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It’s Not Just a Job (1993)

Subject

Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £15.00

Explores the ‘other side’ of military recruitment and military life from the various perspectives of service veterans, activists for peace and social change, and young people. Former service men and...

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To Secret Rosies (2011)

aka: Rosies: The Female Computers of Wwii

Director

LeAnn Erickson

Subject

History; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.00

In 1942 soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human ‘computers’ for the US military. Top Secret...

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They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942 Film)

Subject

Economics; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Stresses the importance of repairing existing civilian vehicles as a means of shielding new vehicle production for military priority and shows the ability of women to take on this sort of work. It also...

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Madres, Las: The Mothers of Plazo de Mayo (1985 Film, Video)

Director

Susana Munoz; Lourdes Portille

Subject

Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the protests of the mothers of the 30,000 people who disappeared in Argentina during the kidnappings, tortures and murders that occured in the 1970s ‘dirty war’ of the Argentine military...

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American Civil War, The (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 80 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A history of the American civil war looking at the causes of the war, including Northern demands for the abolition of slavery and territorial acquisition; the strategy and campaigns of the war; the role of...

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In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the Occupation (2014)

Director

Emmy Scharlatt; Judith Montell

Subject

Film studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $149.00

n the Image, explores the daily lives of Palestinian women living in the occupied West Bank. The film portrays their stories in a novel and eye-opening manner; through video footage captured by the women...

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New Sun is Born, A (2 Parts) (1997 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

1: A study of the Portuguese revolution, first examining events of 1974-76 to set the context for specially recorded personal accounts of the experience of living through a revolutionary period. Presents a...

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Letters from Baghdad (2017)

Director

Zeva Oelbaum; Sabine Krayenbuhl

Subject

Archaeology; History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £7.00

Biographical documentary about the explorer, cartographer, photographer, archaeologist and ethnographer Gertrude Bell, who travelled widely in Arabia before being recruited by British military intelligence...

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'70: Remembering a Revolution (2011)

Director

Alex De Verteuil

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 47 minutes), $225.00

This film tells the story of the Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Between February and April 1970, the streets of Port of Spain were filled with young Black men and women chanting ‘Power to...

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Informed Dissent (2003)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £6.60

A collection of video and audio material against the war with Iraq, featuring direct action stories, documentaries and interviews with Noam Chomsky. Items included are: 1)No More War - naked protests,...

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