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Philippino assassin jailed for life (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

A former hired assassin for the former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, has been given three life sentences for the Soho torch murders. And two youths whom he recruited for the robbery in an...

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Cabinet in Conflict: The Loan from the Imf (1977 Video)

Director

Roger Graef

Producer

Brian Lapping

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 60 min.

A group of eight journalists, taking the roles of Cabinet Ministers, re-create the arguments in the Cabinet in 1976 over the terms of a loan from the International Monetary Fund. In September 1976 Chancellor...

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IRN news review of 1986 (1986)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

IRN news review of 1986. Introduced by Douglas Cameron; presented by Dave Loyn. Includes news reports and interviews from throughout the year. Stories include: terrorist attacks; the Chernobyl disaster; the...

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Banking on Life and Debt (2004)

Subject

Development studies; Economics; Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, VHS (NTSC, 30 minutes), £7.00 + £20.00 deposit

The film argues that the "new world economic order" has become a major cause of national debt, export imbalances and financial instability for developing nations. Export policies, cuts in health and...

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Decade. Pt 1 (1990)

Genre

News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop

Simon Bowden presents a special series looking back at the main news stories of the 1980s. Part one focuses on international affairs. The decade started with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and ended with...

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They Call Us Maids: The Domestic Workers’ Story (2015)

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 7 minutes), £15.00

This short animated film tells the story of the thousands of women from extremely poor backgrounds, in countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, South Asia or Africa, who have to find work abroad to...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Defence in the Pacific

Date released

22 Jan 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

659A

NoS ID

012110

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battleground of the Pacific. DESCRIPTION: Filipino troops have been fighting one of the hardest defensive actions forced upon the Allies in the Pacific. They have fought well under the...

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World War over - Japan Surrenders

Date released

13 Aug 1945

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/80; Paramount Issue No.: 1508

NoS ID

156798

Story no

2 / 2

The fall of Hong Kong and Singapore to the Japanese. Then the Fourteenth Army began to "beat the Japs at their own game". The part played by the US Pacific Fleet, under Admiral Nimitz. US troops land in...

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New Green Revolution, A (1984 Video)

Producer

Martin Freeth

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An economist, Keith Griffin (President of Magdalen College, Oxford) looks critically at the new ‘green revolution’ as scientists work in Mexico, Bangladesh and the Philippines to help small farmers grow...

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Palm Oil - Malaya

Date released

Mar 1963

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

11

NoS ID

327550

Story no

2 / 5

NoS synopsis: Visits a new palm oil producing factory at Norrib on the west coast of Malaya, showing the production processes. Then, travels to a factory in North West England which uses palm kernels...

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