Learning on ScreenOrigins of the Cold War 1945-1950, The
- Synopsis
- Eight unedited British newsreel stories look at the build-up to the Cold War: Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech; the Truman Doctrine speech, the Marshall Plan, Eastern Europe situation 1945-48, formation of NATO, Berlin blockade, Acheson on atomic weapons, Korean War. In addition to the original soundtrack, there are additional audio commenteries John Young and Jerry Kuehl. Also includes the full text of the booklet by Peter G Boyle which accompanying the original video compilation.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; CD-ROM. Dual format PC Windows/Apple Macintosh.
- Year of production
- 1999
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Released for educational use by special agreement with Reuters Television.
- Documentation
- Accompanying booklet.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Cold War; newsreel films
Credits
- Writer
- Peter G Boyle
Distribution Formats
- Type
- CD-ROM
Sponsor
- Name
InterUniversity History Film Consortium
- Web
- http://www.bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 393 1500
- Fax
- 020 393 1555
- Address
- c/o BUFVC
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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