment
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Circling Jupiter, the solar system's biggest planet, sensors reveal deadly radiation. But secure in virtual reality, we plunge down through Jupiter's giant red spot, deep into a hostile, gassy world.
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