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Important Notes:
*For titles that you do not find on this list, please search VOYAGER as well.
*Titles housed in YRL (Young Research Library) or in SRLF (Southern Regional Library Facility) can be checked out without a fee.
*If an entry in the list below does not show a location, the title is housed in the Instructional Media Library.
These titles may only be viewed in the Media Library or checked out for classes through your department.
FILMS:
Big business and the ghost of Confucious / Pacific Basin Institute; KCTS/Seattle.
The Annenberg/CPB Collection (distributor), 1992
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 60 min.
Series: The Pacific century
Asia's newly industrialized countries — Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore — are moving quickly to the forefront of the world economy.
Their rapid economic development raises fundamental questions about how Asian-Pacific societies have entered the modern world, the role of
the state in economic growth, and the way rulers and ruled alike have invoked traditional values in their efforts to "catch up." The series
surveys the past 150 years of economic and political development in the Pacific Basin; emphasizing the interconnections between Pacific
nations — and between those nations and the United States — within a geographical, cultural, and historical framework. The series uses
contemporary images from ten countries, rare American and Asian footage, and the insights of scholars, political figures, journalists, and
witnesses to pivotal events.
Born in Singapore, 1960-1979 / jointly produced by Ministry of Information and the Arts and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. (SRLF)
[Singapore] : Ministry of Information and the Arts, 2000
1 videodisc (DVD); color; sound
This videodisc offers an interactive and personalized journey into Singapore’s history accross a span of 20 years, from 1960 to 1979. It
explores the exciting lifestyles, sports, fashion, culture, favourite pastimes and significant milestones in the sixties and seventies.
Dangerous business = Night cargo / directed by Charles Hutchison. (SRLF)
[United States]: [Peerless Pictures]; Baker City, OR: Nostalgia Family Video (distributor), [1935-6]
1 videocassette; black & white; sound; ca. 65 min.
A drama starring Lloyd Hughes, Jacqueline Wells, and Walter Miller.
Global interaction, unit 5 part 2: The Geographic dynamic of the Pacific Rim; Migration and conquest, unit 6:
Middle America: Collsion of cultures / Cambridge Studios.
The Annenberg/CPB Collection (distributor), 1996
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 30 min.
Series: The Power of place: World regional geography
"Global Interaction" presents case studies dealing with how Singapore exploits its location to play a key commercial role in Pacific Asia.
"Migration and Conquest" presents case studies dealing with migration patterns both within and outside Mexico; and the "cycles of conquest"
borne by Maya peoples in Guatemala. The series explores the eleven major geographical realms of the world and how they are interconnected,
combining perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography. Case studies and state-of-the-art
computer-generated maps and animation help illuminate concepts. Noted geographer H.J. de Blij provides geographic analysis.
Mee pok man / Zhao Wei Films; screenplay, Yu Lei Foong; director, Eric Khoo.
[s.l.]: KimStim, Inc. (distributor), 1995
1 videodisc (DVD); color; sound; 105 min.; in Hokkien and Cantonese, with English subtitles
The "Mee Pok Man," who runs an all-night noodle stand in a notorious part of Singapore, falls secretly in love with a prostitute who frequents
his stall. After she is hit by a car, he takes her home. A touching love emerges, but the liaison ends in disaster.
Mini dragons: Singapore / Maryland Public Television; NHK (Japan; InCA (United Kingdom)).
Ambrose Video Publishing (distributor), 1991
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 54 min.
Series: Mini dragons
Visits the country of Singapore, newcomer in the global markerplace, and celebrating 25 years of independence from Malaysia in 1990. This tiny
country now struggles toward its goal of becoming a regional center for the global economy, and with its recent change in leadership, is
challenged to maintain peace and stability in a region where these are not the natural state of affairs.
The muvver tongue / MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Films Incorporated (distributor), 1986
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 60 min.
Series: The Story of English
An overview of the spread and influence of English through British colonialism. Notes that during the nineteenth century, the English language
spread throughout the British Empire to such diverse places as New Zealand, Sough Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), India, Singapore, Hong Kong
and the Falkland Islands. Part 7 of a 9 part series.
Road to Singapore / Paramount presents; screen play by Don Hartman and Frank Butler; directed by Victor Schertzinger.
Universal City, CA: Universal, 1940
1 videodisc (DVD); black & white; sound; 86 min.; in English with optional subtitles in French and Spanish
Series: Bob Hope tribute collection
When junior shipping mogul Josh Mallon comes too close to getting married, he and his best buddy Ace Lannigan run to the furthest point they
can find on a map—Singapore. A tale of two irrepressible bachelors.
Singapore: a study of a port / J. Arthur Rank Productions.
Out of print (distributor), [n.d.]
1 film reel (16mm); black & white; sound; 12 min.
Shows the factors which make Singapore the world's seventh largest port. Features the raw materials of the East meeting the manufactured
goods of the West at this thriving port. Presents the natural physical beauty, native products and life in this former British colony.
Singapore-Malaysia: The Lion and the tiger / a SCEREN-CNDP/France co-production; author/director, Patrick Fleouter. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), 2003
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 26 min.
Series: Frontiers
The Johore Strait separates the highly prosperous city-state of Singapore from the rapidly developing economic 'tiger' of Malaysia, but the two
cities are nevertheless extremely interdependent. Singapore's expansion during the 1980s stimulated the growth of Johore Barhu, the
second-largest city in Malaysia. Now Malaysian workers cross the border to get to jobs in Singapore every day, and Singaporeans routinely
travel to Malaysia for leisure and shopping.
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