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Following Sept. 11, the nation's top leaders gathered to decide the U.S.
response. This documentary examines the debate within the context of the history
of terrorist attacks against the United States by Islamic fundamentalists,
beginning with the American Embassy workers taken hostage in Iran during Jimmy
Carter's presidency. Looks at other incidents--the bombing of the U.S. Marine
barracks in Beirut, the killing of American soldiers in a Berlin nightclub, the
downing of Pan Am 103, and the first attack on the World Trade Center. Discusses
the American government's attempts to deal with these attacks, particularly
focusing on the Reagan administration. Uncovers a long-standing division within
the nation's security apparatus about how to deal with an enemy that has been
targeting America and Americans for decades.
ERC Reserve Media.
363.32097 TARG.
BITING THE BULLET [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCERS, IAN ALTSCHWAGER, BRIGID DONOVAN.
[1996].
Recorded off-air from ABC-TV 4 November 1996.
Reporter, Margot O,Neill.
Australia is disarming in the world's largest handover of civilian firearms. But
how did this happen in a country with a history of liberal gun laws? "Four
Corners" asks is Australia ready to muzzle its gun culture and is the gun lobby
really in retreat?
ERC VID.
363.33 BITI (Not for I.L.L.).
AFTER THE TSUNAMI [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCER, LIN BUCKFIELD.
Off-air recording of the ABC-TV program broadcast 7/2/05. Copied under Part 5A
of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region 0.
Reporter, Jonathan Holmes.
Jonathan Holmes travels to Aceh, Indonesia, meeting survivors of the tsunami of
26 December, 2004, assessing the task of rebuilding their shattered lives and
looking at the threats to the many millions of dollars that have been raised.
DVD.
ERC DVD.
363.34 AFTE.
NEW ORLEANS [VIDEORECORDING] : ANATOMY OF A DISASTER / WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND
DIRECTED BY CAROLINE PENRY-DAVEY, PETER CHINN.
Off-air recording of tne SBS programme broadcast 18/12/05. Copied under Part 5A
of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all.
'A Pioneer production for NOVA in association with WGBH/Boston, FIVE, Spiegel
TV and Arte.'
Copyright notice: Commonwealth of Australia. Copyright Regulations. 1969.
Warning.
Edited by Huw Jenkins, Francis Robertson, Elliot McCaffrey ; closed-captioning,
The Caption Center.
Narrated by Neil Ross.
Close footage of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in her wake. It was
at 6.10 am on Monday 29 August, when Hurricane Katrina surged up the Inter-
coastal Waterway toward the vulnerable eastern sections of New Orleans. By 7am,
a fifteen foot wave smashed into the Industrial Canal. Examines what made
Katrina so deadly, and analyses how this event resulted in destruction on an
unprecedented scale for the region, despite technically advanced flood and storm
defences and extensive disaster relief planning,
This documentary includes eyewitness accounts of what actually happened,
together with high-tech computer simulations of the calamity. Questions whether
storms like Katrina are increasing in frequency. It also shows how the long-term
ecology of New Orleans and the shrinking wetlands surrounding the city steadily
increased its vulnerability. Explains why the protective levee system ultimately