Thailand In Siamese Society ~ 1925 Filmo; Bell & Howell (JQ Music) (Patreon)

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Silent.

Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The film was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand

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Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the Southeast Asian Indochinese Peninsula composed of 76 provinces. Clockwise from northwest, Thailand is bordered by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the Gulf of Thailand, Malaysia and the Andaman Sea. Nominally a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy since 1932, the coup in 2014 established a de facto military dictatorship under a junta.

Tai migration from China was witnessed in the 11th century. Various kingdoms including Indianised ones rivalled each other for control of the region. Through a sequence of conflicts, the kingdoms of Ayutthaya, Thonburi and the Rattanakosin's Chakri dynasty had respectively in turn administrated most of the region. Facing pressure from France and the United Kingdom including forced concessions of territory, Siam remained the only state in Southeast Asia to avoid direct Western rule.

While it joined the Allies in World War I, Thailand was an Axis satellite in World War II. Thailand became a major ally of the United States, playing a key anti-communist role in the region as a SEATO member. Apart from a period of parliamentary democracy in the mid-1970s, Thailand has periodically alternated this with military rules. In 2013, Thailand endured a political crisis that culminated in two coups and the establishment of its current and 20th constitution by a military junta.

Despite comparatively sporadic changes in leadership, Thailand, a founding member of ASEAN, is considered a regional power in Southeast Asia and a middle power in global affairs. As the second-largest ASEAN economy and 20th-largest by PPP, Thailand is classified as a newly industrialized economy in which manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors...