Michael Dobbs: The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
Oct 8th, 2008
Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs describes the moment the world came closer than ever before (or, possibly, since) to nuclear destruction.
He will draw modern-day lessons from those perilous 13 days, including the importance of character in the Oval Office and the myth of crisis management.
How much did John F. Kennedy know in the run-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis? What were his motivations, and what were those of his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev?
Dobbs will discuss his research on the untold facets of the October crisis - The Commonwealth Club of California
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Baghdad: A doctor story - Documentary
Baghdad A doctor story
38 min 53 sec - Nov 5, 2007
Filmed exclusively by an Iraqi doctor, This World reveals the terrible conditions of a civilian emergency room in Baghdad Al Yarmouk Hospital is in the most dangerous area of Baghdad. Sectarian violence is tearing the city apart and ambulance crews go from one dangerous mission to another.
Talking on camera is dangerous, but here patients and doctors speak out. Wherever they go, the doctor is there with his camera. "People don't know what is going on in Iraq," he says, "they can't hear the Iraqi people screaming." In the constant stream of news reports from Iraq, the voice of ordinary people seems to have been lost. In this film, we hear from them directly... and get a harrowing insight into everyday life in Baghdad.
Baghdad A doctor story
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Alfred Hitchcock Documentary on the Nazi Holocaust
An Alfred Hitchcock documentary on the Nazi Holocaust
52 min 59 sec - Apr 17, 2007
A film the British Government deemed too grisly for release after World War II - has received its public debut on British television. Fifteen minutes of the black-and- white film, which was shot by the armed forces after the war, were televised Tuesday night by the Independent Television News.
An Alfred Hitchcock documentary on the Nazi Holocaust
Pius XII - Papal Coronation
"The Coronation of His Holiness Pius XII. This is a clip from an Italian film on his life preceeding the Papacy, hence the narration for the first half. Although the video quality is rather poor, it is still an interesting historical piece. "
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1896 video - Tsar Nicholas II Coronation
Tsar Nicholas II Coronation: "Scenes from the coronation of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II in May 1896; this is one of the oldest filmed moving images in existence, and one of the first examples of a significant news event being filmed to be shown to audiences worldwide.
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