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Title Ships of shame / directed by Hans Bülow, Poul-Erik Heilbuth, Dorthe Vest Andersen ; produced by Hans Bülow, Poul-Erik Heilbuth
Published New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (39 min.)
Series Science video online
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 This edition in English
Association for Asian Studies, 2001
Subject Shipbuilding industry -- Employees -- Health and hygiene
Shipbuilding industry -- India -- Employees
Ships -- Scrapping -- Environmental aspects
Ships -- Scrapping -- India
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees.
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees -- Health and hygiene.
Ships -- Scrapping.
India.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Anderson, Dorthe Vest, director.
Bülow, Hans, director, producer.
Heilbuth, Poul-Erik, director, producer.
Filmakers Library, inc.