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  1. Journey, The (1987)

    aka: Resan

    Director
    Peter Watkins
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 870 minutes), 30 Euros

    Peter Watkins’ monumental fourteen hour documentary was produced in 1983-86 by the Swedish Peace & Arbitration Society and local support groups in Sweden, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, Mexico,...

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  2. Command and Control of Nuclear Weapons, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The command and control of nuclear weapons systems in the USA has been at the centre of much debate about its ability to withstand a pre-emptive nuclear strike. Looks at some of the criticisms of the current...

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  3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Debate Continues (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTSRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Discusses the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War 2 and evaluates what lessons have been learnt to aid the understanding of nuclear weapons in society. Contrasts the size of the...

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  4. Negotiating Arms Control (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Explores the process of arms control negotiation from both a US and a Soviet perspective. Negotiators and observers from both sides discuss the difficulties that arise when opposing delegators negotiate...

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  5. View from Moscow, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Gives the Soviet view of the nuclear weapons dilemma. Filmed in Moscow, it shows senior Soviet spokesmen, academics, journalists and military representation, talking about and responding to key issues in the...

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  6. Weapons Procurement (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    If the development of armaments by the superpowers is to be managed, then it is necessary to understand the forces which drive it. Professor Graham Allison, of Harvard University, discusses two rival...

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  7. Assessing Soviet Nuclear Capability (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The US intelligence community has come to rely increasingly on sophisticated technology to assess Soviet nuclear capabilities. The interpretation of data by the different branches of the intelligence...

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  8. Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age (1985 Video)

    Director
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Producer
    Dennis O’Rourke
    Subject
    Anthropology; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 86 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    Uses newsreel film, declassified US Defence Department footage and interviews with the people of Rongelap, who on that occasion were not evacuated, to describe the US hydrogen bomb testing programme...

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  9. Site One: Holy Loch (1985 Video)

    Director
    Sarah Noble
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Examines the activites of the US Navy during the 24 years that American nuclear submarines have been stationed at Holy Loch on the Firth of Clyde. Sets out the strategic and diplomatic origins of the US Navy...

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  10. Unstable Elements (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Andy Metcalfe; Paul Morrison
    Producer
    Gillian Slovo
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Using interviews with scientists and newsreels from the l940s and l950s, traces how Britain came to build the atomic bomb and how the bomb was sold to the public. A fictional part attempts to examine the way...

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