Western and Northern Europe History and Politics: Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley

	Western & Northern Europe: History and Politics

	General Individual Countries France Germany Greece/Cyprus Italy Scandinavia Spain/Portugal United Kingdom/Ireland Immigrants within Western Europe/Scandinavia Eastern Europe Peace and Conflict in the 20th Century French cinema in the Media Resources Center German cinema in the Media Resources Center Italian cinema in the Media Resources Center The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Immigrants Within Europe General *Age of Hope, 1900 (People's Century).* The dawn of the twentieth century was forged in hope and optimism. Here interviewees from Europe, Asia and the United States (boasting an average age of 102), recount the part they played in the century's early history. Whether fighting on the barricades of the failed Russian Revolution of 1905 or campaigning for votes for women; recalling the Paris Exposition of 1900, or President McKinley's assassination or witnessing the sinking of the Titanic, all remember the changes they lived through and the clash of forces and ideas before World War I. 1998. 56 min. Video/C 5555 The Atlantic Charter: The End of Colonialism Examines the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration by Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, that gave hope to nationalists living in embattled Europe and in colonial possessions around the world. Includes research asserting that the Charter accelerated Hitler's plans for the "final solution" and influenced Japan's decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. Includes commentary by Elliott Roosevelt, Douglas Brinkley and historians Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Richard Rathbone, Chandrika Kaul, Theodore Wilson, and Tobias Jersak. 2002. 57 min. DVD 2030 Blue Danube? The Danube, the world's most international river connecting 18 countries, is at the heart of a very modern dilemma -- how to create prosperity through trade and development without destroying the environment? This program examines the consequences when more than one country shares what a river has to offer, investigating how the Danube has become a new battleground in the conflict between the European Union's transport and agriculture lobbies, and environmentalists fighting to preserve the river's unique ecology. Originally broadcast on the television program Lifeonline in 2004. 27 min. DVD 3970 Description from Bullfrog Films catalog Boomtime, 1948. (People's Century, 1997.) After World War II, the USA enjoyed unparalleled prosperity while Europe and much of the rest of the world suffered from devastation, lack of food and other necessities, and unemployment. The American Marshall Plan assisted Europe greatly in its recovery from the war and helped Europeans learn the 'American way' of doing things. Europeans began changing their economy by themselves and became consumers as well as producers. This prosperity lasted until 1973, when the certainty of cheap oil and a world dominated by the West was over. It was the beginning of the end of the greatest boom of the century. 56 min. Video/C 6444 Civilisation. 13 part series with Sir Kenneth Clark. For individual installments, consult the GLADIS catalog under series name. The Cold War. 1998. 47 min. each installment. Comrades, 1917-1945. Though ideological enemies, the Soviet Union and the United States are allies against Hitler during WWII. At the end of the war, Europe is divided, and the one-time allies now confront each other knowing that the United States has the atomic bomb. Video/C 5735 Iron Curtain, 1945-1947. The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns of the consequences. Stalin insists that the governments of the Soviet Union's client states be pro-communist. Impoverished after the war, Great Britain opts out as a world power. The United States assumes the mantle of world leadership. Video/C 5735 Marshall Plan, 1947-1952. The United States adopts the Truman doctrine, pledging to defend freedom worldwide. Secretary of State George Marshall plans to bolster economic recovery in Europe. Seeing this as a threat, Stalin forbids his satellites to participate. The world effectively divides. Video/C 5735 Berlin, 1948-1949 In Berlin, the American, British and French sectors form a Western enclave in the Soviet zone of divided Germany. In June 1948, the Soviets blockade the city, but the Western allies successfully airlift in supplies. In August 1949, Soviet scientists explode an atomic bomb, establishing nuclear parity between the two superpowers. Video/C 5736 Reds, 1947-1953. Following Stalin's domination of Eastern Europe and the loss of China, American democracy falls victim to anti-communist hysteria, but survives it. Eisenhower is elected President. In the Soviet Union, Stalin reinforces the climate of terror on which his rule is based. When he dies in 1953, the Soviet people mourn the end of an era. Video/C 5736 Korea, 1949-1953. In June 1950, North Korea invades the South, with Stalin's blessing. The United States, backed by the United Nations, defends South Korea, and then is confronted by communist China. In mid-1951, the war grinds to a bloody stalemate but eventually an armistice is signed. Aggression has been contained. Video/C 5736 After Stalin, 1953-1956. Thaw is conceivable with Stalin's death. Khrushchev outmaneuvers Malenkov for power and visits the West. Germans, Poles and Hungarians attempt to rise against Soviet rule. In 1956, an uprising in Hungary is ruthlessly crushed by Soviet tanks. The United States, pledged to contain rather than overthrow communism, does nothing. Video/C 5737 Sputnik, 1949-1961. In the mid-50s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957, the first Soviet satellite Sputnik orbits the earth--to the dismay and fear of the United States, frustrated by its own ineffectual space program. In 1961, the Soviets launch Yuri Gargarin into space. America will have to meet the challenge. Video/C 5737 The Wall, 1958-1963. The fate of Germany remains unresolved. West Germany has been admitted to NATO. Within East Germany, Berlin is divided between East and West by an open border. Thousands seize the chance to flee the communist system. To keep their people in, the East Germans, with Soviet backing, build The Wall. Video/C 5737 Cuba, 1959-1962. Khruschev decides, with Castro's agreement, to install short-range and medium-range missiles in Cuba, only 90 miles from the U.S. The United States detects the missile sites and blockades the island. The superpowers confront each other; but rather than embark on nuclear war, they each step back. Video/C 5738 Vietnam, 1954-1968. Vietnam has been divided since the end of French colonial rule. The North is run by communists, the South by anti-communists. Ignoring warnings against involvement in a nationalist struggle, the United States commits its armed forces. American protests against the war mount as the U.S. begins to realize this is not a war it can win. Video/C 5738 MAD, 1960-1972. Throughout the 60s, the U.S. and the Soviet Union are locked in a nuclear stand-off; each realizes that bombing the enemy could provoke retaliation and self-destruction. Nuclear strategy evolves into Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD, in which both sides are guaranteed certain annihilation in the event of nuclear war. Video/C 5738 Make Love Not War, The Sixties. Western economies grow and prosper, fueled partly by armaments production. Rejecting their parents' affluence and the Cold War, many of the young protest and rebel. There is racial violence in U.S. inner cities while rock music comes to express the mood of a disenchanted generation. Video/C 5739 Red Spring, The Sixties.In the Soviet bloc, communist rule stifles ambition and achievement. Soviet defense expenditure cripples economic growth. The young lust for totems of America's youth culture--blue jeans and rock-n-roll. In Czechoslovakia, Dubcek attempts limited reform, but in 1968, Soviet force crushes the Prague Spring. Video/C 5739 China, 1949-1972. Chinese communists win the longest civil war in 20th century history. Mao's land reforms are popular but in 1958, he embarks on a series of catastrophic changes. China maintains an increasingly uneasy relationship with the Soviet Union. In 1960 the Sino-Soviet split paves the way for President Nixon's historic visit to Beijing. Video/C 5739 Detente, 1969-1975. North Vietnam launches a new offensive against the South. The U.S. steps up its bombing campaign but seeks peace through diplomacy. Nixon and Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). The U.S. finally withdraws from Vietnam. Detente culminates in the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. Video/C 5740 Good Guys, Bad Guys, 1967-1978 The superpowers use surrogates to wage ideological and often physical conflict. In 1967 and 1973, American backed-Israel triumphs over Soviet-backed Egypt and Syria. In Africa, the Soviets exploit nationalist, anti-colonial struggles. The U.S. supports South Africa in its battle against communism. Video/C 5740 Backyard, 1954-1990. The U.S. has always regarded Latin America as its own backyard. Fearing the spread of communism, it seeks to destabilize leftist governments. In 1973, the CIA helps overthrow the Chilean President Salvador Allende; in the 1980s, it supports right-wing extremists in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Video/C 5740 Freeze, 1977-1981. Concern for human rights in the East grows; detente ebbs. The Soviets arm Eastern Europe. The U.S. threatens to site missiles in Western Europe. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ends detente. Promising tougher measures against Moscow, Reagan defeats Carter for the presidency. In Poland, martial law is imposed. Video/C 5741 Soldiers of God, 1975-1988. Afghanistan is a war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet conscripts and an estimated one million Afghans. The U.S. supplies billions of dollars of weapons to unlikely allies--Islamic fundamentalists. The result is a Vietnam-style conflict which takes its toll on the Soviets and hastens the end of the Cold War. Video/C 5741 Spies, 1944-1994. Early CIA attempts to penetrate the Iron Curtain are thwarted. The U.S. reacts with increasingly sophisticated technological intelligence--the U-2 spy-plane, satellite reconnaissance and electronic eavesdropping. Yet human spies remain important. Sometimes betrayers, sometimes betrayed, many spies pay with their lives. Video/C 5741 Star Wars, 1980-1988. Reagan boosts U.S. defense spending and proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative, an anti-missile system in space. New premier Gorbachev knows the Soviets can't match the U.S., and wants to liberalize and reconstruct the Russian economy. After summits in Geneva, Reykjavik and Washington, the leaders agree to drastic arms cuts. Video/C 5742 The Wall Comes Down, 1989. Incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc is breaking up, virtually without bloodshed. First Poland, then Hungary, then East Germany slip away from communist control. Gorbachev makes no effort to hold them back with force. Amid scenes of jubilation, the hated Berlin Wall comes down. Video/C 5742 Cold War. ConclusionsThe U.S. proves the stronger, the Soviet Union implodes. Germany is reunified. Shorn of its empire and communist domination, Russia faces its future with its economy in chaos. The balance of terror that has kept the peace for more than 40 years vanishes. The Cold War has ended without the use of nuclear weapons. Video/C 5742 Crusades Chronicles the origins and history of the Crusades. Series host: Terry Jones; History Channel host: Roger Mudd. 1995. 50 min. each. Crusades, Vol. 1: Pilgrims in arms. In this segment historians and theologians discuss the roots of the First Crusade as a political exercise, initiated by Pope Urban II to solidify his political power in the East. 50 min. Video/C 8300 Crusades, Vol. 2: Jerusalem. This segment follows the trail of the "holy slaughter" from the Bosphorus to the Holy City. Moving through Syrian towns such as Edessa and Antioch, Jones provides insights into the hardships experienced by the Crusaders and the atrocities they committed. His comments are coupled with written eyewitness accounts of the Crusades and expert commentary from historians. 50 min. Video/C 8301 Crusades, Vol. 3: Jihad. This segment follows the Muslim's recapture of Jerusalem and the Second Crusade. Jerusalem's Arab leader, Nur ed-Din declares a Jihad, or holy war, against the invaders. A final battle commanded by his successor, the legendary Saladin, would determine the ultimate fate of this Crusade. 50 min. Video/C 8302 Crusades, Vol. 4: Destruction. This fourth segment presents the Third Crusade, which added the names of Richard "the Lionheart" and Philip of France to the roster of holy warriors and examines the reality behind the legends of their noble deeds. The Fourth and final crusade, launched as a commercial operation, sacked and looted Constantinople, the Christian city that originally inspired the holy movement. 50 min. Video/C 8303 The Dialogue on Europe: The Challenge of Institutional Reform A short history of the European Union with emphasis on the changes which must occur if a number of Eastern European countries which have applied for membership are accepted. 2000. 11 min. Video/C 8298 Domestic Terrorism. This program looks at what makes educated -- sometimes highly educated men and women take up arms in an ideological bid to overthrow their democratic governments; and it shows why some fail, while others are more successful in attaining their goals. It also shows why highly motivated and intelligent terrorists are so difficult for police to catch, and underscores the inevitable temptations for government to bend or break the law in order to bring the culprits to justice. Looks at terrorist activities in Italy, Northern Ireland and Spain. Dist: Films Media Group. 52 min. Video/C 8343 The End of Empires A documentary examining the end of European imperialism and colonial rule in Asia and Africa. Looking back at the splendor of the European empires in their heyday, explains how independence movements gathered strength to eventually overthrow the colonial powers, and describes the severe political and economic difficulties that often accompanied independence. Appearing are the last Governor of Ghana, the son of an Algerian independence activist, the daughter of a Ghanese opposition leader under Knurmah, and an Indian who experienced the joys of independence. 1996. 49 min. Video/C MM353 Europe: Confronting New Challenges, [Pt.1 & 2](Power of Place: World Regional Geography; 3-4, 5-6) Prog. 3. Supranationalism and devolution: Strasbourg, Europe's new capital? Slovakia, new sovereignty--Prog. 4. East looks West: Berlin, united we stand. Poland, diffusion of democracy. Prog. 5. Transforming industrial coreland: Liverpool, a new dawn. Randstad, preserving the green heart.--Prog. 6. Challenges on the periphery: Iceland, edge of the habitable world. Andalusia, life on the periphery. A telecourse designed to build understanding of geography by examining eleven regions of the world and their interconnections. Each program contains case studies which characterize an individual region. Supranationalism and Devolution examines the co-existence of French and German cultures in Strasbourg and economic and social adjustments in the recently created Slovakia and Czech Republics. East Looks West investigates Berlin's transition from a weakened and divided city to one of emerging importance and investigates the diffusion of democratic ideas throughout Poland. Transforming Industrial Coreland analyzes Liverpool's once-thriving industrial economy, now fallen to a marginal present-day role and examines Randstad-Holland as an integral part of the current European core. Challenges on the Periphery investigates Iceland which exists on the cultural and physical periphery of Europe and the gradual decline of the once-central but now peripheral Andalucia Region of Spain and its hopes for the future. 58 min. per tape. Video/C 4313 (pts 3-4); Video/C 4314 (pts 5-6) Europe, The Mighty Continent. 52 min. each installment. 1988. Hey-day Fever. Examines European state of affairs at the turn of the 20th century. Discusses Europe's worldwide economic leadership, its achievements in the arts, science and technology, and its skillful political leadership, all of which contributed to its international preeminence. 52 min. Video/C 4883 The Day of Empires Has Arrived. Deals with the forces of unrest that threatened the empires in the early the theories of Marx and Engels in Europe, the oppression in the Colonies, and revolutionaries in Russia. Also shows the Fauvists of Paris and Berlin characterized through their art, the century's chaotic first decade. 52 min. Video/C 4884 A World to Win. Examines the forces of unrest which disrupted European stability at the beginning of 20th century, including colonial nationalism, industrialization, socialism, trade unionism, and various reform movements. Analyzes the causes and effects of the 1905 revolution in Russia. Video/C 4885 The Drums Begin to Roll. Analyzes the European events and conditions that set the stage for the First World War. Discusses the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War which convinced Asians, Africans, and Indians that Europe was not invincible and inspired confidence in Germany which was already mobilizing its forces. Video/C 4886 This Generation Has No Future. Examines the chronology of events of the First World Warn Europe, including the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia's withdrawal from the war, America's entry into the war, and Germany's defeat. Discusses the devastating effects of modern warfare techniques. Video/C 4887 Are We Making a Good Peace? Analyzes the considerations that affected the formulation of the Treaty of Versailles. Discusses the civil war and counterrevolution in Russia. Video/C 4888 The Hope of Mankind. Discusses the aftermath of World War I, including the creation of the League of Nations, the problems of the Weimar Republic, the establishment of dictatorships in Poland, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, and Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. Video/C 4889 Form! Riflemen, Form! Analyzes conditions in Europe that made Hitler's and Mussolini's rise to power possible. Discusses Stalin's five-year plans in the Soviet Union, the civil war in Spain, and the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939. Video/C 4890 With Hardship Their Garment. Analyzes the events of World War II in Europe, focusing on the unprecedented destruction of civilian populations. Discusses the Nazi extermination camps and their brutality against Jewish and Slavic peoples. Video/C 4891 Human Rights, Fundamental Freedom, Portrayal of postwar Europe. Poland was occupied by Russia. So fell Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, the rest of the Balkans, half of Germany and half of Vienna. East Europe exchanged the tyranny of Hitler for the tyranny of Stalin. Britain cast out the conservatives and rang in the Labour Party. Winston Churchill and de Gaulle were rejected. The great European empires crumbled. Video/C 4892 How are the Mighty Fallen. Discusses the post-World War II establishment of the Iron Curtain and the beginning of Cold War tensions which reached a climax with the 1948-49 Russian blockade of West Berlin. Video/C 4893 A Certain Amount of Violence. Analyzes major historical developments in Europe in the mid-1950's. Discusses the Soviet suppression of the Polish and Hungarian revolts, British and French involvement in the Suez, and the formation of the European Economic Community. Video/C 4894 A European Idea. Analyzes recent developments in Europe such as the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the weakening of the European Economic Community by the Middle East War and subsequent oil crisis, and the evolution of détente in relations between East and West. Discusses prospects for Europe's future. Video/C 4895 The Exiles. Interviews: Bruno Bettelheim, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Rod Steiger, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Robert Motherwell, Edward Teller, Hans Bethe, Erich Leinsdorf, Hanna Holborn Gray, Lotte Lenya, Dolly Haas, Sabine Thomson, Franco Modigliani, Nuria Schoenberg Nono, Helen Wolff, Wolfgang Roth, James Redfield, Hans Sahl, Hans Jonas, Ralph Lerner, Ernest Dichter, Adolph Lowe, Leo Lowenthal, Hans Speier, Henry Ehrmann, Peter Selz, Mario Salvadori, Golo Mann (son of Thomas Mann), Albert Hirschman, Hajo Holborn, Felicia Deyrup, Christian Zimmer, Hannah Arendt, Walter Gropius, Jacques Lipchitz. Personal narratives of refugees from National Socialism are interspersed with historical film clips and reinactments. Examines the influence of these refugee scholars and artists on the U.S. since 1933. 1993. 117 min. Video/C 4616 Fascism: The Legacy of Hate As the ultra-right edges closer to real power in Europe, a dismayed European Union fears a dark renaissance in politics. This disturbing program, supported by footage including a skinhead hate party and anti-immigrant violence, traces the virulent resurgence of xenophobia in Europe. 2000. 38 min. Video/C 7529 The Future of the European Union In 1999 the fifteen EU member states made the decision to embark on enlargement of its membership to include a number of Central and Eastern European countries. At the 2001 Laeken Council, the EU member states decided on the formation of a Convention on the Future of Europe. Current policy area priorities and the new European identity are discussed. 2002. 12 min. PAL format. Video/C 9506 George Steiner: Vienna 1900 A lecture by George Steiner, illustrated by archival photos and film, on Vienna from 1900, the site of an intellectual flowering in music, language, philosophy, politics, economics, architecture and other arts. Reviews the reasons for this flowering, in the more liberal policies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which allowed Jews access to education and the professions. In this Vienna, the seeds of anti-Semitism were also sown, which influenced Adolf Hitler and led to the Holocaust. 1985. 47 min. Video/C 8427 Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century. 58 min. each. 1996. Explosion. The World War of 1914 to 1918, the Great War, was the first of the major catastrophes of the 20th century. This episode, the first of eight, examines the causes of World War I. The program affords coverage of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the turbulent political climate throughout Europe as factors which led to the outbreak of war. Video/C 5256 Stalemate.This program examines the military operations of 1914, with emphasis on the Western Front. Almost from the outset, World War I became a stalemate with a line of trenches stretching from the Swiss Alps to the English Channel. This episode, the second of eight, explores why the war devolved into one of trench warfare. Video/C 5256 Total War. This episode of the Great War, the third of eight, examines the evolution of World War I from a conflict fought across the landscape of Europe to a global war. Coverage is afforded events in Great Britain and Turkey. The use of terror in modern war and the evolution of "total war" -- especially regarding aerial and chemical weapons -- is explored in this program. Video/C 5257 Slaughter. This episode, the fourth of eight, examines the military operations of the Western Front through the eyes of the soldiers who manned the trenches and fought the battles. Through study of the battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele, a social portrait of the common soldier is developed and analyzed. Video/C 5257 Mutiny. This episode of the Great War, the fifth of an eight part series, examines the toll that the war was taking on the soldiers and civilians by 1917. Unrest on the homefront and mutiny on the Western Front posed vexing problems for political leaders and military planners. On the Eastern Front, resentment toward the war effort would turn into rebellion and then revolution. Video/C 5258 Collapse. Episode six of the Great War examines the critical year of 1918. After the mutiny within the French Army and revolution in Russia, the Germans were still firmly entrenched on the Western Front. The arrival of the United States forces in Europe would determine the outcome of the war. This program probes the issue of American involvement as the deciding factor in Germany's defeat. Video/C 5258 Hatred and Hunger. Episode seven of the Great War examines the end of World War I with emphasis on unresolved issues from the Balkans to the Middle East. World War I brought the collapse of four empires, the death of nine million soldiers and the ruin of much of Europe. The struggle to rebuild lives, countries and governments would set the stage for an even greater catastrophe a generation later. Video/C 5259 War Without End. The final episode of the Great War explores the aftermath of World War I and the failed peace. For the "lost generation," the war would be without end as they struggled with broken hopes, broken families and broken lives. In Germany, the sense of betrayal and dishonor prompted some Germans to seek revenge. The man who rose up to lead them was Adolph Hitler. Video/C 5259 The History of the European Monetary Union Presents the history of the European Monetary Union, the unification timetable up to 2002, the convergence criteria, and the coins and banknotes themselves; provides background on the euro member states and the European Central Bank; examines the impact of the euro on world trade, the job market, and tourism; analyzes the euro's role in international monetary transactions; compares the euro to the dollar; and discusses the hopes and fears of the new citizens of "Euroland". 1999. 60 min. Video/C 7286 Human Remains A haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century's most reviled dictators, presenting "intimate and mundane details" from the private lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse-tung. There is no mention of their public lives but the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film inviting the viewer to confront the nature of evil. A film by Jay Rosenblatt, 1998. 30 min. Video/C 7393 Inside the European Union Dist.: Films Media Group. 2007. 26 min. each installment No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in Modern Europe. Program looks at racism and xenophobia brought to the surface by the massive influx of foreign workers and job-seekers into Western Europe. Describes the search for equitable solutions by moderate European Union leaders and citizens. Examines Islamophobia, religious fundamentalism, the radicalization of young Muslim men, and racism in football or soccer. DVD 9162 Parliament Under Pressure. Defining "European" is one of the main challenges facing the European Union Parliament. This program outlines the history of the governing body and assesses the actions it has taken to shape and organize the EU. Shedding light on electoral and procedural methods adopted by the Parliament, the film documents political fanfare and maneuvering accompanying the eastward expansion of the union with the entry of Bulgaria and Romania. The program also shows how these developments influence the path to comprehensive immigration laws --and how foreign workers, illegal immigrants, and asylum seekers are affected. Several members of the EU Parliament are interviewed. DVD 9163 Help Wanted: Dynamics of the EU Labor Market. With a low birth rate and an aging workforce, the European Union needs immigrants--but how temporary or permanent their status should be is a matter of debate. This film examines existing and proposed guest worker programs, in addition to other EU measures, designed to address the results of globalization and shifting demographics. Focusing not only on the EU's tremendous economic advances but also on regions afflicted by poverty, the film looks at immigrant education, ambition, and self-employment, while sifting through issues such as worker job security and the growth of sex industries. DVD 9164 Human Trafficking: A Crisis for the EU and the World. Europe's wealth represents a golden opportunity for those who smuggle cheap, easily exploited workers across international borders. But how does the loathsome mechanism of human trafficking actually occur, and what are EU authorities doing to fight it? This program investigates by recording the experiences of human trafficking victims and evaluating the work of the EU government in the battle against 21st-century slavery. Corruption, prostitution, victim protection and repatriation, and the creation of FRONTEX--the agency responsible for European border patrol--are all highlighted, while members of the European Parliament and other officials discuss what must be done to improve anti-smuggling efforts. DVD 9165 Identities: Culture and Nationality in Europe Today. What prevents minority communities from joining the European mainstream? Is there an appropriate balance between assimilation and preserving one's cultural heritage? This program wrestles with questions of identity --racial, cultural, and sexual--resulting from the startling new diversity of European society. Depicting daily life in immigrant communities on the Continent and in Great Britain, the film features observations from African, Asian, and Middle Eastern transplants. Each offers his or her personal take on learning a new language, eating unfamiliar foods, adapting to foreign attitudes toward women and gays, and other dilemmas. In addition, European MP Wolf Klinz puts forward his belief that immigrants should be required to learn the language of their adopted country. DVD 9166 Stop the Flow: Analyzing the Causes of EU Immigration. Can Western aid to the developing world help to stem the tide of foreign workers into the EU? This program reports on European initiatives intended to improve conditions in Africa and the Middle East and thus reduce the number of job-seekers entering the European Union. With a spotlight on human rights, fair trade, the global war on poverty, the role of the private sector, and the frustrations of young unemployed foreigners, the program uses Morocco as a specific case study and also outlines the significance of the Middle East peace process. DVD 9167 Into the European Mirror. Commentary by Julian Samuel on the conflicts which result from the segmentation of large geographic areas into artificial arbitrary models of post-colonial nation states. 1994. 56 min. Video/C 5279 Karl Marx and Marxism. The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at the man, at the roots of his philosophy, at the causes and explanations of his philosophical development, and at its most direct outcome: the failed Soviet Union. c1993. 52 min. Video/C 6169 Killing Fields, 1914. (The People's Century) In August 1914, the people of Europe were swept into the first of the wars that would make this century the bloodiest ever. Seventy million soldiers from more than twenty countries marched off to do their duty. In this film soldiers from all sides give a personal account of the trenches and the tactics--and the terrible nature and scale of the slaughter that shattered the old world order. In the end, four empires collapsed and nine million gave their lives. Some became pacificts while others sought retribution and many found themselves fighting another war only two decades later. 56 min. Video/C 5543 Kissinger in Retrospect. Reporters Martin Agronsky and Stanley Karnow trace the life and career of Henry Kissinger, presenting a critical examination of Kissinger's role in U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon and Ford Administrations. 90 min. Video/C 215 Lost Peace, 1919.( The People's Century) After the First World War a whole generation was traumatized by the horror of war and vowed that war would be a thing of the past. This film revists the popular hopes and experiences in the years following World War I--and the looming threat of a new nationalism. Despite Woodrow Wilson's promise of a "people's peace", defeated nations were resentful and unreconciled. As fascism and militarism spread, worldwide pacifist movements fought an increasingly unsuccessful rearguard action to preserve the dream of peace. 56 min. Video/C 5547 Master Race, 1933. (The People's Century) With a unique blend of nationalism, militarism, and racial theory, Adolf Hitler taught the German people to believe that they were the "master race". Stirred by the Fuhrer's rousing rhetoric during mass rallies, millions were swept along with the promise of national socialism. In this film Germans talk candidly about the initial allure of Nazism and German Jews recall their persecution and internment in concentration camps as Hitler's master race pursued its destiny--and descended to the greatest depths of barbarism. 56 min. Video/C 5548 No Man's Land: The Great War. (Century: Events that Shaped the World; 5.) The optimism that fueled the early years of the 20th century vanished as America was drawn into "The war to end all wars." This program presents, through archival footage and first person accounts, the grim story of World War I--including the sinking of the Lusitania and the Bulshevik revolution, which led to Russia's withdrawal from the conflict--and the fruitless struggles of President Wilson, Who sought first to keep America out of the war and then, at its end, to forge a lasting and meaningful peace. 42 min. Video/C 6346 Nuremberg. Entirely composed of historical footage, including some newly discovered archival films, this documentary covers the trials against war criminals which were convened in Nuremberg after World War II. Although the first trial of major war criminals was concluded successfully with death or imprisonment for those found guilty, the subsequent trials were compromised by Cold War politics. Many imprisoned Germans were pardoned and restored to power if they were considered useful to the West, overturning the American commitment to justice. 1997. 50 min. Video/C 6813 *Problems Confronting the NATO Alliance (Conversations;* 17). With Eyvind Schibbye, Alfonso Boecker & Bernard Bot Video/C 635 Optimum Explores the legacy of three 19th century visionaries interested in making humans more efficient and productive. Jeremy Bentham, espoused the philosophy of utilitarianism; Charles Babbage, created the design for the analytical engine, a precursor to the modern computer; Francis Galton devoted his life to the study of genetics to identify and eliminate "undesirable" tendecies, the idea behind the eugenics movement. c2000. 53 min. Video/C 8878 Description from First Run/Icarus catalog Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust Chronicles the Roma (Gypsy) Holocaust--Porraimos, or "the devouring" which shows how the pseudo-science of eugenics was used to persecute not only Jews, but also Gypsies. Using interviews with Austrian, Czech and German Gypsy survivors, as well as photographs and films from the Reich Department of Racial Hygiene, this film reveals the oppression of the gypsies -- their registration and segregation, their sterilization, the medical experiments and eventual murder. 2002. 57 min. Video/C 9742 The Psychology of Neo-Nazism: Another Journey by Train to Auschwitz Follows four young neo-Nazis as they travel across Europe discussing their beliefs, their love of Hitler and their disbelief in the Holocaust. When they are invited by a Holocaust survivor to visit Auschwitz, they argue for seven uncut minutes about the Holocaust and then finally walk away, while the camera visits the crematorium. 1993. 52 min. Video/C 7528 The Raft of the Medusa: Five Voices on Colonies, Nations and Histories A critical examination of the Eurocentric view of the world as "the world can be narrated from many different positions and each vision is important." 1993. 99 min. Video/C 5280 Ties & Tensions: EU-US Relations in the Next Century Describes the continuing process of European union and how globalization of trade and communications will change life on both sides of the Atlantic. The impact of the Eurodollar on international trade is discussed along with case studies of Boeing (Seattle), Airbus Industrie, Intel (Ireland) and Mercedes-Benz (Alabama) to demonstrate the nature of European-American rivalry and partnerships in both the economic and political spheres. Includes interviews with a variety of legislators, economists, business leaders and workers.1996. 27 min. Video/C 5561 Ultimate Power: Evil Rising.** (Century: Events that Shaped the World.) How did Adolf Hitler--an Austrian of little means and meager prospects--rise to absolute power in post-World War I Germany? Did the nation's economic and political situation make it inevitable? This program traces Hitler's amazing ascent from corporal in the Great War through his foray into politics, his imprisonment after the bungled Beer Hall Putsch, his bid for the presidency against Paul von Hindenburg, and his subsequent installment as Chancellor. In English and German with English subtitles. 42 min. Video/C 6344 Vienna At the conclusion of the conference, this is a review of issues and people that took center stage at the first World Human Rights Conference in Vienna. Includes interviews with UN officials, government delegates, NGO representatives and activists and John Shattuck, U.S. Asst. Sec. of State for Human Rights. Segment from the television program Rights & wrongs broadcast June 23, 1993. 27 min. Video/C 6697 War and Peace in the Nuclear Age [Each segment is 60 min.] For a more detailed description of each segment check on the MELVYL or GLADIS online catalogs using the long display format. Dawn. Video/C 1281. The Weapon of Choice. Video/C 1282 A Bigger Bang for the Buck. Video/C 1283 Europe Goes Nuclear. Video/C 1284 At the Brink. Video/C 1285 War and Peace in the Nuclear Age. Video/C 1286 One Step Forward. Video/C 1287 Have and Have-nots. Video/C 1288 Carter's New World. Video/C 1289 Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Video/C 1290 Missile Experimental. Video/C 1291 Reagan's Shield. Video/C 1292 Visions of War and Peace. Video/C 1293 The Western Tradition. A lecture series heard on PBS covering the origins of Western civilization. Program 49: The end of World War II saw the creation of the United Nations, and the attempt to establish a balance of power between the greater and weaker powers. Explores the events that saw the formation of NATO, Warsaw, and the Marshall plan. Studies the shifts in power. Program 50: Discusses the non-industrial countries, and the dissolution of the European colonial empire. Covers the influence of the Western nations on these countries, and the problems that affect them. 54 min. Video/C 1524 The World at War. 52 min. each installment. A New Germany, 1933-1939. A documentary on the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party during the German economic crisis. Concludes with the threatened invasion of Poland by the new Germany. Video/C 1602 Distant War, September 1939-May 1940. A documentary on the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the entrance of England into the war. Also focuses on Winston Churchill's rise as prime minister.Video/C 1603 France Falls, May-June 1940. Describes the German occupation of Paris and the fall of France. Also looks at the British retreat to the Channel coast, as Hitler gets ready for the invasion of Britain. Video/C 1604 Alone, May 1940-May 1941. England prepares for war with Germany. The Germans begin air attacks over British cities including London, and the British gain a reprieve as Hitler's offensive turns to Russia. Video/C 1605 Barbarossa, June-December 1941. A documentary on the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Footage on Russian defeats, and of the final defeat of the Germans outside Moscow. Background on Hitler's decision to put Operation Barbarossa in motion. Video/C 1606 Banzai! : Japan 1931-1942. In this program, Japan, seeking unrestricted access to raw materials she needs for expansion, tires of negotiations and strikes at Pearl Harbor, inflicting a severe blow to American naval power. In a few months, Japan demonstrates how ill-prepared the Allies are, sweeping forward to capture Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. Video/C 1607 On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942. Documentary footage, photographs and reminiscences of individuals involved shows the election of FDR on an anti-war campaign, events which drew the United States into conflict, preparation at home for full-scale war, and American forces surrender in the Philippines, December, 1941-August 1942. Video/C 1608 The Desert: North Africa, 1940-1943. Describes the war in North Africa, which was fought and refought over the same 600 miles of desert between Alexandria in Egypt and Benghazin in Libya. Video/C 1609 Stalingrad, June 1942-February 1943. A documentary on the defeat of the German army at Stalingrad--the first German defeat in the field. Also shows other German defeats in Russia. Video/C 1610 Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic, 1939-1944. German submarines called U-boats nearly wiped out Allied shipping in the Atlantic bringing deadly havoc by attacking in groups. The Battle of the Atlantic ended with the virtual extermination of German submarines. Video/C 1611 Red Star: The Soviet Union, 1941-1943. Russia's spirit of fight was incredible to her adversaries. With twenty million military and civilian casualities, she stood firm. One German officer tells of repulsing a Soviet attack in 35-degree-below zero weather: "The Soviet soldiers remained motionless about two hours lying in the snow, and in the evening they again attacked with the same spirit." Incredibly the Russians not only survived but went on to rout the Germans. Video/C1612 Whirlwind: Bombing Germany, September 1939-April 1944. This program looks at the Allied bombing offensive in Germany, which left German cities in ruin at the end of the war, crippling it in its role as a major industrial power. Also looks at how the bombing affected both industry and civilians. Video/C 1613 Tough Old Gut: Italy, November 1942-June 1944. This program looks at the Anglo-American advance into Italy, which eventually led to the conquest of the Axis forces between November 1942 and June 1944. Video/C 1614 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma, 1942-1944. Dramatic documentary footage review the difficulties of the Burma campaign, in which Allied troops suffered disastrous early defeats in jungle warfare at the hands of the Japanese. Includes interview with Lord Mountbatten, whose arrival to take over the British Southeast Asia Command in October 1943 marked the turning point of the war in that area. Video/C 1615 Home Fires: Britain, 1940-1944 Looks at the civilian war in Britain and the intensive German bombing of London and the provincial cities during 1940-44. Video/C 1616 Inside the Reich: Germany, 1940-1944. This program looks at civilian life in Germany from 1940, when the Germans thought the end of the war was close at hand, until 1944, when the Germans endured Allied bombing, defeats on the battlefield and Allied demands for unconditional surrender. Video/C 1617 Morning: June-August 1944. This program looks at the events surrounding D-Day, June 6, 1944, when the Allies, under the command of Dwight Eisenhower, began their advance on Normandy. Video/C 1618 Occupation: Holland, 1940-1944. Documentary which focuses on the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Video/C 1619 Pincers: August 1944-March 1945. This program looks at Operation Anvil, when the Allies invaded the South of France and the Russians invaded from the east to drive the German army back across German borders and beyond. Video/C1620 Genocide, 1941-1945. A documentary beginning in 1933 when Heinrich Himmler was already Reichsfuhrer of the SS and starting his plan of recreating an Aryan Germany which lead to the formation of the death camps and the ordering of massive extermination of Jews and other 'enemies of the state.' Video/C 1621 Nemesis: Germany, February-May 1945. Looks at the period from February-May 1945, when Russia had captured Berlin and Germany's defeat was imminent. The end of the Third Reich was announced at Hitler's bunker headquarters where he ended his own life. Video/C 1622 Japan: 1941-1945. This program looks at Japanese civilians who experienced the war a s a complete surprise. Looks at how successful the media was in persuading the public to support the war. Video/C 1623 Pacific: February 1942-July 1945. This program examines the American island hopping strategy that captured islands one at a time across the Pacific, winning back the Philippines and bringing a striking force to Japan's doorstep at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Video/C 1624 The Bomb: February-September 1945. On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber, the "Enola Gay" named after the mother of the pilot Paul Tibbetts, droppd the world's first uranium bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Video/C 1625 Reckoning: 1945--And After. This program looks at the occupation of Germany after World War II by the United States, Russia, Britain and France according to the arrangements made at Yalta. Also examines the beginnings and causes of the power struggle that ensues between the United States and Russia. Video/C1626 Remember. This program looks at the personal experiences and reminiscences of soldiers and civilians who lived through World War II. Video/C 1627 *Post-War Hopes, Cold War Fears (A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers).* Describes life in America after World War II, a time of rash optimism and neuroses. While the dollar was strong and everyday life improved, the 1950's also saw the lowering of the Iron Curtain, the loss of China to Communism, the Korean War and the Red Scare. Video/C 806 To the top Individual Countries France French History & Culture French cinema The Days of Our Years. A documentary written from the perspective of France that covers major world events of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Highlights include rare footage of 1900's Paris, attempts at air, sea and polar exploration, rare footage of artists including Renoir, Picasso, Shaw, Rodin, Sartre, Matisse and Colette. Includes the Paris Expositions of 1900 and 1937, films of World War I and World War II, the women's suffrage movement, and major figures in the world of art, sports, religion and government. 81 min. Video/C 3563 La Commune (Paris 1871) (198-?) La Commune was the name given to the revolutionary government established by the people of Paris in 1871. This presents an in-depth account of the major characters of the Commune of 1871 whose members followed either Louis August Blanqui or the philosopher Pierre Joseph Proudhon. The film travels back to 1871 and is not only a lesson in history but presents a demonstration of how history is shaped, and re-shaped, by the tellers of the tale. In this particular case activities of the Commune are broadcast by a journalist for Versailles Television who presents the official view while a Commune television station is set up to present the perspectives of the Paris rebels. A film by Peter Watkins, 2000. 345 min. Video/C 9477 Description from First Run/Icarus catalog Death in the Seine (1988) From April, 1795 to September, 1801, three hundred and six bodies were taken from the River Seine in Paris where they were cared for by two mortuary attendants who methodically noted down the particulars of each corpse. With information later provided by witnesses, it became possible to speculate upon the lives and manner of death of the decedents - a subject all the more intriguing since all of those taken from the Seine had witnessed the French Revolution. Directed by Peter Greenaway. c1994. 44 min. Video/C 7937 Drowning by Bullets. On the evening of October 17, 1961 about 30,000 Algerians, ostensibly French citizens, descended upon the boulevards of central Paris to protest an 8:30 curfew. The curfew was in response to repeated terrorist attacks by Algerian nationalists in Paris and other French cities. They were met by a police force determined to break up the demonstration. Demonstrators were beaten, shot, even drowned in the Seine. This film exposes the massacre, and the cover-up. 1982. 52 min. Video/C MM922 Description from First Run/Icarus catalog The Eye of Vichy (L'Oeil de Vichy) A compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels, produced by the Nazis and French collaborators during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in Central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. They skillfully produced a strange alternative history of the war years in order to turn public emotion against the Allies and the Jews. 1993. 110 min. Video/C 6983 French Financial Policy Under Socialism (1983) Interview conducted at the University of California, Berkeley on May 12, 1982. Gerard de Margerie, high-ranking financial planner under Presidents Giscard dEstaing and Francois Mitterand, explains the economic policy of the Mitterand government and the problems which it addresses. Interviewed by Harry Kreisler and U.C. Berkeley professors John Zysman (political science) and John Letiche (economics). U-Matic Format [3/4"] 59 min. Video/C 624 [Stored at NRLF: B 3 969 327] France Under Socialism Taped at the University of California, Berkeley on February 17, 1983. French Minister of Budget Laurent Fabius discusses the political and economic problems confronting France during the first two years of the Socialist experiment under President Mitterand. 1983. 27 min. Video/C 644 [Stored at NRLF: B 3 969 275] La Grande Illusion (1992) The identity crisis faced by Martinique and the French Caribbean is examined - do they belong to the Caribbean or to the economy of Europe? 45 min. Video/C 3194 La Guerre d'Algerie (Histoire par la radio et l'image) (1996) A historic overview on CD-ROM of the 1954-1962 revolution in Algeria in which more than 2 million French soldiers participated. Taken from the archives of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) and Radio publique francaise from 1946 through 1962. Includes commentary and analysis by Benjamin Stora and Anne Tristan, plus biographies, bibliographies and chronologies. Format: CD-ROM. COMPUTER DISC 342 Images de la Revolution Francaise (1990) Contains images of the events of the French Revolution from the collections of Bibliotheque Nationale. Includes the revolution as themes in art and culture, archives and documents, commemorations and celebrations, 19th century polemeics, and a discussion of France at the end of the 18th century. Accompanying booklet issued in tete-beche format with separate title page for French and English. Video Disc 27 Napoleon (2000) For nearly two decades Napoleon strode the world stage like a colossus -- loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the island of St. Helena, this documentary bears witness to a man riddled with contradictions that are the essence of his glory and his undoing. Contents: Pt. 1. To destiny -- pt. 2. Mastering luck -- pt. 3. Summit of greatness -- pt. 4. The end. 240 min. DVD 1127 Paris 1900. A chronicle of Parisian life from 1900 to 1914, using newsreels, early silent film, and other memorabilia. Sports, recreation, and the arts are emphasized. The end of those halcyon days is suggested by newsreels showing the rise of labor unions, socialism, and new technology. 76 min. Video/C 1978 Paris au temps de Zola, 1851-1878 Zola, the greatest of the French naturalist writers, gave us detailed and convincing portraits of Paris and Parisian life in his time. This program uses rare film footage from Zola's lifetime to document the Paris of the Second Empire that Zola knew. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2006. 26 min. DVD 6114 Paris: Une Capitale des Arts. (1995) Captures Paris at the turn of the century, the end of a major cultural epoch, with archival film by the renowned Lumiere brothers. Shows the World's Fair, Opera Comique, Rodin's Gates of Hell, the work of the Impressionists and Picasso. 14 min. Video/C 7912 Paris Was a Woman. Through a combination of still photos, archival film footage, and interview commentary this film documents the creative community of French, English and American women, many of whom were lesbians, who gravitated to the Left Bank in Paris during the early part of the 20th century. Originally produced as motion picture in 1995. In English and French with English subtitles. 75 min. Video/C 6126 La Prise de Pouvoir par Louis XIV. Directed by Roberto Rossellini. The taking of power by Louis XIV. French dialogue with English subtitles. 102 min. Video/C 999:343 Que la Fete Commence. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Starring Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal, Alfred Adam, Jean-Roger Caussimon. A historically based film about the ill-fated political reform movement attempted by the Regent, Philippe d'Orleans, counsel to l'Abbe Dubois, in 18th century France. 119 min. In French w/o subtitles. Video/C 999:1503 U.S.-French Relations Taped April 8, 1983 at the University of California, Berkeley. The French Ambassador to the United States discusses important economic and security issues that France and the U.S. confront as they continue to redefine their common interests as Western allies. Interviewed by John Zysman and Stephen Cohen, professors at UC Berkeley. 1983. 30 min. Video/C 648 [Stored at NRLF: B 3 969 333] La Vie Quotidienne à la Cour de Versailles aux XVIIème et XVIIìme Siecles (1981) The story of France and French culture as reflected in the story of Versailles, from its construction by Louis XIV, its decline under Louis XV and its abandonment by Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. Uses period art and actors to bring to life the personalities and ideas of La Bruyere, Madame de Sevigné, le duc de St. Simon and Madame d'Oberkirch. 60 min. Video/C 1158 La Vie Quotidienne des Parisiens au Temps du Roi Soleil (1972) A multi-angled profile of Parisians and their Paris in the 17th century. Counterpointing the faces and habits of Parisians then and now, the program emphasizes how many things have remained the same through change. Includes views of both the magnificent and ordinary buildings of Louis XIV's long reign which continue in use. 60 min. Video/C 1162 The Western Tradition: The death of the old regime; The French Revolution (1989) Program 39: The death of the old regime (28:00). The French government begins to collapse as European compare the American model to their own systems. Program 40: The French Revolution (24:00). Mob power pushes the French Revolution out of control until Napoleon establishes a new dictatorship, hierarchy and empire. 52 min. Video/C 1519 Women in Politics, 2 (1989) Film profiles three women politicians: Simone Veil, a French politician and survivor of Auschwitz (40 min.); Tatyana Zaslavskaya, A Russian politician in Gorbachov's parliament (40 min.); and Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica (40 min.). Each discusses how she attained her current political position, the politics in her country and how she is viewed as a woman head of state. In English or subtitled in English. 120 min. Video/C 3375 Germany: East and West Peace and Conflict Studies: World War I & II German History & Culture/Literature German cinema 100 Deutsche Jahre (Germany: A Hundred Years) Thirty nine segments of a television program covering various aspects of life in Germany in the 20th century. Contents: Mobilmachungen: Deutschen und das auto -- Wasserzeichen: Deutschen und das Meer -- Flugnummern: Deutschen in der Luft -- Licht-Spiele: Deutschen und das Kino -- Liedgut: Deutschen und ihre Schlager -- Flimmerkisten: Deutschen und das Fernsehen -- Fluchtpunkte: Deutsche in den USA und Israel -- Abgrenzungen: Auslander in Deutschland -- Frontlinien: Deutschen und der Krieg -- Weibsbilder: Frauen in Deutschland -- Mannsbilder: Manner in Deutschland -- Offentliche Erregungen: Deutschen und der sex -- Beziehungskisten: Deutschen und ihre familie -- Kinderstuben: Deutschen und ihr Nachwuchs -- Zapfenstreich: Deutschen und ihre Soldaten -- Un-Heil: Deutschen, die Medien und der Fuhrer -- Auschwitz: Das Deutsche Verbrechen -- Grosse Bruder: Deutschen und die Supermachte -- Volkes Stimme: Demokratie in Deutschland -- Zwei Zimmer, Kuche, Bad: Wohnen in Deutschland. ModeMaschen: Deutschen und ihre Kleidung -- Mahlzeit: Deutschen und ihre Kuche -- Umgangsformen : Deutschen und der gute Ton -- Lehrjahre: Deutshcen und die Schule -- Aufbruche, Ausbruche: Jugendkulturen in Deutschland -- Geordnete Verhaltnisse: Deutschen und die Staatsgewalt -- Zukunftstraume: Deutschen und der Fortschritt -- Gottvertrauen: Deutschen und ihr Glaube -- Hauptsache Nebensache: Deutschen unde die Freizeit -- Zweite Heimat: Deutschen im Verein -- Siegertypen: Deutschen und der Sport -- Friedliche Eroberungen: Deutsche Urlaubstraume --Bilderwelten: Deutschen und ihre Erinnerungen -- Herrschafts Zeiten: Adel in Deutschland -- Schichtwechsel: Industriearbeiter in Deutschland -- Nervensachen: Deutschen unterLeistungsdruck -- Krankheitsbilder: Deutschen und die Gesundheit -- Natur-Gefuhle: Deutschen und der Wald -- Bodenhaftung: Deutschen und die Landwirtschaft. 1999. In German. 12 videocassettes: 29 min. each. Video/C 8066 After the Fall (Nach dem fall) A haunting documentary about one of the most powerful icons of the 20th century, the Berlin Wall. The program examines the effects of the Wall on the Berlin citizens who lived in its shadow for 28 years. Contemporary witnesses included an American historian, a church minister in Berlin and a Bavarian demolition expert. The common tenor of all their statements is that the Wall and its traces were eradicated too quickly and too radically with the intention of forgetting the past. 1999. 86 min. Video/C 9429 Berlin's Hidden History Berlin, the capital of reunified Germany is a city with a glittering present and a dark past. A historian leads the viewer through the new Berlin, revealing the many traces of history in a city that served as Frederick the Great's, Bismarck's, and Hitler's capital before it became the front line of the Cold War and the place where the Berlin Wall was built and destroyed. Learn that there is more than meets the eye at the Brandenberg Gate, Potsdammer Platz, Nazi buildings, Jewish cemeteries, Check Point Charlie, and many other places steeped in history. Special features: Two extended interviews: Johannes Helmrath "Berlin's early history" ; Peter Pulzer "The Jewish presence in Berlin". 53 min. DVD 1469 Berlin unter den Alliierten, 1945-1949: Hoffnungen und Entauschungen Produced by German filmmakers and presented from a German point of view, this documentary uses archival films to illustrate the history of Berlin from the end of World War II through the division of Germany into East and West in 1949. During reconstruction the city is divided into four sectors, administered respectively by the four victorious Allies. In 1948, Berlin is split by the rivalry between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union who impose a blockade on the three Western sectors. The Western Allies counter by supplying the city by air-- The Berlin Airlift. In English and German with English subtitles. Originally produced in 1990. 90 min. Video/C 8719 Brandenburg Bricks; Brandenburg Heathland, Brandenburg Sand Contents: Brandenburg Bricks (1988, b&w, 30 min.) -- Brandenburg Heathland, Brandenburg Sand (1990, b&w, 60 min.) The first part of this documentary shows the brickmakers of Zehdenick, a small town in Brandenburg, and their grim living and working conditions. Made less than 2 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was banned by the East German authorities and only allowed to be shown after cuts were made. The second part of the documentary was made in the same town after the wall came down. It begins with a retrospective to the earlier film, namely the conversation with the brickmakers which had to be cut from 'Brandenburg Bricks'. The inhabitants feel that their future is uncertain. The political parties fighting for their attention in the coming election of March 1990 are utterly incomprehensible to them. 90 min. Video/C 8372 Changing Berlin: Changing Europe.(Human Geography, People Places and Change; 9) Many of the issues that Germany and eastern Europe now confront are seen in microcosm in Berlin. Film examines the history of the city of Berlin, including the social, economic and political changes which have resulted since the fall of the Berlin Wall. 27 min. Video/C 4249 Children of Golzow. Begun in August 1961, this longest running documentary in the history of film chronicles the lives of nine children growing up in the German Democratic Republic. It follows their lives for almost four decades beginning in the rural town of Golzow providing a social panorama of life in the GDR. Central themes in the documentary are the relationships between generations, trust and responsibility, daily work, as well as existential questions about war and peace. c1999. 2 tapes. 256 min. Video/C 7149 The Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power, 1918-1933 Charts the stealthy rise of the Nazi Party in the wake of World War I, as witnessed from the perspective of a neutral bystander. Rather than offering a contemporary interpretation of history, the film allows the disturbing saga to unfold on its own terms using footage from newsreels, home movies and extracts from musicals and documentaries from 1918-1933 to illustrate the end of the Weimar and the rise of Adolf Hitler and national socialism in Germany. 1973. 86 min. Video/C 7668 Communicating through the Internet; Dual citizenship Presents 2 segments from a German television news magazine. Part 1 takes a look at how the Internet is affecting Germans and the uses they make of it forwork and pleasure. Part 2 examines proposed changes to take effect in 2000 in the citizenship laws of Germany, which would expand dual citizenship. 1998. 27 min. Video/C 8082 Countdown A chronicle of the divided Germany's final days, this documentary shot over a ten-day period leading to the union of the East and the West on July 1, 1990, observes what is changing and what remains unchanged and unaffected by the unification process. Sharply observant of the historical transformations taking place the film visits pockets of Berlin ignored by others: Monuments such as the Reichstag, the "death strip," and Jewish cemeteries, workers in a tavern, souvenir vendors, East German gays demonstrating for the first time and Turkish and Rumanian immigrants who remain on the periphery. An Ulrike Ottinger film. 1991. 27 min. Video/C 9352 The Deutsches Museum; Leipzig's "New" Main Railway Station Presents 2 segments from a German television news magazine. Part 1 takes a look at the Deutsches Museum, a science and technology museum in Munich. Part 2 visits Leipzig, site of one of the world's largest and most beautifully restored railroad stations. 1997. 27 min. Video/C 8097 East Germany Opens Its Borders: Thursday, November 9, 1989 / ABC News. The fight for freedom and democracy pays off for millions of East Germans, as the border between East and West Germany is finally opened. On this historic day when The Berlin Wall falls, Ted Koppel interviews journalists from East Germany, the Soviet Union and others concerning the ramifications of this historic event. 38 min. Video/C 5767 Environmentally Friendly Construction in Cities Presents 2 segments from a German television news magazine. Part 1 looks at several examples of organic architecture in German cities. Part 2 visits Dresden and one of the most famous late baroque buildings, the Zwinger Semper Gallery. 1997. 27 min. Video/C 8096 The Fall of Berlin Uses firsthand footage to track the events that led to the conclusion of the war in Europe and the fall of Berlin on May 2, 1945. As the Americans create a bridgehead on the River Elbe, the Luftwaffe makes a last desperate attempt to counter the fury of the Allies bombing of Berlin. While Hitler visits the Eastern Front, the Hitler Youth builds barricades around the doomed city. But all is lost, as far as the Third Reich is concerned. The Russian Army launches an attack along the Oder River, only 40 miles from Berlin. The German surrender becomes inevitable, and the city is divided up among the victors. Directed by Yuri Raizman and Elizaveta Svilova. c2005. 75 min. DVD 8118 The Fall of Communism. Surveys events that occurred in 1989 and 1990 in the nations of eastern Europe and within some republics of the Soviet Union using news stories broadcast by ABC. Describes each country's efforts to revitalize its economy and democratize its institutions and then examines the impact of these changes. Highlights include the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, independence movements in Poland, Lithuania and Russia. 80 min. Video/C 3220 The Fall of the Wall: The Path to German Reunification. Covers the dramatic events of Fall 1989 in East Germany: breakdown, upheaval and a new start. Peaceful demonstrations, calls for freedom and democracy, the collapse of the SED regime, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first free elections. The two separate German states ceased to exist and the Iron Curtain came down, ending the war which had pitted this country against itself and forcing a reconsideration of the preexisting conceptions of the "enemy" and a reconstruction of the word "ally." Contents: Part 1. The critical days of October 1989: the 40th anniversary of the GDR and the consequences (Die entscheidenden Tage im Oktober 1989). -- Part 2. The critical days of November and December, 1989: from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the conclusion of the 1989 Monday demonstrations (Die entscheidenden Tage in November und Dezember 1989.) Originally produced in Germany in 1994. 2 tapes. 180 min. Video/C 7148 The Five New Federal States 1995 These five films illustrate the changes that took place in the five new Federal German states between 1990-1995. It looks at developments in industry and the economies, examines what has been done in the field of environmental protection and how tourism is being expanded by means of the new motorway network. Contents: Brandenburg -- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -- Sachsen -- Sachsen-Anhalt -- Thuringen. c1996. 86 min. Video/C 8108 From Weimar to Bonn (De Weimar a Bonn). A Documentary using archival films to cover the thirty year history of the Federal Republic of Germany. 30 min. Video/C 4619 Geburt Einer Demokratie: Wir Uber Uns Eine Authentische Zeitdokumentation aus Sicht Der DDR- erlebt und Kommentiert Vom Anfang Bis Zum Neubeginn. 60 min. PAL format. Video/C 2013 The Germans A television series (in four parts), produced by British television presenting German attitudes towards current social and political events in Germany through interviews with German citizens, politicians and notable figures. Contents: Part 1: The Germans- who are they? (58 min.) -- Part 2: The Germans- democrats all? (58 min.) -- Part 3: The Germans- the powerhouse. (58 min.) -- Part 4: The Germans- the next generation (58 min.). 1998. 224 min. total running time. Video/C 8098 The Germans: Portrait of a New Nation Five years after unification, Germany is emerging as Europe's most powerful country. This film depicts the challenges it is facing through interviews with individuals and families from both former East and West Germany, as well as with public officials and experts, including an extensive interview with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. 1995. 58 min. Video/C 7527 Germany, Between East and West With Kurt Biedenkopf & Frederick Tubach (Conversations; 7). Video/C 625 Germany - Far Right: Seven Months as a "Republikaner" This film deals with a new right-extremist party in Germany "Die Republikaner," which represents the neo-fascists new strategy in Europe. They propagate legalistic, seemingly democratic ideologies but politically speaking are more dangerous than the small violent groups, because of increasing public support. This documentary is based on the undercover activities of journalist Michael Schomers who spent seven months as a member of the group. Schomer presents a view of the political everyday life of the party, which is based on the fascist elitist theory of the in-equality of humans. In English and German with English voiceovers. c1992. 55 min. Video/C 8725 Germany: From Partition to Unity (Allemagne : von der Teilung zur Einheit) Contents: Part l. Divided world -- divided Germany (26 min.) -- Part 2. The process of unification (26 min.). Documents the history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 through commentary and historical film footage, showing that the Germans on both sides of the wall never lost sight of their claim to national unity. 1991. 52 min. Video/C 7720 Gli Squadristi del 2000 A documentary on the resurgence of fascism and racist violence in Europe, particularly in Germany and Austria. Leaders of extreme left political groups such as Arnolf Priem, Heinz Reisz, Michael Kuhnen in Germany and Gerd Honsik, Gottfried Kussel in Austria are interviewed and seen making speeches at meetings. Recounts with film footage various racist and skinhead assaults on Turks, disabled children and Jewish cemeteries in Germany in the past few years. PAL standard 24 min. In Italian and German, with Italian voiceovers, subtitles and captions. PAL. Video/C 2709 The Hapsburgs 1992. 53 min. each installment. The Dream of an Empire. Although Rudolph von Hapsburg was crowned in 1273, the Hapsburg dynasty did not firmly establish itself until Frederick III passed the crown to his son, Maximilian I, in 1493. This program traces the roots of the struggle, showing how the Hapsburg dynasty eventually established itself, both in Austria and Spain, shaping the course of European history for the next six centuries. Video/C 5930 Cross and Crescent. The internal and external forces set in motion during the 16th and 17th centuries changed Europe forever. This program examines the political, religious, and class conflicts that led to the Thirty Years War. It shows how the Turkish forces advanced to the gates of Vienna and were defeated, establishing the boundaries of modern Europe. Video/C 5931 New Mission. The death of Charles VI in 1740 without a male heir led to a dynastic crisis and conflict between the Hapsburgs and the Hollenzollerns. Frederick the Great's rule embodied the Enlightenment as he granted equality to all citizens and established public education. But Maria Theresa's claim to the throne was not widely accepted. The ensuing Seven Years War was a pivotal struggle that firmly established Maria Theresa on the throne, where she ruled for forty years, followed by her son, Joseph II. Video/C 5932 Peoples' Prison, Peoples' Shelter. This final segment examines the liberal forces at work in the 19th century, the conservative policies of the Hapsburg rulers, and the inevitable results of this conflict. It shows how demands for greater freedom, combined with Metternich's resignation, eventually resulted in greater oppression. In examining the revolution of 1848, the program shows the resulting policy of security over liberty and preservation rather than renewal. Video/C 5933 Here We Come In Dessau, Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin in the 1980s: Simo, Beatschmidt, Magic Mayer ... breakdance was their home and Hip Hop their lives. They were not supposed to dance in the former GDR ... but they did. They met on the streets, trailored their own jogging suits and painted their shirts with graffiti, imitating the moves from movies, they trained in front of the mirror and on the streets. At first isolated by society, breakdance evolved into an important youth culture symbol in the former East Germany. Contents: "Du Weisst alles uber die DDR? Win Film uber eine Generation, Die Bisher Nicht Gefragt Wurde!" -- Container. Special features (Disc 1): Preview and premiere trailers ; musikvideo FMK & DJ Nas'D "Damals". Disc 2 (Bonus material, 250 min.): 1. Beat street -- 2. Technik -- 3. Music on -- 4. Radebeul und Ostradio -- 5. Sharp GF 777 -- 6. Malen und Sprayan -- 7. Spruhdosen basteln -- 8. Skodadosen -- 9. Trickfilmarbeiten -- 10. Klamotten salbermachen -- 11. Skateboard -- 12. Die Anfange -- 13. Die Auftritte -- 14. Das Archiv -- 15. Die Gruppe -- 16. Verschiedene Wege -- 17. Kerstin & Piere -- 18. Begriffe in de DDR -- Letzter Teil -- 20. Vorstellung -- 21. Trailer 1 "Kuhlschrank" -- 22. Trailer 2 "Karl-Marx-Stadt" -- 23. Trailer 3 "Bjorn" -- 24. Trailer 4 "Kamel aus Holz" -- 25. Here we go -- 26. Wir hatten ja nichts. Kamera, Bjorn Knechtel ; schnitt, Sven Kulik ; idee, Nico + Bjorn. Musik: ElectricB., Electric Beat Crew, DJ Gambler, Beatclub 99, PDM, Downtown Lyrics, S.B.-Jay, 3-M-Men, Pop Projekt, Rockhaus, Opossum & B-Side the Norm, Barry Kunzel, FMK & DJ Nas'D. Documentary accompanied by a sound disc with sixteen songs from the soundtrack. Originally produced by the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg in 2006. 90 min. DVD 8993 The History of the Federal Republic of Germany Presents a chronological overview of the history of the Federal Republic of Germany between the years 1945 to 1991. Contents: Part 1. 1945-1955 (30 min.) -- Part 2. 1956-1968 (30 min.) -- Part 3. 1969-1988 (30 min.) -- Part 4. 1989-1991 (30 min.). 1989-1993. Four videos: 121 min. total running time. Video/C 8100 How to live in the German Federal Republic. Leben BRD (How to live in the FRG) A film by Harun Farocki. Farocki's amazing dissection of modern life in Germany--in a country he calls "a training camp in which techniques for living are practiced by the professionally living." Composed entirely of 32 short scenes taken from instructional and training classes, these films, sometimes hilarious, and at times ominous, show rehearsals of real life situations acted out in practice sessions for dealing with life in modern day Germany. 1989. 83 min. Video/C 6635 Krieg und Frieden & Der Kandidat Disc 1. Krieg und Frienden = War and peace / directors, Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlondorff (118 min.), 1982 -- Auf der Suche nach einer praktisch-realistischen Haltung (12 min.), 1983 -- So tuckisch sind Friedensschlusse (1 min.), 2006. -- Disc 2. Der Kandidat = The Candidate / directors, Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Alexander von Eschwege, Volker Schlondorff (124 min), 1980 -- Gro?e Reiche mu? man leiten wie man kleine Fischlein brat (15 min.), 1993 -- Sturm uber Agypten (1 min.), 2006. Two documentary films and four shorts created by the noted German producer and director Alexander Kluge. Krieg unde Frieden (War and peace): This documentary and fiction film was a cooperative writing effort by five different German writers and/or directors, one of the most noted being the 1972 Nobel prize winner Heinrich Boll. Boll was specifically responsible for three fictive episodes at the end of the film that promote an anti-nuclear, pro-peace message ("Space Talk," "Atom Bunker," and "Kill Your Sister"). Documentary footage of Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Helmut Schmidt in action, along with various European and American leaders highlight the urgent issues of the day. Der Kandidat (The Candidate): This political documentary puts together clips from newsreels, archives, and television to review the controversial career of Franz Josef Strauss who was running for Chancellor of West Germany at the time this documentary was made. Strauss founded the Christian Socialist Union and had a long political history as a parliamentarian (1949), Special Minister (1952), and by 1955 was Minister of Defense. His career began to unravel when a series of scandals hit the presses that involved him in kickbacks and abuses of power. Strauss was forced to resign his post as Defense Minister in the early 1960s. Films were originally produced 1993-2006. DVD 8170 Lest We Forget A powerful "gut-wrenching" overview of World War II as seen through the eyes of an American soldier, from the Allied invasion to Berlin. Immediately after the surrender of all the German Forces, General Eisenhower ordered a documentary produced honoring the outstanding and stunning accomplishments of the American foot soldier. Once produced, however, he ordered all known copies destroyed, due to the"negative tones" of the finished film. This film was made from the only surviving copy. 1945. 48 min. Video/C 8683 Locked Up Time (Verriegelte zeit) Film recounts the personal experiences of prisoners who were incarcerated in East German jails which were closed after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A film by von Sibylle Schonemann. 1991. 90 min. Video/C 2571 Die Macht der Gefuhle & Serpentine Gallery Program (1961-2005) One Feature film, a compilation of 6 German television programs and five short films created by the noted German producer and director Alexander Kluge. Disc 1. Das todliche Dreieck (1 min.), 2006 -- Die Macht der Gefuhle = The Power of Emotion (112 min.), 1983 -- Feuerloscher E. A. Winterstein = E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher (11 min.), 1968 -- Disc 2. La Paloma (1 min.), 2006 -- Serpentine Gallery Program (100 min.), 1995-2005 : Minutenfilme = Minute Films ; Der flexible Unternehmer = The Flexible Entrepreneur ; Die Liebe stort der kalte Tod = Cold Death Interrupts Love ; Wer immer hofft, stirbt singend = He Who Hopes dies Singing ; Eine Frau wie ein Vulkan = A Woman Like a Volcano ; Der Offizier als Philosoph = The Officer as a Philosopher -- Rennen = Racing (9 min.), 1961 -- Protokoll einer Revolution = Transcription of a Revolution (12 min.), 1963. Die Macht der Gefuhle (The Power of Emotion) explains that emotion isn't to be confused with sentimentality. In this intellectual perspective of what emotion is and does, director Alexander Kluge has divided the topic into 12 parts with titles such as "The Change," "Act Five" or "The Shot" and then proceeded to formulate a film treatise that does not exclude political figures or activities in West Germany in the early 1980s. Serpentine Gallery Program: A treasure trove of German television programs. 246 min. DVD 8171 Mein kopf gehort mir A documentary interviewing muslim women living in Austria and Turkey who choose to wear muslim head coverage as a personal decision rather than as a characteristic behavior forced on them by a backward society. The film also examines larger issues and questions surrounding the identity of muslim women, women's rights and their place in Muslim society. 2001. In German. PAL format. 70 min. Video/C 8959 Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture Captures the cultural efflorescence in Berlin during the brief span of 15 years following the First World War, when, despite economic upheaval, the city attracted the greatest artistic and scientific talents of the century. Contains a rich flow of memories through commentary intercut with the brilliant drawings of George Grosz and old movie scenes including Berlin, symphony of a great city. 1976. 72 min. Video/C 7718 Metropole Berlin A documentary showing both the old and new Berlin highlighting its architecture and people with visits to street cafes, stylish restaurants and traditional pubs. 2001. In German. PAL format. 45 min. Video/C 8958 My Private War. An invaluable historical record of the journey of six German soldiers who took their amateur movie-cameras to the Russian Front in 1942 and who survived to tell their personal accounts of what went on during that campaign. This remarkably well-preserved footage offers a soldier's-eye view of the day-to-day workings of the Nazi war machine. The narrative voices are those of the soldiers who fifty years later, recall the pressures that coerced them into military service and the emotional repercussions they have experienced in the decades that followed. 1991. 90 min. Video/C 7025 My Second Life: East German Women in a Changed World. When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, excitement and joy were shared by an entire people. In East Germany the transition into a free market economy, however, proved to be diffuclut. When jobs suddenly became sparse, women were the ones who were pushed off the market and of the more than 4 million women who were employed in East Germany before the wall fell, only 59% are still employed today. Some now call women the great losers of the East German revolution. Yet, interviews with these very women show a wide spectrum of responses to the changes in their lives. They talk about gains as well as losses. 53 min. Video/C 4290 The Nation Returns. This program looks at Germany re-unified: while there was an East/West, communist/capitalist split, Germany could forget nationalism but since reunification it is now back with a vengeance. The liberals don't like the Germany they have and the neo-Nazis love a Germany that doesn't exist. 50 min. Video/C 4643 Post-Wall Germany 1990. Contents: 1. An unknown country -- 2. The Elbe River -- 3. The people of East Germany -- 4. The first all German elections. American journalist Ron Williams explores East Germany through American eyes and presents an intimate portrait of the country and an analysis of the future-role a united Germany can play in western society. 4 tapes, 60 min. each Video/C 2379 Revolution DDR: Das Ende eines Staates A documentary (in German) showing original footage shot during the downfall of the East German regime and of the Berlin wall for DEFA Filmstudios. Examines conditions in East Germany which eventually caused the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany. Among them, a faltering planned economy, travel limitations, environmental degredation caused by outdated industries, limitiations on religious freedom, and demonstrations and revolutions in Eastern Europe against communism. In German. PAL format tape. 1990. 60 min. Video/C 8371 The Role of the Free Democratic Party in German Politics. With Gerhard Baum & Hildegard Hamm-Bruecher (Conversations; 44). Video/C 1317 Schaut auf diese stadt (Look at This City.) The history of West Berlin from the end of the Second World War to the days following the building of the Wall on August 13, 1961, from the perspective of the leaders of the German Democratic Republic. From a communist perspective the Eastern section of Berlin was portrayed as a city of peace, while the West was portrayed as the source of constant disruptions. West Berlin could only be resisted by forcefully isolating it by the creation of the wall which would secure the possibility of peace in Europe. First released as a motion picture in East Germany in 1962. 80 min. Video/C 7186 That Was the GDR. A seven part documentary of the history of Communist East Germany told from the people's own point of view. 1993. Part 1: I was a Citizen of the GDR. Former GDR citizens tell of their personal feelings, experiences and attitudes toward the GDR as well as both material difficulties and the dominance of the State. They reflect on historical events such as the uprising on the 17th of June, 1953, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall and the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968, while also conveying a sense of the hope that was pinned on Gorbachev's Perestroika. 90 min. Video/C 7085 Part 2: From Zone to State. Germany was a trophy in the struggle between the new powers after two world wars. This segment considers the events leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 -- the final division between the two German states. Here the focus is not only on major political events but also on the spirit of the times as reflected in images from film, photographs, posters, caricatures, pop-songs and speeches. 45 min. Video/C 7086 Part 3: From Plan to Penury. In the beginning was the plan. The motto for economy and development in the GDR meant also the departure from personal property. This film follows the development of the GDR's planned economy from its beginning to its failure. It spans from success reports from the economic front, to standing in line for goods, to severe damage to the environment arising from extreme depletion of natural resources. 45 min. Video/C 7086 Part 4: For the Welfare of the People. This segment centers on the Honecker era when the program for social policy of the Socialist Unity Party called for the "unity of economic and social policy." Thus the Party leadership celebrated the achievemnt of the tight social service network extending from day-care to retirement home. But the further individuals are removed from the processes of production, the more useless they become from an economic perspective. How much social security did the State really provide? 45 min. Video/C 7087 Part 5: Mind and Might. This segment examines the struggles and repressions of art and culture in East Germany. The history of literature and art in the GDR is repeatedly interrupted by State repression. The film examines how this situation revealed contradictions between intellect and power in the GDR -- between the State's proclamations and reality -- spanning from Becher to Biermann. 45 min. Video/C 7087 Part 6: Shield and Sword. The Ministry for State Security (MfS) was from its founding in 1950 the central instrument of domination, for defense against external and internal enemies. The Stasi, the political secret police, conducted surveillance and investigated punishable activity. A gigantic European surveillance apparatus ultimately appears -- spies and informants with German thoroughness, millions of victims and mountains of files in the "Gauck Archives." 45 min. Video/C 7088 Part 7: We Are the People. "We are the people" was the chant of 70,000 protesters in the streets of Leipzig. This final segment covers the end of the GDR. It begins as the GDR enjoys its greatest success, recognition by the Federal Republic of Germany -- the hope for two German States and a peaceful coexistence. From this point on the GDR walked a tightrope between detente and diverging from the West, until its eventual downfall. 45 min. Video/C 7088 20th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall: August 12, 1981 (Nightline) A look at the Berlin Wall from differing perspectives. The West claims it was built to keep unhappy East Germans from escaping. The East Germans claim it was built to protect them from West German invasion. 24 min. Video/C 5770 Unter Deutschen: Eindrucke aus einem fremden Land In this documentary the filmmaker explores the question of German identity after unification through traveling and talking to countless people, viewing numerous people think of themselves, of their country, and of the future. PAL format tape. In German. 1995. 89 min. Video/C 7606 The Wall. A film from the painter and documentary filmmaker Jurgen Bottcher. His topic: the Berlin Wall, its last days and its highly anticipated destruction. Against an acoustic backdrop of construction equipment, Bottcher composed the film by projecting historical places in Berlin, historic motion pictures, wooden crosses for the victims of the wall, colorful graffiti, the rushing masses and relentless media and other scenes on the broken-down wall. c1999. 96 min. Video/C 7147 Walter Kempowski: Chronicler Exhibition "40 + 10" (KuBus 22) Presents 2 segments from a German television news magazine. Part 1 is an interview with Walter Kempowski, one of the most widely read contemporary German authors of today. Part 2 visits Germany's Museum for Contemporary History in Bonn which is presenting an exhibition on 50 years of history of the Federal Republic of Germany: 40 years of separate history and 10 years of joint history. 1998. 22 min. Video/C 8081 Was heisst'n hier multikulturell? In the summer of 1994, a youth project was organised by BMW corporation and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Friedenspadagogik, which sent young people out with video cameras in Munich's Haidhausen district to collect spontaneous reactions to a number of questions dealing with tolerance towards people of different ethnic backgrounds who are rubbing shoulders here with the local population. In German; PAL format tape. 1994. 30 min. Video/C 8072 Weimar: A Modern Day Renaissance City In 1999, Weimar is the cultural capital of Europe. This alone would be reason enough for a profile of the city. But in addition, this year also marks the 250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The film shows the history and present of this city in Thuringia. Numerous interviews portray a lively impression of Weimar's past and present and look ahead to the future. 59 min. Video/C 7050 The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 A documentary using archival films to cover the history of Germany from 1918 through 1933. Program summary: Emergence of democracy -- "November criminals" -- Civil unrest -- Treaty of Versailles -- Treaty of Rapallo -- French invasion of the Ruhr -- Hyper-inflation -- Gustave Stresemann and the "golden years of the Weimar Republic" -- Outpouring of cultural and intellectual ideas -- Depression -- Rise of the Nazi Party -- Failure of democracy. c2002. 28 min. Video/C 9787 Die Weimarer Klassik: Das Land der Griechen mit der Seele suchend. The film seeks to introduce the literary history of Weimar, the city of Goethe and Schiller, through the medium of two contemporary young people, one a German student working as a guide, and a Brasilian student visitor, who wanders among the historic sites of this city. Excerpts from Goethe's 'Faust' and Schiller's 'Wallenstein' are shown as well. In German. 1995. 30 min. Video/C 8073 When the Guests Stayed On... This film documents the lives of several Turkish families in the Bavarian town of Forchheim who originally came here in the 1960s as 'guest workers'. Instead of going back to Turkey, they settled in Germany, raised their children there, and are now watching their children raise families of their own. c1997. 37 min. video/C 8071 When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World. Using never-before-seen footage, this compelling film shows what really happened November 9th-11th, 1989 during the fall of the Berlin Wall. General Secretary Gorbachev, President Bush, Chancellor Kohl, General Secretary Krenz, NBC news correspondent Tom Brokaw, and others describe first-hand what occurred behind the scenes. Commentary by Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Helmut Kohl,Egon Krenz, James A. Baker, Tom Brokaw. 1999. 89 min. Video/C 7146 Wie werde ich Demokrat? After World War II Allied powers in Germany decided to lead back the "Outlaw nation" into the community of the civilized nations. From 1945 to 1952 the British/American "Welt im Film" series produced propaganda and documentary films for the purpose of re-education of the German population. This 3 disc set features twelve of these re-education films addressing the psychology, politics, culture and everyday life of post-War Germans from an Allied viewpoint. Disc 1. Wie werde ich demokrat = Comment devenir democrate? = How do I become a democrat? / writer and director, Dieter Reifarth [Film chapters]: Der Wahltag in Berlin = Election day in Berlin ; Die Schlange: Portrait eines Zeitgenossen = Portrait of a contemporary serpent ; Wahrungs-Reform = Currency reform ; In Bonn und Auf Dem Petersberg: Regierungsbildung Vollzogen Bestazungsstatut Statt Militarregierung = In Bonn and at Petersberg: the government has been formed -- Outtakes [from Wie Werde ich Demokrat?] (121 min.) -- Disc 2. Die Todesmuhlen = The death mills (aka, Mills of death, Di Tit Milen) / director, Hanus Burger (3 versions in English, German and Yiddish) -- The Town / director, Josef von Sternberg -- Deutschland erwache = Germany awakes (aka Germany awake) / producer, U.S. Signal Corps (100 min.) -- Disc 3. Das Gerucht = The rumor / director, Ernst Niederreither -- Marschieren, marschieren = Marching, marching / director, Gehard Born -- Werftarbeiter = Throwing worker / director, Wolf Hart -- Weiss-Gelb-Schwarz = White-yellow-black / director, Hans Curlis -- Es liegt an Dir = It is because of you / director, Wolfgang Kiepenheuer -- Eine Kleinstadt hilft sich selbst = A town helps itself / director, Wolfgang Becker (73 min.). DVD 7176 Young People in Germany Presents 2 segments from a German television news magazine. Part 1 presents interviews with young adults in Germany concerning their present attitudes and hopes for the future. Part 2 visits the controversial "spelling reform" designed to make the German language simpler and more logical. 1999. 27 min. Video/C 8077 Greece/Cyprus Ancient and Classical Civilizations Greek cinema My Cyprus: The country, the Conflict, the Missing American journalist Varnavas Zagaris visits his ancestral village in Cyprus interviewing numerous Cypriots, while presenting a historical overview of the ongoing conflict between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities initiated in 1974 by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He also examines the current tensions and periodic violent clashes in the UN-controlled buffer zone. 1995. 52 min. Video/C 9309 Italy Ancient Civilizations: Rome Italian cinema Peace and Conflict Studies: World War I & II Domestic Terrorism. (Terrorism, Aims and Objectives) This program looks at what makes educated -- sometimes highly educated men and women take up arms in an ideological bid to overthrow their democratic governments; and it shows why some fail, while others are more successful in attaining their goals. It also shows why highly motivated and intelligent terrorists are so difficult for police to catch, and underscores the inevitable temptations for government to bend or break the law in order to bring the culprits to justice. Looks at terrorist activities in Italy, Northern Ireland and Spain. c1995. 52 min. Video/C 8343 Palio A documentary on the customs of the people of Siena, Italy centering on the celebration of the Palio di Siena, an 18th-century political horse race still held between 17 city districts. 38 min. Video/C 6008 La primavera del 2002: l'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma Follows the activities and demonstrations by members of the Italian labor union CGIL, as they mobilize Italians to protest the changes in labor laws promoted by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2002. Text accompanying videocassette: Diciottesimo parallelo : la ripresa del conflitto sociale in Italia / a cura di Gabriele Polo. 2002. In Italian. PAL format. 53 min. Video/C MM83 The Venice Gondola Pageant Presents the Regata Storica, a great water pageant in Venice, Italy, featuring standing oarsmen in period costume re-enacting the pirate raid. The races and parades of crafts in addition to concerts and exhibitions add to a grand spectacle. 1986. 30 min. Video/C 8629 Spain and Portugal General History Spanish Civil War Portugal Spanish History & Culture Spanish cinema General History Acts of Faith: Jewish Civilization in Spain Many Latinos in the American Southwest wear amulets and perform certain practices different from their fellow Latino Catholics--and are discovering only now, to their amazement, that they are descended from Jews who chose conversion rather than death at the time of the great expulsion from Spain in 1492. This film looks at remnants of what was once the great Jewish civilization in Spain: the artifacts, which were Christianized or destroyed; and the people, many of whom continued to practice elements of the religion and folklore of Judaism and for most of whom the memory of Jewishness has been extinguished. 1995. 50 min. Video/C 6562 The Barcelona Blueprint Once the industrial heart of the region of Catalonia in Spain, Barcelona was becoming a failed European city when a visionary local government decided to radically redevelop the city in the run for the 1992 Olympics. It is now considered a model 21st century city, combining historic buildings with modern architecture. This program takes a tour of Barcelona's seafront and listens to a studio debate on the issues facing cities and those who live in them. This debate was part of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in New York in 2001. Video/C 8937 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada Twelve Summer Days, 1588 Presents by means of fictional British television news coverage from 1588 the events of the Spanish Armada's voyage through the English Channel. 42 min. Video/C 3997 Domestic Terrorism. (Terrorism, Aims and Objectives) This program looks at what makes educated -- sometimes highly educated men and women take up arms in an ideological bid to overthrow their democratic governments; and it shows why some fail, while others are more successful in attaining their goals. It also shows why highly motivated and intelligent terrorists are so difficult for police to catch, and underscores the inevitable temptations for government to bend or break the law in order to bring the culprits to justice. Looks at terrorist activities in Italy, Northern Ireland and Spain. c1995. 52 min. Video/C 8343 España en libertad (Spain in Freedom) The coronation of Juan Carlos I marked the third restoration of Spanish Bourbon rule. This program tracks the mixed fortunes of post-Franco Spain as it transitioned into a parliamentary monarchy and moved forward into the 21st century. News footage of policy makers and events addresses free elections, economic restructuring, membership in the E.U., educational reforms, and social security as well as the failed 23-F coup, high unemployment, labor strikes, and terrorism. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2005. 61 min. DVD 6259 Ethnic Terrorism. Examines three major contemporary organizations which represent ethically-based opposition to state authority. The IRA and The Basques (ETA) represent two examples of European terrorism, while the PLO represents a distinct Middle Eastern phenomenon. Follow the factors which generate terrorism, the techniques used, and the "justification" of these deadly acts, the type of state response and the political, social, psychological and economic consequences of violence. 1996. Dist. Ambrose Video 46 min. Video/C MM1085 Euskadi The first definitive film treatment of the Basque-Spanish conflict. Traces the history of the Basque independence movement from the Spanish civil war to after the socialist victory in the 1982 Spanish national elections. Archival footage and interviews with some of the main protagonists of this conflict present events of the last fifty years such as the 1937 bombing of Guernica, the systematic police repression of Basques under the Franco regime, and the killing of Prime Minister Carrero Blanco by the ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna - the Basque Country and Her Liberty). A film by Arthur MacCaig. 1984. 97 min. Video/C MM1082 Description from First Run Icarus catalog Expulsion and Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews This documentary traces the descendants of Spanish Jews who were forced to either flee or convert to Catholicism after Queen Isabella's edict of 1492. Many of these Jews had to practice their religion in secret, passing their furtively-recalled customs down through the generations. Exploring the history and culture of these 'conversos,' the film celebrates an enduring spiritual legacy which has survived centuries of persecution. 1996. 51 min. Video/C 6640 Federico Garcia Lorca: the Spirit of Lorca. Filmed on location in Spain, this vintage program profiles the immortalized poet/dramatist Federico Lorca, capturing the potent essence of Spanish culture in the process. Extracts from his poems, plays, and letters demonstrate his burning passion for the arts, while the details of his life and violent death, as told by his biography Ian Gibson, contemporaries Rafael Alberti and Luis Rosales, and others, presents a thoughtful perspective on Spain's revered literary icon. 1986. 75 min. Video/C 6899 Hasta la Reina Isabel Baila el Danzon (Even Queen Isabel Dances the Danzon) The Spain of the Catholic kings is still present in many places in Cuba, like Havana, where Marta Gonzalez lives. She is a card and palm reader turned spiritualist who believes that she is possessed by the spirit of Queen Isabel of Castile. In Spanish with English subtitles. 20 min. Video/C 4211 Mercaderes y cambistas Presents a history of the great fairs held in Medina del Campo, Spain, through documentary engravings, paintings, photographs and pictures from the beginning of the 20th century and their contributions to the commerce, culture and art of the society. VHS format (PAL). In Spanish. 12 min. Video/C 8512 Spain: the Moorish Influence. Encompasses Spain's epic story of conquest and reconquest by the Moors. Describes the shifting social and political realities of the Islamic and Christian kingdoms and the influence of Moorish civilization which helped lead to the European Renaissance. 28 min. Video/C 4602 States of Terror: Counter-terrorism in the Basque Country (Etats de terreur: Guerre Sle au Pays Basque) Separatist movement. Following an attempted right-wing coup in 1981, Spanish government officials secretly formed the GAL, an organization whose purpose was to attack ETA using similar methods of violence and terror. After a pivotal meeting with President Francois Mitterrand, Spain received the support it needed when France agreed to assist the GAL in their operations. Concentrating on the French Basque country --a sanctuary for many of ETA's members-- GAL actions were directed by Spanish government officials, deploying hired mercenaries to carry out bombings, kidnappings and assassinations with the compliance and assistance of the French police. Through interviews with government officials, judicial officials and prosecutors, journalists, and the families of victims - and incorporating rare archival footage --the director conducts a methodical investigation into the Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL). Directed by Arthur Mac Caig. 59 min. 2000. Video/C MM1084 Description from First Run/Icarus catalog Toward a Livable City This program looks at the development of Barcelona, a city dating to pre-Christian times, which grew slowly until the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Shows how the results of research can be applied to improve the allocation of scarce resources in housing, transportation, fuel consumption, air quality control, and waste disposal. c1991. 28 min. Video/C 8332 Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War in movies Art in the Struggle for Freedom Profiles the role of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, an international force which assembled to aid Spain during the Spanish Civil War with special emphasis on the poetry, music and posters which were developed to support the struggle for freedom. 2000. 28 min. Video/C 7187 Cara y Cruz de la Revolucion. An historical documentary, including interviews with many on both sides of the Spanish Civil War. This segment examines the conflicting political ideologies which caused so much internal strife during the war. Includes political posters created during the conflict throughout the film. In Spanish with occasional English subtitles. 1983. 53 min. Video/C 5232 Caudillo: The History of the Spanish Civil War. Tells the story of General Franco's revolt and the ensuing Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 from both the Republican and Falangist points of view. Includes documentary film footage, narrative excerpts from various well-known writers who reported on the war at first hand, and contemporary visits with surviving participants. 111 min. Video/C 340 Chants de la guerre d'Espagne (Songs of the Spanish Civil War) [SOUND RECORDING] Contents: Himno de Riego (1:58) -- Los cuatro generales (3:10) -- Somos los soldados vascos (1:16) -- Ya sabes mi paradero (2:56) -- La sardana de les monges (2:56) -- Que sera? (2:55) -- La Santa espina (2:30) -- El paso del Ebro (2:40) -- El tren blindado (2:59) -- Fuerte (cont'd) de San Cristobal (3:01) -- Marineros (3:19) -- El tragala (2:23) -- El pendon morado (2:52) -- Els segadors (1:57). Cobla de Barcelone; unnamed chorus and orchestra; Gustavo Pittaluga and Rodolfo Halffter, conductors of the chorus and orchestra. Sound/D 49 ...De Toda la Vida (...All Our Lives) A documentary on the lives of women who participated in the anarchist movement during the Spanish Civil War. Through interviews, archival footage and still photographs, the program portrays a dynamic group of women, now in their eighties, who put the anarchist ideals of equality and self-management to work in their own lives. 1986. 54 min. Video/C 7809 Forever Activists: Stories From the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade The personal recollections of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans are interspersed with historic footage of the events of the Spanish Civil War in which they took part. The film explores their long term commitment to political activism as many of these veterans have played significant roles in World War II, trade unionism, the McCarthy period, civil rights, the Vietnam anti-war movement, disarmament and peace efforts. 1990. 60 min. Video/C 6641 Barrett, James R. "Forever Activists." The Journal of American History Vol. 79, No. 3, Discovering America: A Special Issue (Dec., 1992), pp. 1278-1279 UC users only Exile 2002. 59 min. each installment Escaping Franco. Presents firsthand accounts of the Spanish Civil War from Spaniards who went into exile as a result of it. Newsreel footage accompanies their stories of destruction and escape: tales of separation, imprisonment, forced labor, and frontline action at the start of World War II, as well as, for some -- testimonials to the kindness of strangers. DVD 2301 Holding On, Fighting Back: The Long Road Home to Spain. During World War II the hardships of the Spanish Civil War refugees grew worse. In this program survivors talk of their ordeals and victories: repression and reprisals in Franco's Spain; suffering in French internment camps; deportation to Nazi concentration camps; meritorious service with the French Resistance and Allied forces; and after the war, their liv