British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

1-10 of 36 results | Page 1 of 4
« First
‹ Prev1234Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
  1. Coming War on China, The (2016)

    Director
    John Pilger
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 130 minutes), £17.99

    John Pilger directs this documentary about a potential nuclear war between the United States of America and China. Pilger makes the case that, though the media are unlikely to tell you so, these two rival...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  2. Cold War, Hot Jets (2013)

    Director
    Simon Winchcombe
    Producer
    Simon Winchcombe
    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £34.99

    Britain emerged from the Second World War in financial crisis, but one technological innovation provided hope for the future: a world-leading jet aviation industry. During the Cold War, the jet engine became...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  3. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (2013)

    Director
    Oliver Stone
    Producer
    Oliver Stone
    Subject
    American Studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 581 minutes), £19.50

    Ten-part documentary series directed and produced by Oliver Stone and co-written by Stone and historian Peter Kuznick. The series looks back at human events that at the time went under-reported, but that...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  4. Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War (2012)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases on the island of Cuba, 90 miles off the shores of Florida. The events of the next 13...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  5. Countdown to Zero (2011)

    Director
    Lucy Walker
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

    Leading politicians and political analysts including Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Valerie Plame Wilson, Mikhail Gorbachev and Zbigniew Brzezinski discuss the threat posed by nuclear weapons in the 21st century...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  6. Abc News: Hiroshima - Why the Bomb was Dropped (2002)

    aka: Hiroshima - Why the Bomb was Dropped

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 70 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

    Peter Jennings takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Truman administration and the events that led to the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. Includes footage of the incredible destruction, some of which has...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  7. Abc News: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2002)

    aka: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 70 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

    A provocative investigation into the historical motives that led to the U.S. decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  8. And the Fence Came Tumbling Down (2001)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 10 minutes), £15.00

    In April 2000 the fence finally came down round Greenham Common air base. This short film tells the story of how a US Air Force base with 96 nuclear cruise missiles came to be returned to the people after 20...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  9. Undercurrents 9 (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 57 min., 1998 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional 1999 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional

    A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  10. Critical Mass: America’s Race to Build the Atomic Bomb (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An exploration of the building and testing of the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project. Includes dramatisations, a 3-D virtual environment,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
1-10 of 36 results | Page 1 of 4
« First
‹ Prev1234Next ›
Last »
Sort results by