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Ships of shame / directed by Hans Bülow, Poul-Erik Heilbuth, Dorthe Vest Andersen.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Health and hygiene.
- Shipbuilding industry.
- Shipbuilding industry--India--Employees.
- Ships--Scrapping--Environmental aspects.
- Ships.
- Ships--Scrapping--India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- Focuses on India, where thousands of workers are risking their lives breaking up the ships the West has discarded. As European ships raise their safety standards to protect their passengers, older ships become obsolete. The shipping companies, anxious to make the last revenue from these aging vessels, sell them to India and other impoversihed countries for scrap.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (VAST - Academic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 780140426
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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