Heroin wars. 1, The opium convoys / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced in association with WGBH/Frontline ; producer, Michael Kirk ; director, Adrian Cowell ; Carlton UK Television.

This first episode of the Heroin wars begins in the 1960's when the Burmese Army seized power in a coup and the Shans began a war of independence. Opium was the Shan farmers' only source of income and the guerillas began to take 10% of the crop as tax and transported it in convoys to Thailand to buy...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Bullfrog Films
Carlton Television
Frontline Television News
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Other Authors: Cowell, Adrian (Commentator, Director)
Kirk, Michael (Producer)
Language:English
Burmese
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Burmese with English subtitles.
Published: [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
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Physical Description:1 streaming video file (50 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
Variant Title:
Opium convoys
Format: Electronic Video

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