Thailand Today
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1994.10.6
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stein, Karl E., 1909-2010
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content: Karl Stein films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (color silent; 3200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film is a travel-lecture film created by Karl E. Stein and documents travel in Thailand presenting how people live, work and play and their homes, schools and industries. Locales visited include Bangkok (traffic jams, King changing the robe on the Emerald Buddha in the Royal Chapel, and Klongs--floating markets on the canal); Ayutthaya (former court site for the Kings of Siam); Kanchanaburi; Chiang Mai (silk making); Phangna Bay; Phuket (rubber plantations); and Pattaya.  Also filmed are temples (wats); Buddhist wedding; Chinese funeral; monastery; girls' dances; Thai boxers; and training young elephant for work in teak forests. 

Legacy Keywords: Travelogues (Motion pictures) ; Language and culture ; Buddhism ; Buddhist shrines ; Architecture Religious ; Silk industry ; Ruins archeological ; Marriage customs and rites g ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Elephants domestication ; Dancing celebrations Thailand ; Sports boxing Thailand ; Rubber plantations; Thais