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Ho Chi Minh
directed by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016, Reuters Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997, originally published 1996), 27 mins
In Vietnam, one of the last communist nations, Ho Chi Minh remains the father figure for the nation. For many in the West there remains a fascination with Uncle Ho, the frail, idealistic leader who against seemingly insurmountable odds humiliated two of the world's strongest armies, the American and the French. Th...
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directed by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016, Reuters Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997, originally published 1996), 27 mins
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In Vietnam, one of the last communist nations, Ho Chi Minh remains the father figure for the nation. For many in the West there remains a fascination with Uncle Ho, the frail, idealistic leader who against seemingly insurmountable odds humiliated two of the world's strongest armies, the American and the French. This film, based on newsreel footage and interviews with contemporaries, traces the story of his life. Born into a Mandarin family in 189...
In Vietnam, one of the last communist nations, Ho Chi Minh remains the father figure for the nation. For many in the West there remains a fascination with Uncle Ho, the frail, idealistic leader who against seemingly insurmountable odds humiliated two of the world's strongest armies, the American and the French. This film, based on newsreel footage and interviews with contemporaries, traces the story of his life. Born into a Mandarin family in 1890 when Indochina was part of the French empire, he gravitated towards Paris like many in his generation. There he founded the Indochinese Communist Party, calling for an independent Indochina composed of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The following years were spent between Russia and Asia where he learned guerrilla warfare from Mao Tse Tung. His big chance came during World War II when the Japanese occupied Indochina. The film goes on to show how his army, the Viet Minh, drove them out and then went on to fight the French for control of the country. Independence for North Vietnam was achieved with the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu. He never lived to see the victory over the Americans or the unification of Vietnam. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016, Reuters Television, Sandy Gall, 1927-
Author / Creator
Greg Barker, fl. 1996-2016
Date Published / Released
1996, 1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Sandy Gall, 1927-
Person Discussed
Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969
Topic / Theme
Communism, Imperialism, International relations, Propaganda, Social activism and activists, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, First Indochina War, 1946-1954, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2, What a King Should Know
directed by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014; produced by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, in Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 59 mins
Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and...
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directed by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014; produced by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, in Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 59 mins
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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France (1340-1453).
In the British Library's Royal...
Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France (1340-1453).
In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection she finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. Dr Ramirez also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopedia.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, Janina Ramirez
Author / Creator
Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Speaker / Narrator
Janina Ramirez
Topic / Theme
Nationalism, Rebellions, War, Books, Royal courts, Royalty (Social class), Royal successions, Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453, Political and Social Movements, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Post-Classical Period (500–1450), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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Infamous Assassinations, 18, The Assassination of Charles de Gaulle
directed by Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Infamous Assassinations, 18 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2007, originally published 2007), 26 mins
There were three attempts to kill General de Gaulle, all of which were unsuccessful. The first was by German snipers in Paris 1945. The second was on 8 September 1961, when a plastic charge was fired at his car by a gang controlled by Raoul Salan. The third attempt was on 22 August 1962, when his
car was raked by...
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directed by Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Infamous Assassinations, 18 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2007, originally published 2007), 26 mins
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There were three attempts to kill General de Gaulle, all of which were unsuccessful. The first was by German snipers in Paris 1945. The second was on 8 September 1961, when a plastic charge was fired at his car by a gang controlled by Raoul Salan. The third attempt was on 22 August 1962, when his
car was raked by machine-gun fire which shattered the rear window and burst two tyres. The General escaped all three attempts, but was there a fourth wh...
There were three attempts to kill General de Gaulle, all of which were unsuccessful. The first was by German snipers in Paris 1945. The second was on 8 September 1961, when a plastic charge was fired at his car by a gang controlled by Raoul Salan. The third attempt was on 22 August 1962, when his
car was raked by machine-gun fire which shattered the rear window and burst two tyres. The General escaped all three attempts, but was there a fourth which was not reported?
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Infamous Assassinations
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970
Topic / Theme
Assassination plots and attempts, Imperialism, Revolutions, Terrorism, Algerian Independence from France, July 5, 1962, Algerian War of Independence, 1954-1962, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 3, The Separation (1789-1945)
directed by Karim Miské, 1964-; produced by Anne Labro and Jean Labib, fl. 1981, Film Ideas, in Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 3 (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas), 54 mins
History now takes us to Europe: the French Revolution. Nation-states. The Jews, now European citizens, became the target of a more asserted anti-Semitism. But having incorporated the new national elites, they began to take a greater interest in the fate of the Jews in the Muslim world and to play the role of their...
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directed by Karim Miské, 1964-; produced by Anne Labro and Jean Labib, fl. 1981, Film Ideas, in Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers, 3 (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas), 54 mins
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History now takes us to Europe: the French Revolution. Nation-states. The Jews, now European citizens, became the target of a more asserted anti-Semitism. But having incorporated the new national elites, they began to take a greater interest in the fate of the Jews in the Muslim world and to play the role of their protectors. Trapped between Zionism and Arabic nationalism, Palestine — called “Southern Syria” by the Ottomans — became the o...
History now takes us to Europe: the French Revolution. Nation-states. The Jews, now European citizens, became the target of a more asserted anti-Semitism. But having incorporated the new national elites, they began to take a greater interest in the fate of the Jews in the Muslim world and to play the role of their protectors. Trapped between Zionism and Arabic nationalism, Palestine — called “Southern Syria” by the Ottomans — became the object of religious and political contention.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Anne Labro, Jean Labib, fl. 1981, Film Ideas, Tanya Blumstein, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Karim Miské, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Jews & Muslims: Intimate Strangers
Speaker / Narrator
Tanya Blumstein, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Antisemitism, Revolutions, Hate groups, International relations, Nazism, Religion, Nationalism, French Revolution, 1789-1799, World War II, 1939-1945, World War I, 1914-1918, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Jews, Arabs, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Maria's Story: A Documentary Portrait Of Love And Survival In El Salvador's Civil War
directed by Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011 and Monona Wali, 1955-; produced by Catherine M. Ryan, fl. 2011 and Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2011), 57 mins
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the frontlines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's dai...
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directed by Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011 and Monona Wali, 1955-; produced by Catherine M. Ryan, fl. 2011 and Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2011), 57 mins
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It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the frontlines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war as she travels from village to village organizing the peasant population, and helps plan a major nationwide offensiv...
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the frontlines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war as she travels from village to village organizing the peasant population, and helps plan a major nationwide offensive that led the FMLN into the historic peace pact of 1992. Skirting bullets and mortar attacks, recounting a childhood of poverty and abuse by government troops, suffering the tragic loss of her daughter to enemy fire, and spending precious moments with her husband and surviving daughters, Maria brings viewers to the heart of the fight for a more just society. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the film is available for the first time on DVD. Included is an update of Maria Serrano and her family twenty years after the end of the civil war.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Catherine M. Ryan, fl. 2011, Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Pamela Cohen, fl. 2011, Monona Wali, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Topic / Theme
Civilian war casualties, Civil war, Guerrilla warfare
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Copyright © 2010. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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Menace on the northern border: text of a speech delivered in the Lok Sabha on Sept 12 1959 (b2748944)
written by Acharya Kripalani, 1888-1982, in Institute of Commonwealth Studies Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) , 11 page(s)
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written by Acharya Kripalani, 1888-1982, in Institute of Commonwealth Studies Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) , 11 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Acharya Kripalani, 1888-1982
Topic / Theme
China and its Borders, Border Events and Areas Context, Political boundaries, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Material sourced from the Collection of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Senate House Library, University of London. Copyright © The University of London.
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Monarchy by David Starkey, Episode 5, Oliver Cromwell: The King Killer
directed by James Runcie, 1959-; produced by James Runcie, 1959-, in Monarchy by David Starkey, Episode 5 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2005), 48 mins
Under the charismatic Oliver Cromwell, Parliament commits a previously unthinkable act: it executes a reigning king. Eventually, the fledgling republic discovers that it needs a monarch after all.
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directed by James Runcie, 1959-; produced by James Runcie, 1959-, in Monarchy by David Starkey, Episode 5 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2005), 48 mins
Description
Under the charismatic Oliver Cromwell, Parliament commits a previously unthinkable act: it executes a reigning king. Eventually, the fledgling republic discovers that it needs a monarch after all.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Starkey, 1945-, James Runcie, 1959-
Author / Creator
James Runcie, 1959-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Monarchy by David Starkey
Person Discussed
Charles II, King of England and Ireland, 1630-1685, Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658
Topic / Theme
Political debates, Political boundaries, Monarchy, War, Religion, Protestantism, Clergy
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Copyright © 2005 Aliant Content
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Noam Chomsky - Mafia Principle Of Global Hegemony: Middle East, Empire, & Activism
produced by PM Press (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2010), 2 hours 27 mins
The world's most influential living intellectual, Noam Chomsky, holds forth on the root causes of the conflicts in the Middle East, and talks about hopes for future social change. The renowned foreign policy critic and linguist brings the full force of his rapier-like mind and deadpan wit to bear in slicing throug...
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produced by PM Press (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2010), 2 hours 27 mins
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The world's most influential living intellectual, Noam Chomsky, holds forth on the root causes of the conflicts in the Middle East, and talks about hopes for future social change. The renowned foreign policy critic and linguist brings the full force of his rapier-like mind and deadpan wit to bear in slicing through mainstream misconceptions.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Lecture/presentation, Interview
Contributor
PM Press
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Noam Chomsky, 1928-
Person Discussed
Noam Chomsky, 1928-
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Politics
Copyright Message
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Political Assassinations, Vol. III, A Death for Peace: Mahatma Gandhi and the Impossible Quest
directed by Arnaud Mandagaran; produced by Quarter Latin Media and Solferino Images, in Political Assassinations, Vol. III (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2010), 52 mins
Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of the partition of the Indian Empire into India and Pakistan. Over 50 years later it is critical to analyze Gandhi's struggles in context with the simmering tensions that headline world events today.
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directed by Arnaud Mandagaran; produced by Quarter Latin Media and Solferino Images, in Political Assassinations, Vol. III (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2010), 52 mins
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Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of the partition of the Indian Empire into India and Pakistan. Over 50 years later it is critical to analyze Gandhi's struggles in context with the simmering tensions that headline world events today.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Quarter Latin Media, Solferino Images, Christopher Mack, fl. 2010, Randoll Holden, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Arnaud Mandagaran
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Political Assassinations
Speaker / Narrator
Christopher Mack, fl. 2010, Randoll Holden, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
Topic / Theme
Assassinations, Politics, Social activism and activists, Civil disobedience, Imperialism, Mahatma Gandhi, Assassination, New Delhi, India, January 30, 1948, Partitioning of India and Pakistan, 1947, War and Violence
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Revolutions, Georgia: The Rose Revolution
directed by Christian Zeender, 1941-; produced by Michel Noll, 1949-, Solferino Images, France 5 and Télévision Suisse-Romande, in Revolutions (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2012), 51 mins
October 2003, Georgia: in this post-soviet Republic weakened by civil war and the succession of several territories in the early 1990's, a democratic opposition movement protests the outcome of the election, claiming fraud. Under the leadership of the charismatic Mikheil Saakashvili, also known as "Micha", the est...
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directed by Christian Zeender, 1941-; produced by Michel Noll, 1949-, Solferino Images, France 5 and Télévision Suisse-Romande, in Revolutions (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2012), 51 mins
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October 2003, Georgia: in this post-soviet Republic weakened by civil war and the succession of several territories in the early 1990's, a democratic opposition movement protests the outcome of the election, claiming fraud. Under the leadership of the charismatic Mikheil Saakashvili, also known as "Micha", the establishment is swept away in a mere few weeks. An inside glance at a successful revolution, one that remained non-violent and served as...
October 2003, Georgia: in this post-soviet Republic weakened by civil war and the succession of several territories in the early 1990's, a democratic opposition movement protests the outcome of the election, claiming fraud. Under the leadership of the charismatic Mikheil Saakashvili, also known as "Micha", the establishment is swept away in a mere few weeks. An inside glance at a successful revolution, one that remained non-violent and served as an inspiration for the events leading other former soviet republics, like Ukraine towards democracy. A context, however, that remains fragile, as can be seen in the death on February 3, 2005 of Prime Minister Zourab Zhvania, close collaborator of the new President.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Michel Noll, 1949-, Solferino Images, France 5, Télévision Suisse-Romande, Peter Hercombe, fl. 1985
Author / Creator
Christian Zeender, 1941-
Date Published / Released
2004, 2012
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Revolutions
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Hercombe, fl. 1985
Person Discussed
Mikheil Saakashvili, 1967-, Eduard Shevardnadze, 1928-2014
Topic / Theme
Political corruption, Political reforms, International relations, Democracy, Revolutions, Elections, Rose Revolution, Georgia (Country), November 3 - 23, 2003
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