The Long march south

Australia, 1982

Film
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Episode number 4 of Series “Journey into Thailand”.
This program describes the early history of the Thais. It tells how they came from China migrating over the mountains into Burma and Thailand and how they established their first kingdom by the fifteenth century and moved south when it was destroyed.

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Credits

director

Geoffrey Barnes

producer

Alan Bateman

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1982

Appears in

Journey into Thailand

Group of items

Journey into Thailand

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303460

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Thailand

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Thailand - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

History → History

Places → Thailand

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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