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  • [The 90’s raw : War Celebration]

    [The 90’s raw : War Celebration]

    Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Raw footage for The 90’s. Celebration at the National Mall for soldiers returning from Desert Storm. The tape begins with shots of anti-war protesters arguing with war supporters, then moves to some military tents where soldiers are demonstrating weapons.

  • Where the Bombs Fall

    Where the Bombs Fall

    Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Documentary on children affected by the attacks on Panama City in 1989. Tape includes a 5-minute and an 8-minute version. A group of five year olds make drawings to show the violence that they have seen. The children show their drawings and talk about their experiences, a woman speaks about her murdered son and those still looking for their missing children, young men from the marines talk about how they don’t have time and are not supposed to question their actions. “I am to do what I am told to do, and that is all.” 

  • Image Union, episode 0806

    Image Union, episode 0806

    Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Paul Thornton, James Vincent Minnice, and Kirk von Heflin. Topics include war and militarization (Thornton), narrative fiction (Minnice), and documentary (von Heflin).

  • Image union, episode 1033

    Image union, episode 1033

    Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. A documentary shot at the Veterans’ Day Parade in Chicago on June 19, 1986. Videomaker Denis Mueller interviews Vietnam vets who have been scarred by their experiences in the war and are now ardent anti-war activists, and are opposed to many policies of Ronald Reagan’s administration. A highlight comes when Barry Romo, one of the founders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, speaks to high schoolers about the gruesome realities of fighting in a war.

  • Know Your Enemy – Japan

    Know Your Enemy – Japan

    Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. A WWII U.S. War Department orientation film using racist, anti-Japanese propaganda techniques. The film gives a brief history of Japan, and an overview of Japanese social, military, and political culture, with the ultimate goal of explaining that the whole  Japanese culture is designed to create soldiers bent on world domination. It uses typical War Department technique of narration over newsreel and stock footage, and dramatic re-enactments.

 
 
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