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  1. 1945: The Savage Peace (2016)

    Director
    Peter Molloy
    Producer
    Peter Molloy
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195

    A documentary about post-war reprisals against Germans in Eastern Europe. Using rare and unseen archive film, the programme tells a harrowing story of vengeance against German civilians, which mirrored...

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  2. Communism and Football (2010)

    Director
    Sean Hughes
    Producer
    Sean Hughes
    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Sports science
    Distribution
    out of distribution

    Footballers from Russia, Hungary and East Germany recall how the Beautiful Game was manipulated for political ends during the Cold War. Despite the high stakes, many courageous footballers resisted attempts...

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  3. Velvet Hangover (2009)

    Director
    Robert Buchar
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 144 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

    This DVD features candid interviews with the filmmakers - including Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Jan Nemec, and Ivan Passer among others - who created the body of work that has come to be known as the Czech...

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  4. Lost World of Communism, The (2008)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.56

    In 1989 an entire way of life ended for millions of people behind the Iron curtain. But what was it like to live under communist rule in Eastern and Central Europe? After the end of the cold war some east...

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  5. Flowers Don’t Grow Here (2006)

    Director
    Shira Pinson
    Subject
    Politics & government; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £15.00

    Much of Eastern Europe has been devastated by the rapid transition from communism to capitalism. Fifteen years since independence from the former USSR, the Ukraine ­ Europe’s second largest country ­ is...

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  6. Shto Novovo (What’s New?): An Elegy for the Union (2004)

    aka: What’s New?

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £10.00

    A documentary about post-Soviet transition in Kyrgyzstan after a decade of structural reform. While illustrating the traditional pastoral life of the Kyrgyz (animated by Kyrgyz music) the film addresses...

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  7. Abc News: The Fall of Communism (2002)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 80 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

    Presents the history, psychology and ideology of communism and attempts to put into perspective the the reasons underlying the fall of the system—from the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, to independence...

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  8. Environment 1 (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

    Three 8-minute films: 1) THE CIVIL ENGINEER: The story of one man’s efforts to restore a water supply to the farmers of Armenia’s Karat province. The death of communism led to a breakdown in the water...

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  9. Governance and Society (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

    Three 8-minute films: 1) ELECTION FEVER: Follows the run-up to the election in Slovakia in September 1998, showing heated rallies in East Slovakia and Bratislave and examining some of the main election...

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  10. Health (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Three 8-minute films: 1) FIGHTING AIDS: The thriving industrial town of Verkhnaya Salda has been devastated by an AIDS epidemic. Economic crisis has led to the total collapse of social welfare systems and...

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