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Gestapo Torture Chamber

Date released

11 Sep 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/73

NoS ID

100478

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Frenchmen inspect torture chamber used by Gestapo to extract information from prisoners. Film shows execution posts where prisoners were tied before shooting, wall where prisoners were burned and communal...

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Syria’s Torture Machine (2011)

Subject

History; Politics & government

An investigation into the detention and torture of Syrian civilians, featuring shocking video evidence of men, women and children being subjected to beatings, whippings and more elaborate torture. In this...

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Titus Andronicus (1999 Film, Multimedia)

Director

Christopher Dunne

Independent low-budget feature film. Ridiculed by some, criticised by all, this cult horror movie places Shakespeare’s play in ancient Rome. The product description reads "this is the saga of a noble man...

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Iranian torture victim’s account (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a former Iranian political prisoner on her experiences of torture in the country. Female speaker and male interviewer not identified.

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The Green Blade (1985)

A personal view of the story of Good Friday and Easter by Keith Belbin. Using verse and extracts from the writings of C.S. Lewis, D.H. Lawrence, Bernard Shaw and John Wilson, Bishop of Singapore, who himself...

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Iraqi torture of Kuwaitis (1991)

Genre

Interview

A Kuwaiti man describes the torture methods used by the Iraqis during their occupation of Kuwait. Speaking after the end of the war. Interviewer not heard. Background noise.

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Festival of Taipsuam

Date released

12 Apr 1928

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1493

NoS ID

086731

Story no

2 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

filmed for first time - native worshippers endure self torture to honour their deity.

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Testimony of torture survivor Sheila Cassidy (1975)

Genre

Speech

Testimony of doctor Sheila Cassidy, who was held and tortured in the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos prison camps in Chile after treating a political opponent of the regime. She speaks of her misgivings about...

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Torture claims in Spain (1975)

Genre

Interview; News report

Allegations of the torture of Spanish Basques has reached Amnesty International who are now investigating the claims. An unidentified male Amnesty International spokesman tells Bob Holness of 15 Basques who...

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British government acquitted of torture (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Conservative MP Airey Neave on the acquittal of the British Government at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg where they faced charges of torture in Northern Ireland, brought by...

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