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Modern Weapons for the Army

Date released

2 Mar 1953

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1999

NoS ID

070594

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

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Bomb, The (1980 Video)

Director

Francis Gerard

Producer

Michael Deakin; Frank Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The implications of the escalating nuclear arms race. Moves from the ‘Hibakusha’ (survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in Japan to the computerised weapons systems of the US military, as it traces the...

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Eight Minutes to Midnight (1981 Film)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The story of Dr Helen Caldicott’s struggle to inform and arouse the public about the medical dangers of the nuclear threat, and how she fits this in with family commitments. Shows her tour of Australia,...

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Medical Management of Biological Casualties (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, 6 videocassettes. VHS (NTSC only). col. 600 min., 1998 sale: £245.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A video-based training programme to teacht he proper response to biological and terrorist attacks on civilians or the military. Teaches how to identify a threat of biological warfere; distinguish between a...

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RAF Try Out New Weapons

Date released

8 Jul 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2437

NoS ID

045085

Story no

1 / 9

Spectacular demonstration on Salisbury Plane of latest arms developments.

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The Robot Plane

Date released

21 Apr 1930

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

004

NoS ID

122100

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Many nations are trying to develop automatically flown planes as potential war weapons. Here we show the newest development.

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Uncle Sam’s Shooting Irons

Date released

1 Nov 1926

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1629

NoS ID

387795

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Testing America’s new quick firing war weapons in Aberdeen, Maryland.

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

14 Aug 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

987

NoS ID

037431

Story no

3 / 7

Allied officers see latest British weapons now being supplied to their men.

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Biology at War (1984 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 115 min.

2 (55 min): Explores the history of biological warfare from World War 2 until 1969, when President Nixon renounced American use of biological weapons, and examines current research in the West. Notes that...

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News in a Flash

Date released

17 Dec 1956

Series name

Universal Irish News

Issue no

511

NoS ID

137034

Story no

3 / 7

Captured Soviet weapons.

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