Film Record: City of Klongs and Gods

Date produced: 1959

Filmmaker(s):

Oscar H. Horovitz

Languages:

English

Length:

426 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1959 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Another of Mr. Horovitz's fine travel films of the Orient. This time the city of some 400 Buddhist temples, Bangkok, where the Emerald Buddha may be seen. the city is old but some of its new areas are modern. We visit several areas of the city including its waterfront where a large part of the population continues to live with its busy traffic of small boats and river merchants" PSA Journal, Nov. 1959, 48.

Locations:

• Bangkok, Thailand (Filming)

Subjects:

• Asia
•      Thailand
•      Geography

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

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