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Summary:

Between 1964 and 1973 the United States conducted a secret air war, dropping over 2 million tons of bombs and making tiny Laos the most heavily bombed country in history. Millions of these 'cluster bombs' did not explode when dropped, leaving the country massively contaminated with 'bombies' as dangerous now as when they fell a quarter century ago. [This film] examines the problem of unexploded cluster bombs through the personal experiences of a group of Laotians and foreigners and argues for their elimination as a weapon of war.

Contributors:

Silberman, Jack , film director, film producer, screenwriter

Willows, Alec , narrator

Gann, Marilyn , narrator

CFCF-TV (Television station : Montréal, Québec) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Lumiere Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Independent Television Service , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Bullfrog Films , distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst

Languages:

English
Lao

Language Notes:

In English and Lao with English subtitles.

Subjects:

Laos — History — Bombardment, 1964-1973

Unexploded ordnance — Laos

Bombing, Aerial — United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 — Campaigns — Laos

Explosive ordnance disposal

Bombs — Laos

Land mines — Laos

Land mine victims — Laos

Vietnam War (1961-1975)

1961-1975

Unexploded ordnance

Military campaigns

Bombs

Land mines

Land mine victims

Bombing, Aerial

United States

Laos

Genres:

Documentary television programs

Nonfiction television programs

Internet videos

Online media

History

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Narrator : Alec Willows ; additional narrator : Marilyn Gann.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Rudi Kovanic, C.S.C. ; editor, Shelly Hamer ; composer, J. Douglas Dodd.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Lumiere Productions Inc., ©2001; previously released in 2002.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 4, 2018).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Audience:

Grades: 10 and up.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (57 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: bf-bombie

OCLC Numbers:

1056764881

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00001254