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  1. Ira’s Arms Cash, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    John Smithson
    Producer
    John Ware
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27 min.

    Looks at the IRA gun-running operation from America to Ireland, and reveals how the FBI halted a large contingent of arms to Ulster. The focus of the FBI’s attention was NORAID - the Irish Northern Aid...

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  2. Cross and Passion (1981 Film)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto; Claire Pollak
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shot in Turf Lodge, a Catholic estate in West Belfast, the film provides an account of the everyday life of the community, particularly its women.

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  3. Irish Nationalism and Unionism in the Twentieth Century (1981 Audio)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    A discussion between Paul Bew of Queen’s University, Belfast and A C Hepburn of the New University of Ulster. Side 1 covers the end of the Union and the War of Independence of 1919-1921. Side 2 looks at...

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  4. Troubles, The (5 Parts) (1981 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Broad; Ian Stuttard
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire (BFI) Sale (Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 54, 72, 80, 68, 60 min.

    1: An account of the British conquest of Ireland and the sense of grievance and resentment it created. 2: Examines how Ireland came to be partitioned in 1921. 3: Traces the history of the Northern Ireland...

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  5. Creggan (1980 Video)

    Director
    Michael Whyte
    Producer
    Mary Holland
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

    The people who live on the Creggan estate in Londonderry describe life before and after the British troops arrived in August 1969, and the effects of the arrival on the families and life on the estate.

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  6. Patriot Game, The (1978 Video)

    Director
    Arthur McCaig
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 93 min., 1999 sale: £50.00 (inclusive)

    Tells the story of the long and bitter battle for Northern Ireland from the point of view of the Provisional Wing of the IRA. Using a high proportion of footage shot for television, the film reviews and...

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  7. To Be Seven in Belfast (1975 Film)

    Director
    John Sheppard
    Producer
    Richard Creasey
    Subject
    Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at three Catholic and three Protestant children, all aged seven. Considers what effects the disturbances have had on the children and what their attitudes are. Also conveys the general situation in...

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  8. Price of Violence, The (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    What is it like to be the victim of a bomb attack in Northern Ireland? News bulletins give facts but not the feelings. Parents, husbands and wives, both Protestant and Catholic, talk about those who have...

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  9. Question of Torture, A: Northern Ireland (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Before the Human Rights Commission in Strasbourg, Britain faces charges made by the Irish Republic concerning methods used to extract information from IRA suspects. How much pressure can justifiably be...

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  10. Sense of Loss, A (1972 Film)

    Director
    Marcel Ophuls
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Ophuls’ portrait of the people of Northern Ireland relies on what is said in interviews and on what happens when the camera catches some act of violence as it is actually occurring. Politicians, soldiers,...

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