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Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Prince of Yemen in Paris

Date released

28 Feb 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

456

NoS ID

008561

Story no

7 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prince of Yemen in Paris. SHOTLIST: Prince Seif El Islam El Hussein, third son of the King of Yemen, lays a wreath on the Unknown Soldiers Tomb. CU Prince in green robe, silk turban and...

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Oath, The (2010)

Director

Laura Poitras

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £9.99

Two men who were part of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network look back on their past in this documentary from director Laura Poitras. Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Abu Jandal was one of bin Laden’s...

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Escape from Yemen (1986)

Genre

Interview

Briton, Simon Skeddon describes his escape from a beach outside Aden in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to HMS Jupiter, with a number of refugees. (In the context of violence erupting over...

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Yemen - Troops in Action

Date released

15 Nov 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1745A

NoS ID

024877

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Troops in Action. DESCRIPTION: This film despatch comes from a cameraman with the Royalist forces in the Eastern region of the Yemen. They’re led by Prince Hassan ben Hassan, nephew...

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British sisters in forced marriages appeal for help (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

Zana Mushen and Nadia Mushen of Birmingham were sent to Yemen and sold as brides by their father Muthanna Mushen. Zana appeals for help via a tape smuggled out of Yemen. Male reporter not identified.

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News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Palestine Conference

Date released

9 Feb 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

505A

NoS ID

009669

Story no

3 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palestine Conference Opens. DESCRIPTION: The Conference opens at St James’s Palace. SHOTLIST: At St James’s Palace, the delegates arrive for the Palestine Conference. Lord Halifax...

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Evacuation from Yemen (1986)

Genre

Interview

Keith Pickard and Peter Farrager, expatriate workers in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, on violence in Aden over conflict between political leaders, the lesser violence in Mukalla where Farrager...

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Gulf War - Yemen objects to ground war (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Paul Woodley reports from the United Nations on Yemen’s objection to the ground war in Iraq. Includes comment from Yemeni Ambassador to the UN, Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal, and Britain’s ambassador, Sir...

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On the Gothic: The Queen Sails for Aden

Date released

3 May 1954

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2121

NoS ID

071493

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Thor Heyerdahl stages boat-burning protest (1978)

Genre

News report

Report on explorer Thor Heyerdahl burning his reed raft as a protest against the wars raging on every side in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa - particularly in Ethiopia. It tells how he was refused entry to...

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