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6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6, The 19th Province
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds....
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The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s s...
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s surrender.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, No...
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 1929-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Diplomatic missions, Air raids, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, British, Americans, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 6 of 6, Wounds in the Soul
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 6 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
Surrender at Safwan: a secret deal? The rebellions by the Kurds in the north and Shia in the south; the imposition of sanctions on post-war Iraq. The effects of the war on Iraq, on Saudi Arabia and on Palestine.
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Surrender at Safwan: a secret deal? The rebellions by the Kurds in the north and Shia in the south; the imposition of sanctions on post-war Iraq. The effects of the war on Iraq, on Saudi Arabia and on Palestine.
Date Written / Recorded
2001
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Charles W. Freeman, 1943-, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 1919-0207, Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Rolf Ekeua, 1935-, Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Mahmoud Osman, fl. 1991, Hussein Ali Al-Shaalan, fl. 1991, Tawfiq Al-Yassari, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Victor Poussouvaluk, fl. 1991, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Edward Gnehm, 1...
Charles W. Freeman, 1943-, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 1919-0207, Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Rolf Ekeua, 1935-, Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Mahmoud Osman, fl. 1991, Hussein Ali Al-Shaalan, fl. 1991, Tawfiq Al-Yassari, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Victor Poussouvaluk, fl. 1991, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Edward Gnehm, 1944-, Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Najib Al-Salihi, fl. 1991, John J. Yeosock, 1937-1912, Richard N. Haass, 1951-, Khaled Al-Sultan, 1940-, Turgut Ozal, 1927-1993, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Military occupation, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Turkish, Americans, Kurdish, Arabs, Iraqis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Face the Nation, Sunday, April 21, 1985
directed by Robert Vitarelli, fl. 1962; presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Mary Fifield, fl. 1995, CBS News; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in Face the Nation (District of Columbia: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1985), 29 mins
Topic: 10 Years Later: Vietnam Revisited
Guests: Dr. Henry Kissinger (Former Secretary Of State), John F. Kerry (Senator, D-Ma), John Mccain (Representative, R-Az), Bob Simon (CBS News)
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directed by Robert Vitarelli, fl. 1962; presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Mary Fifield, fl. 1995, CBS News; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in Face the Nation (District of Columbia: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1985), 29 mins
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Topic: 10 Years Later: Vietnam Revisited
Guests: Dr. Henry Kissinger (Former Secretary Of State), John F. Kerry (Senator, D-Ma), John Mccain (Representative, R-Az), Bob Simon (CBS News)
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Interview, Panel discussion
Contributor
Mary Fifield, fl. 1995, CBS News
Author / Creator
Robert Vitarelli, fl. 1962, Lesley Stahl, 1941-
Date Published / Released
1985
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
Face the Nation
Speaker / Narrator
Henry Kissinger, 1923-, John McCain, 1936-2018, John Kerry, 1943-
Person Discussed
Henry Kissinger, 1923-, John McCain, 1936-2018, John Kerry, 1943-, Bob Simon, 1941-2015
Topic / Theme
War memorials, Public opinion, Government policy, Security forces, Negotiation in government, War victims, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Political and Social Movements, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Vietnamese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Haydée and Célia, when the Revolution became a woman
directed by Véronika Petit and Renaud Schaak; produced by Mouvements d'ici bas and Kinorev (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2014), 1 hour 52 mins
En 1953, Haydée Santamaria participe au premier geste de l'épopée révolutionnaire cubaine. Quelques années plus tard, Célia Sanchez rejoint à son tour les rangs de l'armée rebelles. Elle rencontre Haydée et devient son amie et sa compagne d'arme._x000D_
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Après la victoire, Haydée est nommée Pré...
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directed by Véronika Petit and Renaud Schaak; produced by Mouvements d'ici bas and Kinorev (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2014), 1 hour 52 mins
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En 1953, Haydée Santamaria participe au premier geste de l'épopée révolutionnaire cubaine. Quelques années plus tard, Célia Sanchez rejoint à son tour les rangs de l'armée rebelles. Elle rencontre Haydée et devient son amie et sa compagne d'arme._x000D_
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Après la victoire, Haydée est nommée Présidente de la Maison des Amériques, une institution culturelle prestigieuse ouverte sur l'ensemble de l'Amérique latine et Célia dev...
En 1953, Haydée Santamaria participe au premier geste de l'épopée révolutionnaire cubaine. Quelques années plus tard, Célia Sanchez rejoint à son tour les rangs de l'armée rebelles. Elle rencontre Haydée et devient son amie et sa compagne d'arme._x000D_
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Après la victoire, Haydée est nommée Présidente de la Maison des Amériques, une institution culturelle prestigieuse ouverte sur l'ensemble de l'Amérique latine et Célia devient la secrétaire personnelle de la Révolution, le lien discret entre Fidel Castro et les nécessiteux. Les vingt années suivantes, par leur rejet du dogmatisme, elles s'emploieront à préserver à tout prix le feu originel de la Révolution._x000D_
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En empruntant le double chemin de la mémoire intime et de l'enquête historique, ce film offre le portrait de deux femmes qui, par leur parcours exceptionnel, ont su marquer l'imaginaire d'une nation.
In 1953, Haydée Santamaria participated in the first gesture of the revolutionary epic. A few years later, Célia Sanchez joined the ranks of the rebel army. She meets Haydée. She becomes his friend and his companion in arms. After the victory, Haydée Santamaria was appointed President of the "House of the Americas", a prestigious cultural institution open to the whole of Latin America and Célia Sanchez became the personal secretary of the Revolution, the discreet link between Fidel Castro and the needy. For the next twenty years, through their actions and their rejection of dogmatism, Haydée and Célia worked to preserve at all costs the original fire of the Revolution. By taking the double path of intimate memory and historical investigation, this film offers the portrait of two women who, through their exceptional career, have been able to mark the imagination of a nation.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mouvements d'ici bas, Kinorev
Author / Creator
Véronika Petit, Renaud Schaak
Date Published / Released
2012, 2014
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Person Discussed
Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado, 1922-1980, Celia Sanchez, 1920-1980
Topic / Theme
Cuba and the United States Border, Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959, Politics & Policy, History, Cubans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Political Assassinations, Vol. III, The End of a Colombian Dream: Denying The Assassination Of Jorge Gaitana
directed by Maria Valencia, fl. 2010 and Michel Noll, 1949-; produced by Quarter Latin Media and Solferino Images, in Political Assassinations, Vol. III (Film Ideas, 2010), 53 mins
On April 9, 1948, despite strong social tensions, US general Marshall opens the 9th Pan-American conference in Colombia's capital Bogota. Jorge Gaitan, the popular opposition leader and fierce opponent to the Colombian oligarchy, is shot dead. The aftermath? Two days of riots that left 5,000 dead and a guerrilla w...
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directed by Maria Valencia, fl. 2010 and Michel Noll, 1949-; produced by Quarter Latin Media and Solferino Images, in Political Assassinations, Vol. III (Film Ideas, 2010), 53 mins
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On April 9, 1948, despite strong social tensions, US general Marshall opens the 9th Pan-American conference in Colombia's capital Bogota. Jorge Gaitan, the popular opposition leader and fierce opponent to the Colombian oligarchy, is shot dead. The aftermath? Two days of riots that left 5,000 dead and a guerrilla war that we still know today.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Quarter Latin Media, Solferino Images, Randoll Holden, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Maria Valencia, fl. 2010, Michel Noll, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Political Assassinations
Speaker / Narrator
Randoll Holden, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, 1903-1948
Topic / Theme
Colombian Conflict (1964 -- ), Violence, Political violence, Murder, Politics, Assassinations, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Colombians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Political Assassinations, Vol. IV, Death in Geneva : The Poisoning of Félix Moumié
directed by Frank Garbely, fl. 2010; produced by Aïe Productions and Triluna Film, in Political Assassinations, Vol. IV (Film Ideas, 2010), 53 mins
For the French government, Cameroon had a particular strategic importance. Paris was afraid that in case of defeat against Moumie's UPC, a left wing movement of independence, France would not only lose Cameroon, but also other colonies in Western and Central Africa. Paris was convinced that it was in Cameroon it w...
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directed by Frank Garbely, fl. 2010; produced by Aïe Productions and Triluna Film, in Political Assassinations, Vol. IV (Film Ideas, 2010), 53 mins
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For the French government, Cameroon had a particular strategic importance. Paris was afraid that in case of defeat against Moumie's UPC, a left wing movement of independence, France would not only lose Cameroon, but also other colonies in Western and Central Africa. Paris was convinced that it was in Cameroon it was going to win or lose the Cold War and Africa. For twenty-five years, in an attempt to "save the country of communism", French author...
For the French government, Cameroon had a particular strategic importance. Paris was afraid that in case of defeat against Moumie's UPC, a left wing movement of independence, France would not only lose Cameroon, but also other colonies in Western and Central Africa. Paris was convinced that it was in Cameroon it was going to win or lose the Cold War and Africa. For twenty-five years, in an attempt to "save the country of communism", French authorities committed horrible war crimes: more than 300,000 persons were deported, tortured and executed. Felix Moumie had to disappear and his movement had to be eliminated-at any price. This documentary looks critically at France's dirty war in Cameroon as well as the reaction to Moumie's death by both French and Swiss authorities.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Aïe Productions, Triluna Film, Vivianna Aliberti, Pierre Arbel, Roger Jendly, 2938-
Author / Creator
Frank Garbely, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Political Assassinations
Speaker / Narrator
Vivianna Aliberti, Pierre Arbel, Roger Jendly, 2938-
Person Discussed
Félix-Roland Moumié, 1926-1960
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Poisonings, Political violence, Murder, Politics, Assassinations, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Cameroonians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Rise of the Nazis, Season 3, Episode 3, Who Will Betray Him?
directed by Alice Smith, fl. 2011; produced by Helen Sage, fl. 2000 and Rosy Rickett, fl. 2009, 72 Films, in Rise of the Nazis, Season 3, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2022), 50 mins
In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich – a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Die Gotterdammerung, which features a suicide at its center. It’s a clear sign that Hitler and many of his supporters are going to end it all. Most of Germany...
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directed by Alice Smith, fl. 2011; produced by Helen Sage, fl. 2000 and Rosy Rickett, fl. 2009, 72 Films, in Rise of the Nazis, Season 3, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2022), 50 mins
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In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich – a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Die Gotterdammerung, which features a suicide at its center. It’s a clear sign that Hitler and many of his supporters are going to end it all. Most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. A two-million-strong Soviet army is now just a mile from Hitler’s hiding place. With the Nazi...
In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich – a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Die Gotterdammerung, which features a suicide at its center. It’s a clear sign that Hitler and many of his supporters are going to end it all. Most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. A two-million-strong Soviet army is now just a mile from Hitler’s hiding place. With the Nazi regime disintegrating, most of Hitler’s deputies are busy making plans to try to survive the end of the war. Only his most die-hard loyalists stay by his side.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Helen Sage, fl. 2000, Rosy Rickett, fl. 2009, 72 Films, Kate Fleetwood, 1972-
Author / Creator
Alice Smith, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Rise of the Nazis
Speaker / Narrator
Heike B. Görtemaker, 1964-, Pablo De Orellana, fl. 2008, Richard J. Evans, Christian Goeschel, 1978-, Kate Fleetwood, 1972-
Person Discussed
Heike B. Görtemaker, 1964-, Pablo De Orellana, fl. 2008, Richard J. Evans, Christian Goeschel, 1978-, Joseph Goebbels, 1897-1945, Heinrich Himmler, 1900-1945, Albert Speer, 1905-1981, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Military personnel, Betrayal, Invasions, Military defeats, Nazism, Militias, War victims, War crimes, Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945, Germans
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This World, One Day of War
produced by Will Daws, fl. 2001, British Broadcasting Corporation and TLC, in This World (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2004), 1 hour 31 mins
This is the true, and often shocking, story of the modern world at war; a revealing portrayal of the people who fight for their land, their religion and their ideas, and sometimes, just their survival. Following individual fighters in 16 wars over the same 24-hour period, top observational cameramen and directors...
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produced by Will Daws, fl. 2001, British Broadcasting Corporation and TLC, in This World (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2004), 1 hour 31 mins
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This is the true, and often shocking, story of the modern world at war; a revealing portrayal of the people who fight for their land, their religion and their ideas, and sometimes, just their survival. Following individual fighters in 16 wars over the same 24-hour period, top observational cameramen and directors document the stories of a range of fighters, from child soldiers to women commandos, from UN peacekeepers to army conscripts, in confli...
This is the true, and often shocking, story of the modern world at war; a revealing portrayal of the people who fight for their land, their religion and their ideas, and sometimes, just their survival. Following individual fighters in 16 wars over the same 24-hour period, top observational cameramen and directors document the stories of a range of fighters, from child soldiers to women commandos, from UN peacekeepers to army conscripts, in conflicts from Burma to Sudan, Laos to Colombia, cutting between characters as the day unfolds. This is a film about individuals: their reasons for fighting, their hopes for the future and the fear, excitement, and often banality of life in a war zone.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Will Daws, fl. 2001, British Broadcasting Corporation, TLC, Rageh Omaar, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
This World
Speaker / Narrator
Rageh Omaar, 1967-
Topic / Theme
Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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War on Trial
directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951- and Treena Lenthall, fl. 2007-2018, Frontline Films (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 2016), 47 mins
After pedalling across the airport tarmac on a red tricycle, Bryan Law in his signature ten gallon hat and business suit had executed his mission. Seconds later, he was surrounded by military troops and security guards.
This was not the action of a crazed man, but of an educated, middle-aged teacher. Since the eig...
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directed by David Bradbury, 1951-; produced by David Bradbury, 1951- and Treena Lenthall, fl. 2007-2018, Frontline Films (New South Wales: Frontline Films, 2016), 47 mins
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After pedalling across the airport tarmac on a red tricycle, Bryan Law in his signature ten gallon hat and business suit had executed his mission. Seconds later, he was surrounded by military troops and security guards.
This was not the action of a crazed man, but of an educated, middle-aged teacher. Since the eighties there have been scores of disarmament actions in the Ploughshare tradition: In the words of the Old Testament prophets Isaiah an...
After pedalling across the airport tarmac on a red tricycle, Bryan Law in his signature ten gallon hat and business suit had executed his mission. Seconds later, he was surrounded by military troops and security guards.
This was not the action of a crazed man, but of an educated, middle-aged teacher. Since the eighties there have been scores of disarmament actions in the Ploughshare tradition: In the words of the Old Testament prophets Isaiah and Micah, we are called to be peacemakers to ... beat swords into ploughshares and spears into pruninghooks.
The Rocky Tiger Ploughshares action had been planned and announced in the Rockhampton Bulletin, but its execution still took the Australian Army by surprise.
A Tiger Attack helicopter was the focus of this audacious act, following the revelations of the Collateral Murder video showing innocent journalists and children being targeted in Iraq by US military gunners.
A seasoned peace activist, Bryan was well prepared for the trial, but fate intervened and he died on Easter Monday 2013 from a heart attack. However the story did not end there. Graeme Dunstan, a greying Buddhist peace pensioner, had accompanied Bryan to the action and he now faced the charges alone.
The stakes were high. Willful damage carries a penalty of up to ten years in prison. The repair bill was estimated at $162,000.
Encouraged by supporters gathered at Rockhampton for the trial, socially networked friends around the globe and a 'Mackenzie friend' in court, Graeme took up the challenge and together they put the government and the helicopter on trial.
The Ploughshares documentary shares this remarkable story of peacemaking in an era of perpetual war in the belief that ... Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Bradbury, 1951-, Treena Lenthall, fl. 2007-2018, Frontline Films, Anthony Kelly, fl. 2012-2016
Author / Creator
David Bradbury, 1951-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Frontline Films
Speaker / Narrator
Anthony Kelly, fl. 2012-2016
Person Discussed
Bryan Law, 1954-2013, Graeme Dunstan, 1942-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Disarmament, Political demonstrations, Peace activism and activists, Trials and litigation, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Anthropology, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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