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731: Two Versions of Hell
produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives t...
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produced by James T. Hong (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 28 mins
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This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. Th...
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan's secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James T. Hong
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World H...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, Great Leap Forward, China, 1958, War and Violence, Medicine, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Au-dessus des collines
written by Carole Equer-Hamy, fl. 2012; directed by Carole Equer-Hamy, fl. 2012; produced by Candela Productions (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2012), 58 mins
Au Burundi, les massacres interethniques se sont succédés pendant des décennies, laissant des milliers d'orphelins. Marguerite Barankitse (Maggy) a vécu les pires atrocités et en est miraculeusement rescapée. Pour continuer de vivre après ce drame, Maggy a décidé de rester dans la tourmente sur ses collin...
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written by Carole Equer-Hamy, fl. 2012; directed by Carole Equer-Hamy, fl. 2012; produced by Candela Productions (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2012), 58 mins
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Au Burundi, les massacres interethniques se sont succédés pendant des décennies, laissant des milliers d'orphelins. Marguerite Barankitse (Maggy) a vécu les pires atrocités et en est miraculeusement rescapée. Pour continuer de vivre après ce drame, Maggy a décidé de rester dans la tourmente sur ses collines natales... Depuis, elle tente de désamorcer la haine entre les ethnies, de rompre le cycle de vengeance, d'aider chacun à retrouve...
Au Burundi, les massacres interethniques se sont succédés pendant des décennies, laissant des milliers d'orphelins. Marguerite Barankitse (Maggy) a vécu les pires atrocités et en est miraculeusement rescapée. Pour continuer de vivre après ce drame, Maggy a décidé de rester dans la tourmente sur ses collines natales... Depuis, elle tente de désamorcer la haine entre les ethnies, de rompre le cycle de vengeance, d'aider chacun à retrouver sa dignité. Avec énergie, avec colère, elle poursuit son travail. Cette femme pourrait déplacer des montagnes. Sa vision est engagée, politique, et son action s'étend à un niveau national. Elle dit que la guerre est finie mais qu'il y a une autre guerre à mener, " c'est la guerre contre la pauvreté, contre la haine, contre l'ignorance. " En filmant l'action de Maggy, nous sommes confrontés au passé d'un pays. Ici les gens et les lieux portent toujours les traces de la guerre.
In Burundi, inter-ethnic massacres have followed one another for decades, leaving thousands of orphans. Marguerite Barankitse (Maggy) lived through the worst atrocities and miraculously survived. To continue living after this tragedy, Maggy decided to stay in turmoil on her native hills ... Since then, she has been trying to defuse hatred between ethnic groups, to break the cycle of revenge, to help everyone regain their dignity . With energy, with anger, she continues her work. This woman could move mountains. Its vision is committed, political, and its action extends to a national level. She says that the war is over but that there is another war to be waged, "it is the war against poverty, against hatred, against ignorance." By filming the action of Maggy, we are confronted to a country's past. Here, people and places still bear traces of war.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Candela Productions
Author / Creator
Carole Equer-Hamy, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012-07
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Ethnic conflict, Massacres, Burundian Civil War, October 21, 1993-August, 2005, Second Burundian Genocide, October 1993, First Burundian Genocide, April 27-30, 1972, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Between Two Fires: Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda
produced by WITNESS and Human Rights Focus (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2006), 14 mins
Two decades of armed conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in Northern Uganda, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and regional instability. With nearly two million civilians displaced from their homes into so-called "protected camps," Internally Displaced Person...
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produced by WITNESS and Human Rights Focus (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2006), 14 mins
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Two decades of armed conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in Northern Uganda, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and regional instability. With nearly two million civilians displaced from their homes into so-called "protected camps," Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) face heightened insecurity, appalling living conditions and lack the very basic means of subsistence. While the LRA has committ...
Two decades of armed conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government in Northern Uganda, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and regional instability. With nearly two million civilians displaced from their homes into so-called "protected camps," Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) face heightened insecurity, appalling living conditions and lack the very basic means of subsistence. While the LRA has committed war crimes against the displaced population, including the abduction of some twenty thousand children, the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) who were mobilized to protect civilians have also committed human rights violations including arbitrary detention, torture and rape.
Through the personal stories of IDP torture survivors, Between Two Fires advocates for official acknowledgement of abuses committed by the UPDF, redress for torture survivors, and the strengthening of national legislation against torture.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WITNESS, Human Rights Focus
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
WITNESS
Topic / Theme
Uganda - Lord’s Resistance Army (1987-2005), Sexual assault, Torture, War crimes, Internally displaced persons, Lord’s Resistance Army, Uganda, 1987-2005, Joseph Kony LRA Leadership, Uganda, 1986-, Law, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Post Conflict Support, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright 2006 by Human Rights Focus (Uganda) & WITNESS
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Bosnia: A Wounded Land
produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 1 hour
Does anyone still believe in Bosnia-Herzogovina or that three years of war (1992-1995) and the following 13 years of uneasy peace have achieved very much? Would fighting break out again if international troops left the area? This film paints a picture of a country that in many ways is still as deeply divided as wh...
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produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 1 hour
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Does anyone still believe in Bosnia-Herzogovina or that three years of war (1992-1995) and the following 13 years of uneasy peace have achieved very much? Would fighting break out again if international troops left the area? This film paints a picture of a country that in many ways is still as deeply divided as when the Dayton Accords were signed in 1995. Reasons for pessimism abound. Sarajevo had a reputation as a multi-ethnic, tolerant city but...
Does anyone still believe in Bosnia-Herzogovina or that three years of war (1992-1995) and the following 13 years of uneasy peace have achieved very much? Would fighting break out again if international troops left the area? This film paints a picture of a country that in many ways is still as deeply divided as when the Dayton Accords were signed in 1995. Reasons for pessimism abound. Sarajevo had a reputation as a multi-ethnic, tolerant city but there are signs that it has fallen under the thrall of nationalist Muslims. Only the presence of foreign forces, police and advisors from the UN and the European Union has maintained the fragile balance between Bosnia’s Serb Orthodox, Croat Catholic, and Muslim communities over the dozen years since the civil war. The country has three presidents, one for each community, but the government is riven by crises – often with the same causes as those that sparked off the war.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
Yugoslav Wars: Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats (1991-1995), Laws and legislation, Postwar reconstruction, Prisoners of war, War crimes, Gender-based violence, Ethnic conflict, Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, July 11-13 1995, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Bosnian Genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, History, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Curren...
Yugoslav Wars: Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats (1991-1995), Laws and legislation, Postwar reconstruction, Prisoners of war, War crimes, Gender-based violence, Ethnic conflict, Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, July 11-13 1995, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Bosnian Genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, History, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Current Affairs, Croatians, Bosnians, Serbians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The Children's War: Life in Northern Uganda
directed by Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003; produced by Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003 and Adrian Glover, fl. 2006-2010, Rare World Features (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 5 mins
Filmmaker, Andrew Krakower, was set to do a film about the successful reversal of AIDS infection rates in Uganda when locals began to tell him of a hidden battle raging in the North. Stories of unspeakable atrocities compelled Krakower to journey north despite warnings by the locals that it was far too dangerous....
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directed by Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003; produced by Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003 and Adrian Glover, fl. 2006-2010, Rare World Features (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 5 mins
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Filmmaker, Andrew Krakower, was set to do a film about the successful reversal of AIDS infection rates in Uganda when locals began to tell him of a hidden battle raging in the North. Stories of unspeakable atrocities compelled Krakower to journey north despite warnings by the locals that it was far too dangerous. Along the way, he became aware of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the 24-year long rebellion led by cult rebel leader, Joseph Kony. As...
Filmmaker, Andrew Krakower, was set to do a film about the successful reversal of AIDS infection rates in Uganda when locals began to tell him of a hidden battle raging in the North. Stories of unspeakable atrocities compelled Krakower to journey north despite warnings by the locals that it was far too dangerous. Along the way, he became aware of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the 24-year long rebellion led by cult rebel leader, Joseph Kony. As he learned more about the war, Krakower and his crew changed their focus and this film.
Hear the stories of the children who live in constant fear of kidnap, forced slavery, and decimation of family. Listen to the children who escaped and survived in spite of their capture. Witness the only existing interview of Kony, who claims spirits have aided him throughout this fight. Discover how the Acholi people find a way of life among corrupt government soldiers whose protection from the rebels are accompanied by their own heinous abuses of power.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003, Adrian Glover, fl. 2006-2010, Rare World Features
Author / Creator
Andrew Krakower, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2009, 2010
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Person Discussed
Joseph Kony, 1964-
Topic / Theme
Peace Building in Africa, Atrocities, Refugees, Political corruption, Soldiers, Children, AIDS, Joseph Kony LRA Leadership, Uganda, 1986-, Acholi, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor Stories
produced by Adam Kemp, fl. 1998, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour 2 mins
The dark heart of the Nazi holocaust, Treblinka was an extermination camp where over 800,000 Polish Jews perished from 1942. Only two men can bear final witness to its terrible crimes. Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman were slave laborers who escaped in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. One would seek vengeance...
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produced by Adam Kemp, fl. 1998, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour 2 mins
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The dark heart of the Nazi holocaust, Treblinka was an extermination camp where over 800,000 Polish Jews perished from 1942. Only two men can bear final witness to its terrible crimes. Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman were slave laborers who escaped in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. One would seek vengeance in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, while the other would appear in the sensational trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. This film documents thei...
The dark heart of the Nazi holocaust, Treblinka was an extermination camp where over 800,000 Polish Jews perished from 1942. Only two men can bear final witness to its terrible crimes. Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman were slave laborers who escaped in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. One would seek vengeance in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, while the other would appear in the sensational trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. This film documents their amazing survivor stories and the tragic fate of their families, and offers new insights into a forgotten death camp.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Adam Kemp, fl. 1998, British Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Lintern, 1962-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Speaker / Narrator
Kalman Taigman, Samuel Willenberg, 1923-, Richard Lintern, 1962-
Person Discussed
Kalman Taigman, Samuel Willenberg, 1923-, Adolf Eichmann, 1906-1962
Topic / Theme
Holocaust (1933-1945), Prison escapes, Survivors, War crimes, Jewish people, Internment camps, Warsaw Uprising, August-October 1944, Holocaust, 1939-1945, War and Violence, Sociology, History, Documentation of Crimes, English, Fijians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Finding Comrade Duch
produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 18 mins
This is the remarkable story of Comrade Duch - Pol Pot's chief executioner - and the man who changed the course of his life, Nic Dunlop, the Irish photographer who tracked him down in 1999. Dunlop speaks about when he found him, that Duch had become a devout Christian. We speak to his pastor, Christopher Lapel, wh...
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produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 18 mins
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This is the remarkable story of Comrade Duch - Pol Pot's chief executioner - and the man who changed the course of his life, Nic Dunlop, the Irish photographer who tracked him down in 1999. Dunlop speaks about when he found him, that Duch had become a devout Christian. We speak to his pastor, Christopher Lapel, who - himself a victim of the Khmer Rouge regime (he lost his father and siblings) - has had to deal with the fact that his convert turne...
This is the remarkable story of Comrade Duch - Pol Pot's chief executioner - and the man who changed the course of his life, Nic Dunlop, the Irish photographer who tracked him down in 1999. Dunlop speaks about when he found him, that Duch had become a devout Christian. We speak to his pastor, Christopher Lapel, who - himself a victim of the Khmer Rouge regime (he lost his father and siblings) - has had to deal with the fact that his convert turned out to be The Khmer Rouge's cruel mass murderer. Comrade Duch is now on trial in Phnom Phen - 30-years after ‘the killing fields’. He openly admits his crimes. Duch, whose real name is Kaing Giek Eav, was in charge of Pol Pot’s most notorious prison Tuol Sleng. Over 15,000 people were tortured and killed there during the cruel reign of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-79.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
SW Pictures
Person Discussed
Kang Kek Iew, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Cambodia Khmer Rouge Regime (1975-1979), Prisoners of war, War crimes, Genocide, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Cambodian Civil War, 1970-1975, History, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Current Affairs, Khmer, Cambodian, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations
produced by Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2002), 40 mins
Images of bones; exhumations This item also contains graphic content.
This documentary, produced by Equipo Argentino de Anthropologia Forense and WITNESS, discusses a massacre during at El Mozote.
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produced by Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and WITNESS (New York, NY - Brooklyn: WITNESS, 2002), 40 mins
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This documentary, produced by Equipo Argentino de Anthropologia Forense and WITNESS, discusses a massacre during at El Mozote.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, WITNESS
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
WITNESS
Topic / Theme
Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1992), Torture, Massacres, Forensics (Evidence), Salvadoran Civil War, 1979-1992, History, Politics & Policy, Never Again Militancy, Transitional Justice, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Franco's Forgotten Children
produced by Muntsa Tarres (London, England: SW Pictures, 2002), 1 hour 3 mins
This documentary, by producer Muntsa Tarres, is about the children of Republican prisoners who suffered in Spanish concentration camps during the reign of Francisco Franco.
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produced by Muntsa Tarres (London, England: SW Pictures, 2002), 1 hour 3 mins
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This documentary, by producer Muntsa Tarres, is about the children of Republican prisoners who suffered in Spanish concentration camps during the reign of Francisco Franco.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Muntsa Tarres
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Civil war, Genital warts, Prisoners of war, Scientific research, War crimes, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, History, Origins, Humanities, Spanish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Frontiers, Gold and the Gun
produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and...
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produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Description
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and Thailand/Cambodia.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jenny Barraclough, Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Frontiers
Speaker / Narrator
Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Person Discussed
Samora Moises Machel, 1933-1986, Pierter Willem Botha, 1916-2006
Topic / Theme
Mozambique and its Borders, International relations, Migrant life, Political boundaries, Poverty, Refugees, War crimes, Terrorism, Nkomati Accord Signed, March 16, 1984, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, Law, World History, Mozambicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1990 BBC Worldwide
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