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  1. New Cold War, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Noam Chomsky and Fred Halliday discuss the arms race, increasing rivalry between the superpowers, and military intervention in Grenada and Afghanistan which have led many to speak of a new Cold War.

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  2. Bomb, The (1980 Video)

    Director
    Francis Gerard
    Producer
    Michael Deakin; Frank Smith
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The implications of the escalating nuclear arms race. Moves from the ‘Hibakusha’ (survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in Japan to the computerised weapons systems of the US military, as it traces the...

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  3. Nuclear Countdown (1978 Film)

    Director
    Ramakantha Sarma
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the history of the nuclear arms race from 1945 and looks at attempts to control the use of atomic energy for peaceful ends. Documents continuing international efforts at control and explains the...

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  4. Truth Game, The (1983 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Munro
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at worldwide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race, beginning with the dropping of two American atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through the build-up of nuclear arms by Russia and America...

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  5. Threat of Nuclear War, The (3 Parts) (1981 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, 3 audiocassettes. 3 x 30 slides. b&w/col.

    Part 1: Summarises what a nuclear bomb is and how it works (discusses all the major types). Looks at the effects as typified by Hiroshima and discusses what a nuclear war might be like in Britain using...

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  6. America in the Fifties: The Fear and the Dream (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    After World War 2, Americans were gripped by new terrors: rising Soviet military power and the spectre of nuclear annihiliation. Sheltered in rapidly expanding suburbs, newly affluent couples...

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  7. Cold War, The 1 (2000 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £7.50 (inclusive)

    Series using reconstructions, archive footage and documentary evidence to focus on the crises of the Cold War from 1945 tot he late 1980s, emphasising the Soviet perspective throughout. In five parts: 1)...

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  8. Journey, The (1987)

    aka: Resan

    Director
    Peter Watkins
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 870 minutes), 30 Euros

    Peter Watkins’ monumental fourteen hour documentary was produced in 1983-86 by the Swedish Peace & Arbitration Society and local support groups in Sweden, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, Mexico,...

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  9. Triumph of Life (2010)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 282 minutes), £24.99

    A six-part series on evolution, using a combination of cutting edge model effects and superb wildlife photography. The series shows how living things adapt and use a number of strategies to survive, but that...

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  10. Heroes: The Films of John Pilger 1970 - 2007 (2008)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2538 minutes), £30.00

    "HEROES..." is the first, definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger’s career as a world renowned film-maker, author and investigative journalist. The title, Heroes, is taken...

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