Learning on ScreenSmall Arms, Soft Targets
- Synopsis
- In recent years the design of anti-personnel weapons has raced ahead. But new generations of automatic rifles, fragmentation weapons and landmines are producing an epidemic of horrifying injuries on the battlefield. Portable lasers designed to blind the enemy are just around the corner. Military medics and the war surgeons of the International Committee of the Red Cross struggle to keep up. Asks if the laws of war which limit weaponry can be tightened without reducing soldiers’ fighting strength.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 10 Jan 1994.
- Subjects
- Technology
- Keywords
- landmines, anti-personnel; military weaponry
Credits
- Producer
- Martin Freeth
- Writer
- Martin Freeth
- Contributor
- Jana Bennett
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 759 times.
