Film and video hire

(only for within the UK)

The Film Lending Library holds some 200 carefully selected films and videos, which can be hired within the UK for educational purposes.

The full list of films and videos that can be hired within the UK can be found below.

See the latest acquisitions made by the library since publishing RAI Film Catalogues I & II.

FILM AND VIDEO TITLES AVAILABLE FOR HIRE WITHIN THE UK

VC.RA185 Across the Tracks-Vlach Gypsies in Hungary (DWS)
VC.RA246 Aeroplane Dance
2RA1 The Ainu Bear Ceremony
VC.RA1 The Ainu Bear Ceremony
5RA147 Amir
VC.RA147 Amir
6RA230 And Women Wove It In A Basket
VC.RA139 Asanti Market Women
3RA144 Ax Fight

VC.RA172 Baka - People of the Rainforest (Parts 1 & 2)
UM.RA172 Baka - People of the Rainforest (Parts 1 & 2)
VC.RA173 Baka - People of the Rainforest (Parts 3 & 4)
UM.RA173 Baka - People of the Rainforest (Parts 3 & 4)
3RA112 Bali - Cremation
3RA113 Bali - Down from the Mountain
3RA122 A Balinese Trance Seance
VC.RAI Baruya Muka Archival. Complete series, with accompanying documentation,
available for research purposes by special request to the RAI.
VC.RA186 The Basques of Santazi (DWS)
VC.RA 259 Beating the Drum
2RA2 Benin Kingship Rituals
5RA145 Bird of the Thunderwoman
3RA107 Bitter Melons
2RA3 Blades and Pressure Flaking
VC.RA180 The Blooms of Banjeli

6RA4 Camels and the Pitjantjara
VC.RA220 The Carrot and the Stick
VC.RA238 A Celebration of Origins
10RA127 Celso & Cora
VC.RA243 Charcoal-makers
3RA115 Chole Island: A Woman's Place
3RA114 Chole Island: Circumcision
4RA5 A Clearing in the Jungle (DWS)
VC.6RA146 Collum Calling Canberra
6RA146/1 Collum Calling Canberra
VC.RA225 Coniston Muster
5RA133 A Connemara Family
VC.RA216 The Condor and the Bull
VC.RA247 Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi
VC.RA239 Copperworking in Santa Clora del Cobra,
MichoacÖn, Mexico - Artisans Facing Change
RA101 The Curing Ceremony
VC.RA183A Cuyagua Part 1: Devil Dancers
5RA183/A Cuyagua Part 1: Devil Dancers
VC.RA183B Cuyagua Part 2: The Saint with Two Faces
5RA183/B Cuyagua Part 2: The Saint with Two Faces

VC.RA 256 Daba / Na Shaman
4RA184 The Dancer and the Dance
VC.RA184 The Dancer and the Dance
3RA6 Dances at Aurukun
VCRA7 Dead Birds
9RA7 Dead Birds
RA106 Debe's Tantrum
5RA128 Deep Hearts
VC.RA178  Depending on Heaven Parts 1 & 2 (on one tape)
4RA8 Dervishes of Kurdistan (DWS)
5RA9 Desert People
VC.RA9 Desert People
Disappearing World Series (DWS), Granada Television
- See name of individual titles, alphabetically, or all RAI
acquisitions of the Disappearing World Series here.
VC.RA201 Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy Part 1
VC.RA202 Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy Part 2
VC.RA203 Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy Part 3
VC.RA204 Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy Part 4
VC.RA205 Djungguwan at Gurka'wuy Part 5
VC.RA207 Doctors of Two Worlds
VC.RA206 Dor, Low is Better
5RA10 Dragons on the Sea
VC.RA250 Drake and Son
4NA121/1 The Drifters
2RA11 Duminea: A Festival for the Water Spirits
in the Niger Delta

3RA175 El Sebou
6RA12 Embera - the End of the Road (DWS)
5RA67 The Eskimos of Pond Inlet (DWS)
VC.RA251 Even Memories / Hasta la Memoria, Siempre
VC.RA244 Every day is not a Feast Day

5RA79 Face Values: Men and Women (Prog. 1)
5RA78 Face Values: The Changing Tradition (Prog. 2)
5RA80 Face Values: The Human Frame (Prog. 3)
5RA81 Face Values: Everything in its Place (Prog.4)
5RA83 Face Values: The Common Bond (Prog. 6)
5RA85 Face Values: Body and Soul (Prog. 7)
VC.RA 257 Fatmawati's Wedding: The Wedding of Two Sisters, the Preparations and Traditional Ceremonies
3RA14 The Feast
VC.RA240 Firth on Firth
4RA86 Four Holy Men: Renunciation in Hindu Society

VC.RA187 Garden Days
3RA15 The Garden Island
3RA16 Gelede: a Yuruba Masqerade
VC.RA181 The Goddess and the Computer
7R94 Goodbye Old Man
VC.7R94/1 Goodbye Old Man
4RA85 Grass
VC.RA213 The Guardian of the Forces
3RA116 Gypsies: a People Apart

7RA17 The Hadza: The Food Quest of an
East African Hunting and Gathering Tribe
VC.RA251 Hasta la Memoria, Siempre / Even Memories
5RA19 Heal the Whole Man
VC.RA210 Herat Films (all on one tape)
1. The City of Herat
2. The Annual Cycle of Music in Herat
3. The Shrines of Herat
VC.RA188 The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
6RA70 The Ho: People of the Rice Pot
VC.RA223 Home from the Hill
Hundreds of Homes - See Taiga Nomads

VC.RA218/1 Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer
VC.RA197/1 Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
In Search of Cool Ground (DWS)
- See The Mursi, The Kwegu & The Migrants
4RA20 In the Land of the War Canoes
Inside China - See The Khazakhs, The Newest Revolution
& Living with the Revolution
3RA87 An Indian Pilgrimage:Kashi
3RA88 An Indian Pilgrimage:Ramdevra
4RA91 An Indian Pilgrimage: Village Man, City Man
VC.RA252 Insight
VC.RA241 Ishi, the Last Yahi

VC.RA237 Jakub (and Piemule also, on same tape)
2RA123 Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed
VC.RA215 John the Eel Trapper
2RA102 A Joking Relationship

5RA111 Kama Wosi: Music from the Trobriand Islands
Kashi - See An Indian Pilgrimage
5RA22 Kataragama: a God for All Seasons (DWS)
5RA23 The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka (DWS)
3RA118 Kayapo: Fire of the Jaguar
3RA119 Kayapo: The Modern Life
3RA117 Kayapo: Coming of Age
VC.RA189 The Kayapo (DWS)
VC.RA190 The Kayapo: Out of the Forest (DWS)
VC.RA136 The Kazakhs of China (DWS)
5RA72 Kingdoms of Bronze
VC.RA68 The Kirghiz of Afghanistan (DWS)
5RA68 The Kirghiz of Afghanistan (DWS)
3RA24 The Kula
4RA103 Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment
VC.RA140 The Kwegu (DWS)

4RA25/1 The Land Dayaks of Sarawak
3RA71/1 The Land Divers of Melanesia
VC.RA182 The Last Navigator
6RA26 The Last of the Cuiva (DWS)
VC.RA191 The Lau of Malaita (DWS)
VC.RA236 Leaving Bakul Bagan
RA27 Legend in Clay
Les Maitres Fous - See Maitres
VC.RA174 Lessons from Gulam
5RA174 Lessons from Gulam
4RA28 Life Chances: Four Families in a Greek Cypriot Village
VC.RA28 Life Chances: Four Families in a Greek Cypriot Village
VC.RA138 Living with the Revolution (Inside China)
6RA89 Lorang's Way
VC.RA89/1 Lorang's Way

VC.RA 258 Mabo: Life of an Island Man
9RA159 Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka'wuy
3RA108 Magical Death
3RA143 Les Maitres Fous
3RA120 Malta: Good Friday
3RA121 Malta: Parish
5RA77 Maragoli
5RA29 Masai Manhood (DWS)
5RA30 Masai Women (DWS)
VC.RA30 Masai Women (DWS)
VC.RA179 Matai Samoa
3RA31 Matjemosh: A Woodcarver from the Village of Amanankai
3RA32 Mbambim: A Lineage Head in Ayikpere, North Togo
5RA33 The Mehinacu (DWS)
VC.RA33 The Mehinacu (DWS)
5RA34 The Meo (DWS)
6RA35 Miao Year
VC.RA192 The Migrants (DWS)
7RA107 Moana
5RA95 Mongolia part 1 On the Edge of the Gobi (DWS)
5RA96 Mongolia part 2 The City on the Steppes (DWS)
VC.RA219 Muktuk
4RA132 The Muria
5RA36/1 The Mursi (both parts on one spool) (DWS)
VC.RA36 The Mursi (DWS)
VC.RA98 My Country Djarrakpi
VC.RA235 My Family and Me
VC.RA233 Mystery of the Frozen Tombs of Siberia

6RA109 N!ai: the Story of a Kung Woman
2RA104 N/Um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the Kung Bushmen
VCRA224 Nagayati: Arts and Architecture among the
Gabra Nomads of Kenya
5RA97 Namekas: Music in Lake Chambri
6NA42 Nanook of the North
VC.RA199 Narritjin at Djarrakpi part 1
VC.RA200 Narritjin at Djarrakpi part 2
4RA163 Narritjin at Canberra
2RA37 The Nawi
3RA41 The Netsilik Eskimo: Fishing at the Stone Weir
3RA93 The Netsilik Eskimo: At the Caribou Crossing Place Part 1
4RA39 The Netsilik Eskimo: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp Part 1
3RA40 The Netsilik Eskimo: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp Part 3
4RA42 The Netsilik Eskimo: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice Part 3
3RA43 The Netsilik Eskimo: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice Part 2
VC.RA137 The Newest Revolution (Inside China)
VC.RA209/1 Nuba Wrestling
VC.RA209 The Nuer
7RA44 The Nuer

VC.RA249 The Old Lady / A Velha

5RA135 The Panare - Scenes from the Frontier
4RA98 The Pathans (DWS)
1RA45 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 3: Sacred Boards and an Ancestral Site
VC.RA45 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 3: Sacred Boards and an Ancestral Site
5RA162/1 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 4: A Family Moves Camp and Gathers Food
VC.RA46 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 5: Old Camp Sites at Tika Tika
1RA46 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 5: Old Camp Sites at Tika Tika
RA47 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 6: Spear Making, Boys' Spear Fight
3RA48 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 7:Spear Thrower Making, Including Stone Flaking and Gum Preparation
RA49 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 8: Fire Making
RA50 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 9: Spinning Stones, Getting Water from Well, Binding Girls' Hair
2RA51 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 10: Cooking Kangaroo
5RA166/1 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 12: At Patanitja Clay Pan
3RA165 People of the Australian Western Desert
Part 13: Stone and Gum Working
VC.RA229 Photo Wallahs
VC.RA237 Piemule (and Jakub on same tape)
VC.RA211 Polka
3RA125 The Price of Change
3RA129 Principles of Caste

5RA52 The Quechua (DWS)
VC.RA52 The Quechua (DWS)

5RA134 Raj Gonds: Reflection in a Peacock Crown
VC.RA177 Raju and his Friends
4RA177 Raju and his Friends
Ramdevra - See An Indian Pilgrimage
VC.RA148 Reclaiming the Forest
5RA148 Reclaiming the Forest
5RA130 The Red Bowman
VC.RA130 The Red Bowman
5RA73 The Rendille (DWS)
VCRA53 Rivers of Sand
9RA53 Rivers of Sand
VC.RA253 The Road

VC.RA221 Sacred Harp Singers
5RA54 The Sakuddei (DWS)
The School and the Village - See Taiga Nomads
VC.RA234 1700 Metres From the Future
5RA74 Sherpas of Nepal (DWS)
5RA69 The Shilluk of Southern Sudan (DWS)
VC.RA 255 Silk, Muthappar and VHS: Portraits from South India
VC.RA242 SINSIN Spirits on Stage
The Skills You Passed On - See Taiga Nomads
VC.RA217 Smoke
5RA75 Some Women of Marrakech (DWS)
VC.RA149 Sophia and her People - Eventful Lives
5RA131 The South Eastern Nuba
VC.RA232 Stockman's Strategy
VC.RA208 Sundanese Popular Culture Alive

VC.RA226 Taiga Nomads Part 1: Hundreds of Homes
VC.RA227 Taiga Nomads Part 2: The Skills You Passed On
VC.RA228 Taiga Nomads Part 3: The School and the Village
9RA142 Takeover
VC.9RA142 Takeover
2RA99 Ten Times Empty
VC.RA214 A Tibetan New Year
5RA55 To Find Our Life: The Peyote Hunt of the Hichals of Mexico
8RA56 To Live with Herds
VC.RA56/1 To Live with Herds
VC.RA245 To Get That Country
VC.RA150 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 1: Village Life I
6RA150 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 1: Village Life I
VC.4RA151 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 2: Village Life II
4RA151 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 2: Village Life II
VC.6RA152 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 3: Scaffolding
6RA152 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 3: Scaffolding
VC.8RA153 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 4: Ceremonial House
8RA153 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 4: Ceremonial House
VC.5RA154 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 5: Decorations
5RA154 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 5: Decorations
VC.5RA155 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 6: The Ceremonies Begin
5RA155 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 6: The Ceremonies Begin
VC.6RA156 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 7: The Ceremonies Continue
6RA156 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 7: The Ceremonies Continue
VC.6RA157 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 8: The Ceremonies End
6RA157 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 8: The Ceremonies End
VC.5RA158 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 9: Feast at Yanyi
5RA158 Towards Baruya Manhood Part 9: Feast at Yanyi
VC.RA212 Tracking the Pale Fox
5RA84 Trading Societies of Western Nepal
8RA57 The Tribe that Hides from Man
5RA66/1 Trobriand Cricket
4RA58 The Trobriand Islanders
VC.RA58/1 The Trobriand Islanders
5RA59 The Tuareg (DWS)
VC.RA222 Tuktu

5RA76 Umbanda (DWS)
VC.RA254 Uncle John

3RA124 A Veiled Revolution
VC.RA249 A Velha / The Old Lady
Village Man, City Man - See An Indian Pilgrimage
VC.RA193 The Villagers of Sierra de Gredos (DWS)

5RA100 Waiting for Harry
VC.5RA100/1 Waiting for Harry
3RA60 Walbiri Ritual at Gunadjari
2RA61 Walbiri Ritual at Ngama
9RA62 War of the Gods (DWS)
VC.RA62 War of the Gods (DWS)
2RA105 The Wasp Nest
The Water Goddess and the Computer
- See The Goddess and the Computer
6RA63 Ways of the Middle Kingdom
12RA92 Wedding Camels
VC.RA92/1 Wedding Camels
3RA64 Were Ni! He is a Madman
VC.RA194 The Whale Hunters of Lamalera (DWS)
7RA100 A Wife among Wives
VC.RA100/1A A Wife among Wives
VC.RA141 Witchcraft among the Azande (DWS)
VC.RA196 The Wodaabe (DWS)
3RA65 Women of Aibom
3RA126 Women under Siege

Disappearing World Series, Granada Television
Alphabetical list of titles
A Clearing in the Jungle
Across the Trackes - Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
The Basques of Santazi
Dervishes of Kurdistan
Embera - the End of the Road
The Eskimos of Pond Inlet
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi, The Kwegu, The Migrants
Kataragama: A God for All Seasons
The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka
The Kayapo
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
The Kazakhs of China
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
The Kwegu
The Last of the Cuiva
The Lau of Malaita
Masai Manhood
Masai Women
The Mehinacu
The Meo
The Migrants
Mongolia part 1 On the Edge of the Gobi
Mongolia part 2 The City on the Steppes
The Mursi
The Pathans
The Quechua
The Rendille
The Sakuddei
Sherpas of Nepal
The Shilluk of Southern Sudan
Some Women of Marrakech
The Tuareg
Umbanda
The Villagers of Sierra de Gredos
War of the Gods
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera
The Wodaabe

KEY

Key to Prefixes: VC indicates PAL video.
UM indicates PAL U-Matic video.
All other prefixes indicate 16mm film.

(DWS) after title: Indicates the title is part of the Disappearing World Series, Granada Television.

RAI Film Catalogues: Volumes I & II can be purchased from the Film Officer at the RAI. Together, the volumes contain nearly 200 titles, including both film descriptions and related readings.

Please note that new titles acquired since the publication of these catalogues are described on a supplementary leaflet included with the purchase of the catalogues.

For queries please contact:
Susanne Hammacher
Film Officer
Royal Anthropological Institute
50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT
UK

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