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  1. Britain and Iraq Sign Defence Pact

    Date released
    19 Jan 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1762
    NoS ID
    040886
    Story no
    4 / 5

    Mr Ernest Bevin and Prime Minister of Iraq sign new alliance designed to strengthen Middle East defences. Diplomatic party go aboard Nelson’s "Victory" for lunch.

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  2. Syria: Chess Match at the Borders (2008)

    Director
    Amal Hamelin des Essarts
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $348

    Syria is a single-party dictatorship country, ruled since 1970 by Hafez al-Assad and, following his death in 2000, by his son Bashar. Despite the lack of any significant oil reserves, this nation is both a...

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  3. Foretelling (1485), The (1983 Television)

    Series
    Blackadder, The
    Director
    Martin Shardlow
    Producer
    John Lloyd

    Sitcom. Comedy series set in the Middle Ages featuring the exploits of self-serving Blackadder (Atkinson). Reversing history’s perceptions Richard is a kindly monarch and Henry Tudor a self-serving...

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  4. Struggle for Oil

    Date released
    Feb 1949
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    347218
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: A history of oil and its use in the modern world. Focus on the Middle East and the development of countries made rich by the oil trade.

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  5. The Promise of 1942

    Date released
    31 Dec 1942
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1235
    NoS ID
    038514
    Story no
    1 / 2

    In the Old Year the United Nations suffered humiliating reverses, held fast and towards the end took the offensive. In this review we show the stirring events of 1942 against the background of the whole war...

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  6. Middle East News

    Date released
    21 Feb 1944
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    147
    NoS ID
    156275
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Service men and women visit the ancient pyramid of Zoser at Saqqâra, on the outskirts of Cairo. They see also a Sphinx and broken Colossus. At the Necropolis here, they see long-dead skeletons, and inside...

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  7. Birth of Israel, The (2008)

    Director
    Toby Sculthorp
    Producer
    Toby Sculthorp
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

    May 14th 1948: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the state of Israel in the portion of Palestine which the UN had allocated for a Jewish state. Within twenty four hours the...

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  8. Candles

    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    539A
    NoS ID
    350654
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: We investigated the faces behind the flame. And discovered in one London factory alone the whole history of candle making from the beginning: perfect candles hand made since the Middle Ages...

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  9. History of Terrorism, A (2003)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutes), £32.00

    Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, from Northern Ireland to the Middle East, terrorist organisations have used acts of violence to focus demands while governments themselves have used terrorism...

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  10. Visualising the Past: Rebranding the Present (2012)

    Director
    Jessica Jacobs
    Subject
    Geography; History; Politics & government

    In 2009 the director, a cultural geographer, spent 8 months filming in Amman and Damascus for a collaborative ESRC-funded research project on the role of heritage in these ‘Levantine’ cities. The four...

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