Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation
Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation
Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation
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<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>, Sydney, Library<br />
<strong>Video</strong> catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number<br />
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.<br />
<strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD (NTSC)<br />
Language: Soundtrack in <strong>Japan</strong>ese with English subtitles.<br />
Summary: "In the Umeda district of Osaka City stands a piece of<br />
architecture which comes straight out of science fiction. Its architect,<br />
Hiroshi Hara, calls it an "interconnected super-skyscraper". It consists of<br />
two mirror-surfaced towers, linked at the top -- 150 meters above ground<br />
-- by what he calls a "low earth orbit space station"". -- from NHK<br />
INTERNATIONAL TV PROGRAMME CATALOGUE.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 526.68 NHK<br />
Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Tabi [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities<br />
production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK<br />
International.| 世 界 の 中 の 日 本 建 築 . 旅 [videorecording] = <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
architecture around the world. Travel / a Clark Facilities production<br />
for Channel 4 Televi<br />
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.<br />
<strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD(NTSC).<br />
Language: Soundtrack in <strong>Japan</strong>ese with English subtitles.<br />
Summary: "In the modern world, people are travelling more and more. In<br />
Osaka, a densely crowded city with suburbs sprawing for miles, there was<br />
a need for a new airport, and an artificial island was created offshore to<br />
secure enough space for an internationl airport." -- from 300 TV<br />
PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney.<br />
Call Number: 526.7 NHK<br />
Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Geijutsu [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world. Art spaces / a Clark<br />
Facilities production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with<br />
NHK International.| 世 界 の 中 の 日 本 建 築 . 芸 術 [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world. Art spaces a Clark Facilities<br />
production for Chann<br />
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.<br />
<strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD(NTSC).<br />
Language: <strong>Japan</strong>ese soundtrack with English subtitles.<br />
Summary: "In a remote part of <strong>Japan</strong> overlooking a volcanic island stands<br />
the Kihoku Astronomical Observatory, one of the smallest museums in<br />
the world. It looks like a block of concrete perched on a cluster of stilts."<br />
-- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 526.78 NHK<br />
Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Supōtsu [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world / a Clark Facilities<br />
production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with NHK<br />
International.| 世 界 の 中 の 日 本 建 築 . スポーツ [videorecording] = a<br />
Clark Facilities production for Channel 4 Television ; in association<br />
with NHK International.|<br />
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.<br />
<strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements:DVD (NTSC).<br />
Language: Soundtrack in <strong>Japan</strong>ese with English subtitles.<br />
Summary: "<strong>The</strong> Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, designed by Fumihiko<br />
Maki, is equipped with a roof made of thousands of paper-thin stainless<br />
steel plates. According to Maki's concept, steel is a material of hardness,<br />
precision, strength and great reflectivity which refers to the future of<br />
advanced science but also a world of medieval helmets and weaponry." --<br />
from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 527 NHK<br />
Title: Sekai no naka no Nihon kenchiku. Sumai [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world. <strong>The</strong> house / a Clark<br />
Facilities production for Channel 4 Television ; in association with<br />
NHK International.| 世 界 の 中 の 日 本 建 築 . 住 まい [videorecording] =<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese architecture around the world. <strong>The</strong> house / a Clark<br />
Facilities production for Channel<br />
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-]<br />
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (14 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.<br />
<strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong> Kōshin 18AZ10 (25 Apr 2006).<br />
System requirements:DVD (NTSC).<br />
Summary: Architect Shigeru Ban has created a home which he calls a<br />
"furniture house", where the walls consists of ready-made storage units<br />
and the sliding walls can be arranged to remove barriers between inside<br />
and outside." -- from 300 TV PROGRAMMES ON JAPAN.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney.<br />
Call Number: 537 PRO<br />
Title: Battle for the soul of Honda = Sekai o odorokaseta ichidai no<br />
kuruma : meishacho to tatakatta shaintachi (NHK International<br />
video library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X :<br />
chosenshatachi ; 2) [videorecording]<br />
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International <br />
Physical description: 43min <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements: VHS [PAL]<br />
Language: Soundtrack in English.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 545.88 NHK<br />
Title: Technical innovation in household appliances = Seikatsu o<br />
kaeru denshi kiki (NHK International video library ; State-of -theart<br />
Technology in <strong>Japan</strong> = Nihon no saishin gijutsu ; 4)<br />
[videorecording]<br />
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International <br />
Physical description: 15min <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements: VHS [PAL]<br />
Language: Soundtrack in English.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 546 PRO<br />
Title: Train of thought : the story of the Shinkansen = Shunen ga<br />
unda Shinkansen : royu 90-sai, hikoki ga sugata o kaeta (NHK<br />
International video library ; Procect X : innovators = Purojekuto X :<br />
chosenshatachi ; 3) [videorecording]<br />
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International <br />
Physical description: 43min <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements: VHS [PAL]<br />
Language: Soundtrack in English.<br />
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public<br />
screening at JF-Sydney<br />
Call Number: 547.68 NHK<br />
Title: Optical fiber & information technology (NHK International<br />
video library ; State-of -the-art Technology in <strong>Japan</strong> = Nihon no<br />
saishin gijutsu ; 3) [videorecording]<br />
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International <br />
Physical description: 15min <strong>Video</strong> <strong>Recording</strong><br />
System requirements: VHS [PAL]<br />
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