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Sahib, The British Soldier in India, 1750-1914 (2006)

Subject

History; Military Science

Audio recording of a lecture given by military historian Professor Richard Holmes, examining Indian soldiering in peace and war. He addresses the experience of ordinary soldiers, why they joined up, how...

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Imperial Grand Strategy (2004)

Subject

Politics & government

Film of lecture given by Noam Chomsky at the University of Manchesteron May 22 2004. Chomsky considers the war in Iraq, disputing thee U.S. government’s justifications for the invasion. In the process, he...

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Tumbledown (1988)

Director

Richard Eyre

Subject

Media studies; Military Science; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £7.00

A BBC drama based on the experiences of the Royal Scots Guard Lieutenant, Robert Lawrence, covering his military training, the fateful action he saw in the Falklands conflict and the aftermath of the...

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Erasing Memory: The Cultural Destruction of Iraq (2006)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 28 minutes), £19.95

Part of a 13-part series entitled SHOCKING AND AWFUL, produced by independent video activists and distributed in the US on Free Speech TV and community access channels. The series addresses the implications...

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Teflon

Subject

Chemistry; Science

Podcast about Teflon, covering its origins - including its stint as a top military secret during World War II - followed by a look at the way the product has been marketed and an assessment of the risks of...

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Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The (2007)

aka: Chavez: Inside the Coup

Director

Kim Bartley; Donnacha O’Briain

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

An intimate profile of the charismatic and unconventional Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the coup attempt against him in April 2002, and his dramatic return to power some 48 hours later. 75 minutes

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Palestinian Territories: Inside Hamas (2006)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

DVD

Kate Seelye travels across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to investigate Hamas, the militant Islamist group responsible for scores of suicide bombings and missile attacks on Israel -- and the surprise...

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Letters from Baghdad (2017)

Director

Zeva Oelbaum; Sabine Krayenbuhl

Subject

Archaeology; History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £7.00

Biographical documentary about the explorer, cartographer, photographer, archaeologist and ethnographer Gertrude Bell, who travelled widely in Arabia before being recruited by British military intelligence...

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Images of America 1937-1939 (1996)

Producer

Peter Bell

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £60.00

Illustrates the various ways in which British newsreels on the eve of World War 2 presented propaganda concerning the USA’s international role. Drawing on the archives of Gaumont British, British Movietone...

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Abu Ammar is Coming (2016)

Director

Naeem Mohaiemen

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Film

A photograph showing five men: four stare out of a window, one looks at the camera. The light has a soft glow. The stage is a bombed building. All five men wear military clothes. Abu Ammar was the nom de...

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