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News in Brief: Captured Weapons

Date released

29 Jul 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1312A

NoS ID

019398

Story no

6 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Captured Arms - Guatemala. DESCRIPTION: In Guatemala City, Government representatives inspect a ten million dollar arsenal of the former Communist Government. Manufactured in...

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Weapons of War (1995 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 60 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A documentary study of weapons developed by scientists and engineeers during World War 2. Using archival footage, looks at radar, Hobart’s funnies, the ‘bouncing bomb’, the V1 and V2 missiles, the...

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Romeo & Juliet Outreach Project: The Voice of the Jali, The (2000 Video)

Director

Josette Murray-Ballo

Video recording of the play written and directed by Josette Murray-Ballo and videotaped for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor. The performance formed part of a programme for teachers sponsored by the Folger to show...

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Nuclear weapons tribunal in London (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview on the need for nuclear weapons and in which conditions they could be used in, and denies they are merely a deterrent. And on the tribunal in London he will be part of on legality of nuclear...

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Village Life: Aldermaston (1985)

The next village to visit by Mike Matthews is Aldermaston, half way between Reading and Newbury, South of A4. It is a listed village of cottages and famous for being the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment....

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Violence on the front line [Part 1] (1986)

aka: The Murder of Isabel Schwarz [Part 2]

Part 1. Violence on the Front Line: knives, iron bars, axes, bottles - just some of the weapons used by clients on their social workers. Often physically attacked for no apparent reason, social workers in...

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Media Screen Roundup - March 2013

Date

11 Apr 2013, 16:55

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Simon: As befits the 50th anniversary of...

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Countdown to Zero (2011)

Director

Lucy Walker

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

Leading politicians and political analysts including Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Valerie Plame Wilson, Mikhail Gorbachev and Zbigniew Brzezinski discuss the threat posed by nuclear weapons in the 21st century...

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Command and Control of Nuclear Weapons, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

The command and control of nuclear weapons systems in the USA has been at the centre of much debate about its ability to withstand a pre-emptive nuclear strike. Looks at some of the criticisms of the current...

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Debate Continues (1986 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

OUT OF DISTSRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Discusses the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War 2 and evaluates what lessons have been learnt to aid the understanding of nuclear weapons in society. Contrasts the size of the...

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