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UN Troops on leave

Date released

1961

Series name

Federal Spotlight

Issue no

125

NoS ID

351539

Story no

2 / 5

BFI synopsis: Troops from Sweden on leave from the Congo.

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UK relief for Rwandan refugees (1994)

Genre

Interview

Peter Russell interviews UK Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind about aid for Rwandan refugees following the civil war in the country. Britain is promising to send up to 500 medical and engineering troops to...

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Pygmies, The (1974 Film)

Director

Herbert Risz

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of how the Pygmies of the Congo (Brazzaville) live. Deals with their relationship with government officials and with their sedentary Bantu neighbours. The Pygmies, reluctant to change, discuss...

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Steve Jones show (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Steve Jones interviews LBC broadcaster, Simon Bates in Goma on the Zaire-Rwandan border following the arrival of relief supplies for refugees from the Rwandan civil war, on the LBC Plane for Rwanda. He talks...

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All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

Producer

Adam Curtis

Subject

History; Media studies; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

Adam Curtis’ series of films explores the idea that we have been colonised by the machines that we have built, seeing everything in the world through the eyes of computers. Episode 1, LOVE AND POWER looks...

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UN’s Great Loss

Date released

21 Sep 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1685A

NoS ID

024281

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dag Hammarskjold. DESCRIPTION: For over eight years, Dag Hammarskjold spoke and personified the United Nations Organisation. An economist from Sweden, he took over from...

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Africa

Director

Felicity Egerton

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £24.99

David Attenborough takes a journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa, looking at its wildlife and landscapes. The episodes are as folllows: Kalahari; Savannah; Congo; Cape; Sahara; The Future.

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A Modern Artist

Date released

19 Sep 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1476A

NoS ID

021928

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chimpanzee That Paint a Modern Artist. DESCRIPTION: Paintings - and the painter. Born in Africa, Mr Congo arrived in London last year. And he’s already achieved notoriety with the...

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Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

Director

Jihan El-Tahri

Subject

Development studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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Constitutional review of 1961

Date released

1961

Series name

Federal Spotlight

Issue no

146

NoS ID

351679

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Armitage leaves governor of Nyasaland. Election in Nyasaland. Problems in Congo. Death in air crash of UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold. Mr G. Mennen Williams. Wellensky at the Albert Hall. Reg...

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