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Char And Wad

Date released

1961

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

136

NoS ID

349760

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: The work of the NAAFI, with location shots in Kuwait, Gibralter, Cyprus and Germany.

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Desert Storm: The War Begins (1991 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 65 min., 1995 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

On 2 August 2 Iraqi tanks moved into Kuwait, triggering the conflict that would soon engulf many nations in war. This video consists of excerpts from CNN’s Special Reports programmes docuementing the...

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Gulf War, The (1996 Video)

Producer

Eamonn Matthews

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

Series recounting the Gulf War of 1991, with first-hand accounts from key participants and unique footage including an SAS column active inside Iraq, Stealth bombers over Baghdad, night vision footage of...

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Desert Storm: The Victory (1991 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 101 min., 1995 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

CNN reports on the Gulf War - failed peacemaking, military strategy, the air war, the 100-hour ground war, followed by liberation and victory.

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Pipeline To Plenty

Date released

1967

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

408

NoS ID

350593

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: How Kuwait is using the money it earns from exporting oil.

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War Feels Like War (2007)

Director

Esteban Uyarra

Subject

History; Media studies; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

In the build up to the Iraq war over 3,000 journalists gathered in Kuwait City. A chosen minority were allowed to live and move with the armed forces. The rest, who became known as unilaterals, were stopped...

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Islam (1986 Video)

Producer

Peter Adam

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

The most visual manifestation of the Arab world is its new architecture. Gradually second-rate western imports are being replaced by a contemporary Islamic architectural style. The State Mosque in Kuwait,...

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Baraka (1992)

Director

Ron Fricke

Producer

Mark Magidson

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £19.99

Scenes of nature are followed by scenes of religious celebrations, human life and work, death in war and funeral rituals. Filmed in 24 countries including Tanzania, China, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Cambodia,...

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Arafat: Behind the Myth (1990 Video)

Director

Anthony Geffen

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Marie Colvin of the ‘Sunday Times’ traces the life of Yassar Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, from childhood to life as a wealthy engineer in Kuwait, through his years of...

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Hidden Wars in the Middle East (2003)

aka: Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99 (sale) £7.00 + £20 deposit hire (OPC)

A documentary offering insights about the history of Western involvement in the Middle-East, about the situation that led to the Gulf war after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, about the hidden US...

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