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The Queen Sees New Weapons

Date released

26 May 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2907

NoS ID

158725

Story no

2 / 7

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Secret Science: Chemical and Biological Weapons (2016)

Director

Tim Usborne

Subject

Biology; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Documentary film about Porton Down, the British military and scientific base that specialises in chemical and biological warfare and the fight against global terrorism. The top-secret British military unit...

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Ian Durie on military training and weapons testing (1991)

Genre

Interview

Brigadier Ian Durie of the 1st Armoured Division of the Royal Artillery on the preparations of the British ground forces ahead of possible military action in Kuwait and Iraq. Durie describes the development...

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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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Command and Control of Nuclear Weapons, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

The command and control of nuclear weapons systems in the USA has been at the centre of much debate about its ability to withstand a pre-emptive nuclear strike. Looks at some of the criticisms of the current...

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View from Moscow, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Roger Penfound

Subject

History

Distribution

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

Gives the Soviet view of the nuclear weapons dilemma. Filmed in Moscow, it shows senior Soviet spokesmen, academics, journalists and military representation, talking about and responding to key issues in the...

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Medical Management of Biological Casualties (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, 6 videocassettes. VHS (NTSC only). col. 600 min., 1998 sale: £245.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A video-based training programme to teacht he proper response to biological and terrorist attacks on civilians or the military. Teaches how to identify a threat of biological warfere; distinguish between a...

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Gas Attack (2002)

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 164 minutes), £12.99

This programme traces the history of gas and chemical weapons in the First and Second World Wars.

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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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Sirus Project, The: Towards a Determination of Which Weapons Cause ‘Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering’ (1998 Video)

Subject

Law; Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 min., 2000 sale: Sfr20.00 (+p&p)

The SirUS Project relates to the part of international humanitarian law that governs the means and methods of warfare. The project proposes that the well-documented effects of legitimate and conventional...

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