catalogue of video recordings (vhs, dvd) - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
of rapid economic growth, pollution of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea
of Japan by effluent from factories and tanker oil spills became a
serious problem. But efforts to prevent pollution of the seas have
gradually been bearing fruit, thanks to the development of pollution
preventing technologies. This programme show the current status of
pollution of the seas around Japan, as well as how people are tackling
the problem with pollution-prevention technologies." --From NHK
International TV Programme catalogue
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 519 NHK 8
Title: Unspoilt nature where the firefly lives = Hotaru no sumu shizen
o torimodoso (NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in
Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 8)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International ?
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 519 NHK 4
Title: Preservation of trees and afforestation technologies = Shinrin
hogo to ryokka gijutsu (NHK International video library ; Preventing
pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 4)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 1997
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Call Number: 519 NHK 5
Title: Industrial waste and disposal techniques = Sangyo haikibutsu to
sono shori (NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in
Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 5)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 1998
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: "The 400 million tonnes of industrial waste produced in
Japan each year is more than eight times the amount of waste
generated by households. Disposal is becoming an urgent problem.
Now disposal technologies that result in minimal environmental
pollution are being developed, and some are already in use. This
programme introduces cutting-edge industrial waste disposal
methods." --From NHK International TV Programme catalogue
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 519 NHK 6
Title: Soil contamination and disposal techniques = Dojo osen to sono
shori (NHK International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan =
Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 6)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International 1999
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 519 NHK 7
Title: Synthetic organic chemicals = Gosei yuki kagaku busshitsu (NHK
International video library ; Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no
kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ; 7)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International ?
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 519 NHK 9
Title: Clean n energy = Kurin enerugi (NHK International video library ;
Preventing pollution in Japan = Nihon no kankyo osen boshi gijutsu ;
9)
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International ?
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at Jf-Sydney
Call Number: 521.86 YOK
Title: The Past Returns - Traditional Architecture
Publisher: Tokyo : Kokusai Koryu Kikin = The Japan Foundation 1993
Physical description: 45 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English.
Summary: This is a documentary anput re-constructing an original 200
yearhold farmhouse in the traditional way. Each stage from outside
Construction to interior finishing is covered. The craftman involved in
the project use traditional materials such as cedar, grass, mud, clay
and stone; there is very little help from the modern world.
Call Number: 524.54 VPN
Title: Inami chokoku : Toyama
yama-ken (Tezukuri no bi, Nihon no dento
kogei)
Publisher: Tokyo : Bideo Pakku Nihon 19--
Physical description: 15 min Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese.
Call Number: 526.335 NHK
Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon N
kenchiku. Bijinesu = Japanese
architecture around the world. The office | a Clark Facilities
production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK
International.| 世 界 の 中 の 日 本 建 築 . ビジネス = Japanese architecture
around the world. The office | a Clark Facilities production for Channel
4 Television ; in association with NHK International.|
Publisher: [Tokyo?] : NHK International, [200-?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (NTSC)
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary: "In the Umeda district of Osaka City stands a piece of
architecture which comes straight out of science fiction. Its architect,
Hiroshi Hara, calls it an "interconnected super-skyscraper". It
consists of two mirror-surfaced towers, linked at the top -- 150
meters above ground -- by what he calls a "low earth orbit space
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