The Hidden asset

United States, 1975

Film
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Episode of Series “Womanpower”.
The developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are mainly agricultural, with 85 percent of their people living on the land. Half of all this manpower is womanpower. But so far women’s economic contributions have been largely ignored while their labour has been taken for granted. The women of Sri Lanka are attempting to change this.

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Credits

production company

United Nations

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1975

Appears in

Womanpower

Group of items

Womanpower

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323150

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Sri Lanka - Rural conditions

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sri Lanka - Rural conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sri Lanka - Rural conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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