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Threat of Nuclear War, The (3 Parts) (1981 Multimedia)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, 3 audiocassettes. 3 x 30 slides. b&w/col.

Part 1: Summarises what a nuclear bomb is and how it works (discusses all the major types). Looks at the effects as typified by Hiroshima and discusses what a nuclear war might be like in Britain using...

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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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Keeping the Peace (1987 Film, Video)

aka: Peace Game, The

Director

John Selwyn Gilbert

Producer

Barry Palin

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Updated version of THE PEACE GAME. Puts forward official arguments for the retention of Britain’s nuclear weapons as a deterrent.*

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Truth Game, The (1983 Film, Video)

Director

David Munro

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at worldwide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race, beginning with the dropping of two American atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through the build-up of nuclear arms by Russia and America...

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Guide to Armageddon, A (1983 Video)

Director

Mick Jackson

Subject

Social welfare; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

Examines the effects of nuclear weapons. Looks at the physical effects of a single medium-sized nuclear warhead on a large city such as London, questioning how effective the various types of shelter might...

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Rocket Site Story (1958)

Director

Eric Bamford

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £15.00

Film made by Eric Bamford of the of the Nuclear Disarmament Newsreel Committee showing anti-nuclear protesters demonstrating at North Pickenham near Swaffham in Norfolk. The protest was against the planned...

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March to Aldermaston (1958)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £24.98

Record of Easter march in 1958. Made voluntarily by a group of film technicians. NB Only available as part of a compilation DVD entitled THE FREE CINEMA MOVEMENT

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Dismantling the Bomb (1994 Video)

Director

Richard Melman

Producer

Richard Melman

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA

Examines the process involved in dismantling bombs. It is easy to dismantle bomb cases, but the plutonium pits cannot be simply destroyed. Shows PANTEX in Texas where bombs are dismantled and plutonium pits...

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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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Weapons Procurement (1986 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

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

If the development of armaments by the superpowers is to be managed, then it is necessary to understand the forces which drive it. Professor Graham Allison, of Harvard University, discusses two rival...

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