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  1. Negotiating Arms Control (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Explores the process of arms control negotiation from both a US and a Soviet perspective. Negotiators and observers from both sides discuss the difficulties that arise when opposing delegators negotiate...

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  2. Monitoring the Peace (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the work of arms control inspectors and some of the methods and technology they use. Notes that it is now almost impossible for a nuclear test to go undetected and chemical and biological weapons...

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  3. Nuclear Countdown (1978 Film)

    Director
    Ramakantha Sarma
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the history of the nuclear arms race from 1945 and looks at attempts to control the use of atomic energy for peaceful ends. Documents continuing international efforts at control and explains the...

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  4. Coming in from the Cold (1991 Video)

    Director
    Peter Ceresole
    Producer
    Peter Ceresole
    Subject
    Law; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The new arms control treaties use science to oversee the end of the Cold War and to check on cheating. Looks at methods of verifing stocks - methods such as fingerprinting a tank and using satellites...

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  5. New Cold War, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Noam Chomsky and Fred Halliday discuss the arms race, increasing rivalry between the superpowers, and military intervention in Grenada and Afghanistan which have led many to speak of a new Cold War.

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  6. Raising Arms Against Air Pollution (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Considers the technology available for controlling air pollution and looks at the relationship between legislation and implementation of control as well as the place of air pollution within environmental...

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  7. Garwin (2014)

    Director
    Richard Breyer; Anand Kamalakar
    Subject
    Physics; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 67 mins), $89

    GARWIN chronicles the life and work of physicist Dr. Richard Garwin, who served as an advisor to every president since Eisenhower. Given primary focus are his career in government research and advising. The...

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  8. Thames Barrier, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Michael Bennett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    Opens with pictures of the devastation caused when the Thames flooded in 1953 killing over 300 people. Explains why the Thames is susceptible to flooding and how the barrier will prevent this. The design of...

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  9. Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

    Director
    John Pilger; Steve Connelly
    Producer
    Christopher Martin; Richard Clemmow
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $295.00 [Institutional licence]

    Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington,...

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  10. Dangerous Dynasty, A: House of Assad (2018)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government

    This three-part BBC series is a thorough lesson in how Syria has ended up in its current predicament. Right at the centre of it are President Bashar and his wife Asma, who met and fell in love in London....

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