Treasures of Thailand

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1960

Creator: A Rayant Picture

Complete Record: Explores customs and fashions of Thailand. Taiwanese sword fighting in traditional costumes to the point that it looks like a choreographed dance. Ancient style of fighting. Men changing from traditional clothes to modern clothes. Man walking down urban street in Bangkok, Thailand. Cars fill the streets with traffic. Ancient temple ruins with religious icons in the countryside. Hindu statue. Lavish temples gilded with gold in Bangkok. People bowing to religious statues. The Grand Palace in Bangkok. Soldiers and drummer boy marching in courtyard at the palace. There is a Royal Barge Procession on boats in a river. People are paddling the royal family on elegant vessels. Modern family eating breakfast together at the table. A monk enters the family garden and the family provide him with offerings such as rice. The father of the family goes to work in downtown Bangkok. He works as a banker with lots of other employees. Inside the office there are desks, people on typewriters, people on the telephone. There are other industrial images of people using heavy machinery. The employees at the world’s largest dam are watching the machines create electricity. The largest industry is farming. There are farmers working in the rice and corn fields, watering crops and using tractors. Farmers use monkeys to harvest coconuts from palm trees. Elephants are used for labor, using their trunks to push large logs. Highways link cities to country side. Trucks driving through the farmland. Television studio recording people playing traditional Taiwanese instruments. Television control room send signals through antennas and people watching through their tv sets over dinner. Artists. Man painting an umbrella. Sculptor carving pottery and laying clay work. Silk worms and the processing of silk fabrics. Women are modeling silk clothing in a fashion store. Women modeling extravagant jewelry. The Elephant Round Up Festival. A large gathering of people with elephant races and elephant tug of war. Thai style boxing match. Families in the stadium crowd. Bangkok at night.