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Outcry Ends Chain Gains

Date released

21 Feb 1938

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

729

NoS ID

035772

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 shot list

Far-reaching reforms abolish semi-slavery of the chain gang and give Georgia world’s finest prison.

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Digging for Slaves (1989 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Between the 16th and the 19th centuries, ten million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery in America. Now archaeologists are uncovering evidence of the realities of slave life and discovering the...

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"A Vision of This Island" (2015 Audio)

aka: Shakespeare and the Caribbean

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare and his plays are woven deeply into the culture of the Caribbean, both white and black. Even after centuries of British colonial rule came to an end,...

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A question of race (1981)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Special; Speech

A Question of Race. Part 2: Strange Fruit. A documentary presented by John Thompson covering race relations. Part 2 looks at the results of racist ideology. Topics covered include: Nazi Germany and the...

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America, Empire of Liberty

Date

6 Jan 2014, 09:46

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

America, Empire of Liberty - Volume 2: Power & Progress by David Reynolds. BBC Audio, ISBN: 9781405677813, 400 minutes (on six CDs), £24.47 About the reviewer: Dr Nicola Pizzolato is Honorary Research...

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Slavery by Another Name (2012)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.99

This 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in...

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Armistice Day in USA

Date released

12 Dec 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/100

NoS ID

098453

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

President Roosevelt makes his first public appearance since his re-election, when he attends Armistice Day ceremony. In his speech he says that he does not believe that the era of democracy in human affairs...

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Girl Rising (2014)

Director

Richard Robbins

Subject

Development studies; Education; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 103 minutes), £13.99

This film follows nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education. the girls face arranged marriages, child slavery and other...

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American Civil War, The (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 80 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A history of the American civil war looking at the causes of the war, including Northern demands for the abolition of slavery and territorial acquisition; the strategy and campaigns of the war; the role of...

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Meet Mr Lincoln (1960 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Old photographs, pictures, newspapers and posters review the life of Abraham Lincoln. Consists in large part of illustrated reading from letters. Portraits of Civil War soldiers, their camps and battles, and...

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