Liable to Prosecution

Synopsis: Looks at the background to the Bingham Report. Shell and BP, both British companies, are shown to have been involved in supplying oil to Rhodesia in defiance of both British and United Nations prohibition. The film alleges that senior management in the oil companies and politicians knew what was happening. A companion film to NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED.
Series: World in Action, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 27 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1978
Availability: Hire
Sale
Uses: Courses on the working of the British political system, international politics.*
Subjects: Politics & government
Keywords: economic sanctions; petroleum industries; Rhodesia; Zimbabwe

Director

Chris Curling; Stephen Clarke

Producer

Brian Lapping

Cast

Michael Gillart

Name: Concord Media
Email: sales@concordmedia.org.uk
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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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