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Prime Ministers, The: Series One (2011)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £10.49

This BBC radio series presents eight fifteen minute profiles of notable British Prime Ministers. Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister; Lord North, remembered as the prime minister...

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Media Screen Roundup - July 2014

Date

15 Aug 2014, 13:20

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. Amongst the references in this month’s...

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Inside the Global Jihad (2009)

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £82.80

This programme features interviews with leading participants from both sides in what George W. Bush called the ‘War on Terror’, including contributions from the architects of the West’s response to...

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Birth of Israel, The (2008)

Director

Toby Sculthorp

Producer

Toby Sculthorp

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

May 14th 1948: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the state of Israel in the portion of Palestine which the UN had allocated for a Jewish state. Within twenty four hours the...

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Before the Monsoon (3 Parts) (1979 Video)

Director

Michael Grigsby

Producer

Karin Magid

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 51, 53, 37 min.

Part 3: in March 1977, after the end of the state of emergency, the Congress Party was defeated in the elections and the Janata Party came to power. Migrant labourers conclude that nothing has changed for them.

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Waste Not, Want Not 1 (1986 Video)

Producer

Peter Gillbe

Subject

Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

Deals with the production and disposal of nuclear waste. Representatives in the debate include John Baker of CEGB/NIREX, Bill Wilkinson of BNFL; the anti-nuclear lobby: Stewart Boyle, Friends of the Earth,...

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Oil Game, The (1989 Video)

Producer

Ian Spratley

Subject

Technology

Distribution

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

A debate about oil depletion policy with leading figures in the oil business. The argument is structured around a hypothetical oil policy review by a new oil minister. Moderated by a barrister Marc Cran, the...

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Under the Gun: Democracy in Guatemala (1987 Video)

Director

Patricia Goudvis; Robert Richter

Subject

History

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Investigates the state of democracy in Guatemala following the inauguration of Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo as president in January 1986. Questions how the government is confronting the pressing issues of...

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Spain’s Secret Conflict (2010)

aka: Catalonia, The Next State in Europe?

Director

Gary Gibson

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 39 minutes), €15.00

Made back in 2010, when the conflict between Catalonia and Spain was very little known outside the Spanish State, this short documentary starts with the first independence poll to take place in Catalonia...

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'70: Remembering a Revolution (2011)

Director

Alex De Verteuil

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 47 minutes), $225.00

This film tells the story of the Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Between February and April 1970, the streets of Port of Spain were filled with young Black men and women chanting ‘Power to...

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