DVD North KOREA TOURISM BUREAU Propaganda Videos Vol 1

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This is North Korea Tourism Bureau Propaganda Videos Volume 1 DVD.

This DVD consists of 2 prize winning documentary videos WELCOME OF KOREA (11 minutes) and SPRING PASTIMES IN KOREA (20 minutes) produced by the North KOREA DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIO for the North Korea Tourism Bureau.  Showcasing the very best of North Korean culture and natural scenery, these videos were produced to encourage tourists to visit North Korea.

These documentary videos were so good that they were both awarded the KIM IL SUNG PRIZE.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH NARRATION 
FORMAT: DVD (from analog). Region Free. Playable in all DVD Players Worldwide.
LENGTH: 31 Minutes total

Female narrator in both videos has a very unusually cool accent!!

Scenes in WELCOME OF KOREA include:
- tourists arriving on AIR KORYO, the North Korean airline,
- scenes of Pyongyang: including Koryo hotel, Pyongyang Metro, Ulmil Pavillion, amusement park roller coaster, acrobatics show, and shops selling ceramics, ginseng, and handicrafts.
- Wonsan City: boating
- Songdowan Bathing Resort (beach)
- Mt. Myohyang: Pyramid-shaped Hyansan hotel, International Friendship Exhibition (massive building holding gifts presented to North Korean leaders by governments and private citizens), Pohyon Temple, Buddha, Buddhists, underground cave exploration.
- Kaesong City: Traditional houses, Korean Folklore hotel, huge dinner.
- Mt. Kumgang: Lake Samil, mountains, and swimming in waterfalls and pools, famous rock formations near ocean.
- Information on different foods tourists can enjoy including Pyongyang cold noodles, rice cakes, roasting shellfish on outdoor rocks, cooking beef on heated stones, and elaborate picnics in mountain settings.

Scenes in SPRING PASTIMES OF KOREA include:
- Pyongyang: arch of triump, amusement park rides and rollercoaster, waterslide, birds, animals and flowers within city limits, weddings, fountains, buildings etc. "Korea is a paradise where people are happy".
- Korean Traditional Games: ssirum (Korean wrestling), see-saw, swinging, tug of war "to demonstrate the united might of the collective", Korean chess, four-stick game, archery.
- Hiking and picnicking in mountains, enjoying the beach.
- Traditional foods: making glutinous rice, and glutinous rice cakes, noodle making, noodle dishes, green pea pancake,
- Folklore dancing (Tondolari), April Spring Festival cultural performances on stage, tourists participating in friendship games "to promote unity, independence and peace".
- 100,000's dancing at night in Kim Il Sung Square, huge fireworks display. "Korea is a paradise of the blessed people".

...and much more!!