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  1. One Minute to Midnight: The Real Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1996 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    Examines the events of the 15 days in October 1962 when Cold War tensions brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Recalled by the surviving principals and participants from all sides, including an...

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  2. People’s Century (Parts 10-12) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    John Bridcut; Sally Doganis; Angus Macqueen
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 165 min.

    A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 10 (producer: John Bridcut):...

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  3. Mi6: The Inside Story (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Examines the British intelligence service, as seen by those most closely involved. Includes interviews with Oleg Gordievsky, Britain’s highest-ranking spy within the KGB, as well as Robert Denniston, Sir...

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  4. Russia’s Deep Secrets (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Ed Harriman
    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the sunken Soviet nuclear submarine ‘Komsomolets’, with her nuclear warheads exposed to sea water. Examines the ways in which Russia and the West are attempting to deal with underwater secret...

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  5. Spies: Subversion / Fight for the Cold War (1995 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 180 min., 1997 sale: £16.99 (inclusive)

    Shows how the cold war developed between East and West after the USA developed the atomic bomb, using MI5, MI6, CIA, KGB, FBI and STASI sources and case files and using archive film, interviews with...

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  6. Life of Dissent, A: Edward and Dorothy Thompson (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min.

    Profile of the dissident historians Edward and Dorohy Thompson, which traces the experience of a generation shaped by the struggle against fascism and the Cold War.

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  7. Pandora’s Box. Part 2: To the Brink of Eternity (1992 Television)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis; Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 60 min.

    PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the twentieth century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists....

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  8. Cold War, A (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Jonathan Dent
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dr Christopher Andrew examines the origins of the Cold War: in 1945 Britain, America and the USSR were allies against Hitler; but soon after, on 5 March 1946, Winston Churchill speaking in Fulton, Missouri,...

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  9. Death on Delivery (1990)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £17.25

    1990 documentary which looks at the post-Cold War situation in the arms trade with regard to the reduction in the size of the armies of NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries. As a result arms manufacturers...

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  10. Britain and the Superpowers 1945-1962 (1982 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, 30 slides. b&w.

    A selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to examine Britain’s relations with the USA and the USSR from 1945 to 1962. Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are...

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