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war history www.marcom.com.au 16 Imperialism This program is an excellent way to define and analyse imperialism, as it examines three case studies: the Spanish in Latin America; the British in India; and the multinational division of Africa. Topics addressed are the motives, methods of establishment and operation, and effects of imperialism. Duration 44min VHS - RWCIMP Price $132 Cuban Missile Crisis In 1962, the Soviet Union amassed an arsenal of nuclear missiles in Cuba, which lies some 70 miles off the coast of Florida. Four Russian submarines discovered in the Caribbean provoked a stand-off that brought the world perilously close to nuclear war. In this program you will hear exclusive interviews with former Soviet naval commanders and former White House aides and view archival footage of unfolding events. Discovery School Channel 2003 Duration 52min DVD - 6DISCMC Price $137.50 The Roots of Conflict In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition Palestine and create a homeland for Jewish people. More than 50 years later, conflict between Jews and Palestinians is still unresolved - and it is often marked by violence. Learn the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the historical claims to the land that both sides have made. Discovery Channel School 2003 Duration 45min DVD - 6DISIP1 Price $137.50 Israel and Palestine Fight for Peace Can there be peace in the Middle East? The Oslo Peace Accords in 1993 brought a glimmer of hope to ending a decades old dispute. Learn the obstacles that have prevented Israel and Palestine from compromising, including border disputes, refugees, settlers, terrorism and years of distrust and bloodshed. Discovery Channel School 2003 Duration 45min DVD - 6DISIP2 Price $137.50 Historical Heroes This thoughtful program encourages students to weigh the heroic value of such attributes as rebelliousness, endurance and risk taking. Great Books: The Right Stuff: explores the experiences of American astronauts through Tom Wolfe’s book. The Original Gangs of New York: addresses how 19th century gangs in New York helped forge the city’s politics and identity. Australia’s Criminal Past: tells the story of convicts who became Australia’s first European settlers after being forcibly transported there by Great Britain. Great Books: Les Miserable: analyses life in post-Revolutionary France as described in Victor Hugo’s classic novel. Discovery Channel School Duration 54min DVD - 6DISHH Price $137.50 Afghanistan - 12 Years of Violence This program charts the history of Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion to civil war between ethnic tribes to the rise of the Taliban. This war-torn country was once home to many sophisticated, educated, and artistic people. By the late 1990s, it became an international centre for smuggling drugs and precious stones and the headquarters of Osama bin Laden. Discovery Channel School 2002 Study Notes Duration 26min DVD - 6DISAFG Price $137.50 Americas Forgotten Allies This documentary program tells the story of the Montagnard hill tribes of Vietnam’s central highlands - loyal allies to the American forces during the Vietnam conflict who are now fighting for their existence, their culture, and their land. During the Vietnam War thousands of Montagnard hill tribesmen were recruited by the CIA and Special Forces to fight the communists in exchange for US promises of support and protection. Tragically, those loyal US allies would be abandoned in 1975 to be brutally persecuted by the vengeful communists. It was in 1992 however, when the last resistance group of Montagnards, who were still fighting the Vietnam War, would surrender. Like ghosts they stepped out of the jungle - 17 years after America left Vietnam. SBS Television 2002 Duration 52min DVD - 6SBAFA Price $132 The Art of War In The Art of War, Betty Churcher brings her unique perspective to a series on Australian art inspired or provoked by a century of conflict, from World War I to the “war on terror”. A personal exploration of art rather than a comprehensive history, it reveals how dramatically attitudes to war have changed and how radically the trauma of war has changed art itself. With images from official war artists, soldiers on the frontline or in POW camps, civilians in concentration camps and those on the homefront, it is a story of unknown artists and famous names such as George Lambert, Nora Heysen, Wendy Sharpe and Sidney Nolan. Titles include: Birth of a Legend The Human Tragedy Far from the Frontline Cold War Conflagration A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Early Works. Produced with the support of the Australian War Memorial and in association with SBS Independent 2005. Duration 4 x 26min DVD - 88FAART Price $165 Causes of World War I Revised and expanded this program explores the political, economic and social causes of World War 1. Part 1 addresses the development of nationalism and major power’s goals ; the 2nd part depicts pre-war European prosperity and then focuses on imperialism and the tensions created. Duration 35min DVD - 6RWCWW1 Price $132 Causes of World War II This program explores how the events and consequences of World War I sowed the seeds for World War II. Part one focuses on the 1920 Treaty of Versailles, the Russian Revolution, Facism and National Socialism in Germany. Part two focuses on the 1930’s, Hitler, the effect of the depression, Spanish Civil War and Japan. Duration 47min DVD - 6RWCWW2 Price $132 BEST SELLER
set CRIME OF CRIMES of T 2 x 100 his series analyses the social, political and historical conditions that make ethnic cleansing possible. Episode 1 begins with the persecution of the Jews throughout history. Episode 2 focuses on the colonisers, who turned land into property, clearing the indigenous people. Episode 3 looks at Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries. Episode 4 looks at genocides in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Rwanda. SBS Australia. 6SBCOCP Crime of Crimes - Part 1 Enemy / Land Rather than being a grim litany of disaster, this series analyses the social, political and historical conditions that make ethnic cleansing possible. It begins with the persecution of the Jews throughout history it continues by looking at colonisers in North America, Australia and South Africa who justified brutal expansion in the name of ‘civilising’ the native peoples: then considers ethnic cleansing of political ends. The episode ‘Land’ focuses on the colonisers, who turned land into property, clearing the indigenous people, establishing Europeans as the new owners. This clear and settle policy was first tried out by the English in Ireland but was also used later in North America and Australia establishing Europeans as the new owners. *Rated M DVD - 6SBCOCP1 Price $198 Crime of Crimes - Part 2 Nation / Vengeance The episode ‘Nation’ looks at Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Centuries when the great empires were crumbling and the peoples of Europe turned to nationhood to instil security and a sense of belonging. In Turkey, the reign of the tyrannical sultans was swept away, and replaced in 1908 by a group known as the Young Turks, a group of military men who no longer saw the empire as a priority. The episode ‘Vengeance’ looks at genocides in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Rwanda. These campaigns of mass murder were conducted by people who felt that they were part of a group that had suffered in the past, and wanted to right the wrongs of history. In the history of genocide, the perpetrators have always needed a powerful and convincing story to enable them to kill and justify their actions. *Rated M DVD - 6SBCOCP2 Price $198 SAVE Full Series - Price $316 2 The Internationale Drawing on people’s stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate the relationship between music and social change, and to evaluate the uncertain fate of once thriving movements of the left. It takes us on a lyrical journey from the Paris Commune to the collapse of Soviet Communism, from the slums of Kingston Jamaica to Tiananmen Square, in search of what might be the only song to change the world. With each rendering of The Internationale we learn what happens when the only truly universal dream of our century - the dream of a world without exploitation - is deferred. SBS Television Duration 30min DVD - 6SBINT Price $121 The Last Poets The Last Poets were a group of black poets formed in the 1960’s through to the 1970s in Harlem, New York, whose work was based on strong, direct ideology and revolutionary ideals. The film traces their place in the late 50’s and 60’s in the background of the Black Panthers and the Civil Rights movement. The Last Poets all testify lucidly to the ambitions and effects of their poetry within a time of growing strength, confidence and optimism within the black communities in America. SBS Television Duration 60min VHS - SBLPO Price $132 Renaissance This program is divided into three parts: Europe before the Renaissance, Italy and the Renaissance and the Renaissance elsewhere in Europe. Each segment places key events in context as the viewer is taken to various buildings and landmarks. The program uses painting, sculpture, architecture, music and documentary material. Clearvue Duration 56min VHS - RWCR Price $159.50 Tulips the Light of the East This is the story of the flower that has shaped human destinies and influenced the face of history. Greed, desire and anguish have all played their part in the development of the tulip, from its origin as a wild flower of the Asian steppes to its current status as a world phenomenon. The saga of the tulip is brought to life through a combination of contemporary film material, interviews with experts and carefully re-enacted historical scenes. RNTV 2003 Duration 52min VHS - RNTU Price $137.50 BEST SELLER war history www.marcom.com.au 17
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