Asian Earth

Duration: 0:22:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Atlantis Production

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the life of a Hindu peasant family that farms in the Ganges River Valley. Pictures the members of the family and how they work, play, and pray in their struggle to eke out a living from the soil. Shows the planting, the harvesting, and the village celebration at the end of the harvest season, and deals with their problems of adjustment to life, death, and calamity in the course of daily affairs., Asian Earth Distributed by Atlantis Productions, Inc; 1252 La Granada Dr; Thousand Oaks; CA; 91362 ; Tel. (805)495-2790DC: ATLAP Produced by Atlantis Productions, Inc; 1252 La Granada Dr; Thousand Oaks; CA; 91362 ; Tel. (805)495-2790PC: ATLAP Year published 1954 Grade Level: J A Distributed on media: 1 videocassette (u-matic) (22 min.), 3/4 in. Color?Color Length: 22 MIN Description: Depicts the love of land, the complete dependence on unpredictable environment, rigors of village existence, death and famine, relationship of the farmer to the landowner and moneylender and the full cycle of daily and seasonal life of a Hindu family of the lower Ganges River. Gives an idea of the enormity and complexity of the problems facing the Indian government. Topics: Asia-General; India-And-Pakistan; Hinduism-; Manners-And-Customs

Complete Record: , Documents the life of a Hindu peasant family that farms in the Ganges River Valley. Pictures the members of the family and how they work, play, and pray in their struggle to eke out a living from the soil. Shows the planting, the harvesting, and the village celebration at the end of the harvest season, and deals with their problems of adjustment to life, death, and calamity in the course of daily affairs., , Asian Earth Distributed by Atlantis Productions, Inc; 1252 La Granada Dr; Thousand Oaks; CA; 91362 ; Tel. (805)495-2790DC: ATLAP Produced by Atlantis Productions, Inc; 1252 La Granada Dr; Thousand Oaks; CA; 91362 ; Tel. (805)495-2790PC: ATLAP Year published 1954 Grade Level: J A Distributed on media: 1 videocassette (u-matic) (22 min.), 3/4 in. Color?Color Length: 22 MIN Description: Depicts the love of land, the complete dependence on unpredictable environment, rigors of village existence, death and famine, relationship of the farmer to the landowner and moneylender and the full cycle of daily and seasonal life of a Hindu family of the lower Ganges River. Gives an idea of the enormity and complexity of the problems facing the Indian government. Topics: Asia-General; India-And-Pakistan; Hinduism-; Manners-And-CustomsNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.