If war should come [DVD]
Call Number: ART LIBRARY DVD 791.443 IFW
Publication Date: 2009
18 films from 1939-1941 which provide a fascinating and poignant insight into a nation on the cusp of war and its transition to the brutal realities of lie in the Blitz.
Burma [DVD]
Call Number: MENZIES +2502809
Publication Date: 2007
The 1996 documentary Burma: Student power explores the student rebellion based out of Rangoon.
Destination: Lhasa [VHS]
Call Number: CHIFLEY audio-vis DS796.L46D48 1997
Publication Date: 1997
A breathtaking portrayal of China's military takeover of Tibet against the backdrop of a Cold War mania.
The women outside [DVD]
Call Number: CHIFLEY HQ1765.5 .W66 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Documentary on young South Korean women who work in sex related enterprises adjacent to American military bases in South Korea. Also explores the lives of Korean American women who came to the United States as wives of American servicemen.
To sell a war [VHS]
Call Number: CHIFLEY audio-vis DS79.739.T6 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Takes an in-depth look at the propaganda machine in action in very recent history by examining the invented story of Saddam Hussein's invading Iraqi troops pulling Kuwaitee babies from incubators and leaving them to die (part of a multi-million dollar campaign to sell the Persian Gulf war to the Americans).
Independent Company: the Australian 2/2 Independent Company, Timor 1941-42 [VHS]
Call Number: CHIFLEY audio-vis D767.813.I64 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Tells the story of 300 Australian men in East Timor and their friendship with the Timorese people, who sheltered them from the Japanese occupiers.
Journey to an American spy base [VHS]
Call Number: CHIFLEY audio-vis UA870.J68 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Bob Plasto visits the United States and then Pine Gap, and reports on the conspiracy to allow the gathering of intelligence and military secrets by the U.S. at Pine Gap (which was once thought to be nothing more than an innocent joint space research facility).
Vietnam: a television history [VHS]
Call Number: CHIFLEY audio-vis DS557.73.V53 1987 (tapes 1-7)
Publication Date: 1987
This documentary analyses the costs and consequences of the Vietnam War. It provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to colour American thinking in military and foreign policy issues.
