Documentaries on Central and East European Subjects: History, Politics, Current Events - Listed by Country.

Films are listed under the following sections:
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE GENERALLY
ALBANIA
ARMENIA
BELARUS´
BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA [to 1992]
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
FINLAND
GERMANY
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MACEDONIA
MONTENEGRO
POLAND
ROMANIA
SERBIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
UKRAINE
YUGOSLAVIA AND FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

See also materials on the Baltic States, Belarus´ and Ukraine during the  Soviet period

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE GENERALLY

Feature Length Documentaries on Central and Eastern European Subjects from Other Countries

• Algunos que vivieron [Some Who Lived] directed by Luis Puenzo, 2000, 55 minutes, in Spanish with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-479
• Balkan Fascination : Creating an Alternative Music Culture in America, directed by Mirjana Lausevic, 46 minutes, in various Balkan languages and English
  Call number DVD-1262
• Broken Silence [Five films about the Holocaust], 2000-2001, 282 minutes, in various languages with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-479 DVD 1, 55 + 57 + 56 minutes
  Call number DVD-480 DVD 2, 58 + 56 minutes
• Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, 2000, 113 minutes, in English or German with subtitles in German or English
  Call number DVD-842
• Obyknovennyi fashizm [Ordinary Fascism] directed by Mikhail Romm, 1965, 131 minutes, in Russian
  Call number DVD-2416
• The Rape of Europa, 2006, 117 minutes, in English with some German, Polish, French, Russian and Italian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2194
• Shoah, directed by Claude Lanzmann, 1985, 542 minutes, in various languages with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1223 Part 1, 147 minutes
  Call number DVD-1224 Part 2, 115 minutes
  Call number DVD-1225 Part 3, 141 minutes
  Call number DVD-1226 Part 4, 140 minutes
• Swastika [Inside the Third Reich] directed by Philippa Mora, 1973, 95 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2413
• Verdict on Auschwitz, directed by Rolf Bickel and Dietrich Wagner, 1993, 180 minutes, in German with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1400

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Documentary Materials on Central and Eastern European Subjects from Other Countries

• After Auschwitz, BBC4, 15 February 2005, 40 minutes
  Call number V-1988
• Anne Frank : the Life of a Young Girl, producer Brooke Runnette, History Channel, Biography Series, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• Auschwitz: Slaves of the Nazi Gas Chambers, written and produced by Peter Sharp, Channel 5, 7 November 1999, 48 minutes
  Call number V-1135
• Auschwitz - The Great Escape: Revealed [Documentary tracing the true story of the spectacular escape from the camp in 1944 by two young Slovak Jews whose authoritative account of the industrial-scale killing at the camp went on to save thousands of Jewish lives] produced and directed by Alex Dunlop, Five, 25 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1396
• Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution': 1. Surprising Beginnings; 2. Orders and Initiatives; 3. Factories of Death; 4. Corruption; 5. Frenzied Killing; 6. Liberation & Revenge, 2005, 48 + 48 + 48 + 47 + 47 + 47 = 285 minutes, in English
  Call numbers DVD-2197 and DVD-2198
• Battle for Berlin [Events surrounding the Russian Army's fight for and entry into Berlin in 1945] written and directed by Tilman Remme, BBC2, Timewatch, 10 May 2002, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1435
• Beyond the Pink Curtain, directed by Mathew Sweet, 2008, 71 minutes, in English with some Serbian, French and Lithuanian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2279
• Campaign in the Balkans, 2002, 103 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1812
• Child of the Death Camps: Truth and Lies, directed and narrated by Christopher Olgiati, BBC1, 3 November 1999, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1135
• The Children Who Cheated the Nazis ["Kindertransport" children, sent out of Germany before 2nd World War] producers Jim Goulding and Sue Read, Channel 4, 28 September 2000, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• Cold War. Part 1: Comrades 1917-1945; Part 2: Iron Curtain 1945-1947; Part 3: Marshall Plan 1947-1952, BBC2, 19 and 26 September and 3 October 1998, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-901
• Cold War: Part 4, Berlin 1948-1949; Part 5 Korea 1949-1953; Part 6: Reds 1948-1953, BBC2, 10, 17 and 31 October 1998, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-902
• Cold War: Part 7: After Stalin 1953-1956; Part 8: Sputnik 1949-1961; Part 9: The Wall 1958-1963, BBC2, 7, 14 and 21 November 1998, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-903
• Cold War: Part 10: Cuba 1959-1962; Part 11: Vietnam; Part 12: MAD 1960-1972, BBC2, 28 November and 5 December 1998 and 6 February 1999, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-904
• Cold War: Part 13: Make Love, Not War: The Sixties; Part 14: Red Spring: The Sixties; Part 15: China, BBC2, 13, 20 and 27 February 1999, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-905
• Cold War: Part 16: Détente 1969-1975; Part 17: Good guys, bad guys 1967-1978; Part 18: Backyard 1954-1990, BBC2, 6, 13 and 20 March 1999, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-906
• Cold War: Part 19: Freeze 1977-1981; Part 20: Soldiers of God 1975-1988; Part 21: Spies 1944-1994, BBC2, 27 March and 11 and 18 April 1999, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-907
• Cold War: Part 22: Star Wars 1981-1988; Part 23: The Wall Comes Down 1989; Part 24: Conclusions 1989-1991, BBC2, 25 April and 2 and 9 May 1999, 3 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-908
• Cold War Spy Swap [Exchange of Gary Powers and Colonel Abel, February 1962] BBC2, Days that Shook the World, 9 March 2005, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1990
• Communism: the Great Belief of the 20th Century
  see under La Foi du Siècle
• Danube Delta : Europe Untamed, BBC2, Natural World Series, 15 April 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1319
• Europe - Family Affairs: The Right to Equality [Influence of history and tradition on contemporary ethics and sexual stereotypes, with reports from Albania (blood feud) and France (polygamous families)], produced and directed by Adrian Pennink, BBC2, Correspondent, 1 April 2001, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1352
• Exodus : Desperate Voyage [The plight of Second World War victims], written and directed by Jim Milio, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• The Fall of the Wall [the destruction of the Berlin Wall] 1. A Hole in the Fence, 2. The Fatal Error, directed by David Ash, BBC2, 30 October and 6 November 1994, 55 + 55 minutes
  Call number V-558
• La Foi du Siècle [Faith of the Century. A History of Communism] 1999
  Call numbers DVD-2191 and DVD-2192 218 minutes, in English or French
  Call number DVD-2412 250 minutes, in English
• The Free Polish Forces [The contribution made by Polish fighters in World War 2] written and produced by Charles Messenger, Channel 5, Gladiators of the World War II, 29 March 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1353
• The Great War [Eyewitness accounts and archive film of the 1914-1918 conflict] BBC2, 2003-2004, 26 x 40 minutes
  Call number V-1976 Parts 1-4
  Call number V-1977 Parts 5-8
  Call number V-1978 Parts 9-12
  Call number V-1979 Parts 13-16
  Call number V-1980 Parts 17-20
  Call number V-1981 Parts 21-24
  Call number V-1982 Parts 25-26
• Guns of August [based on the Pulitzer Prize book by Barbara Tuchman] produced by Nathan Kroll, Channel 5, November 1999, 120 minutes
  Call number V-1042
• The Haider Show [Jörg Haider is described as the greatest living threat to Europe] reporter and director Frederik Baker, BBC2, 28 October 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1185
• Hammer and Tickle [Ben Lewis tells the history of communism through the jokes of the time. With contributions from Lech Walesa, General Jaroszelskii and Peter Sodann], written, directed and narrated by Ben Lewis, BBC4, Storyville, 22 November 2007, 90 minutes
  Call number V-927
• Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist - Transdniestria, BBC2, 11 May 2005, 30 minutes
  Call number V-127
• I Met Adolf Eichmann [portrait of Eichmann thorugh interviews with those who met him] director Clara Glynn, BBC2, 12 February 2002, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1351
• Isaiah Berlin. The Making of a Hedgehog [His life up to World War Two] produced by David Herman, BBC2, 14 November 1997, 50 minutes
  Call number V-796
• Isaiah Berlin. Freedom and it Enemies [Stalinism and the Cold War] produced by David Herman, BBC2, 15 November 1997, 50 minutes
  Call number V-796
• The Jazzman from the Gulag [Documentary film about Eddie Rosner], directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati, BBC2, Storyville, 4 June 2002, 58 minutes
  Call number V-1442
• Kapo [Roles assumed by Jews during the Holocaust], written and produced by Dan Setton, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• The King, the Kaiser and The Tsar [Examines why the British monarchy survived after the 1st World War unlike other European royal families] BBC1, 21 January 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1453
• The Last Exodus [The history of the Jews in Eastern Europe] directed by John Jeremy, BBC2, 23 March 1991, 60 minutes, in Russian and English
  Call number V-504
• The Longest Hatred. Enemies of the People [Modern anti-semitism in Austria, Poland, Russia and Central Asia] directed by Rex Bloomstein, ITV, 16 April 1991, 55 minutes
  Call number V-504
• Looking for the Iron Curtain, directed by Antony Wall, produced by Martin Rosenbaum, BBC2, 7 November 1999, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1041
• The Lost World of Communism, 2009, 154 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2193
• Michael Palin's New Europe [Michael Palin explores the countries that were, for much of his life, hidden behind the Iron Curtain, and now are very much part of the New Europe of post-Soviet times], BBC1, September and October 2007, 7 x 60 minutes
  Call number V-983 Parts 1-4
  Call number V-984 Parts 5-7
• Our Aged, produced by Frederick Baker, John Thynne, Ewa Ewart, Correspondent Europe, BBC2, 10 June 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1050
• Our Faith, produced by David Akerman, Daniela Völker, Correspondent Europe, BBC2, 3 June 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1049
• Our Nationality, produced by Frederick Baker, Robin Barnwell, Nick Hudson, Correspondent Europe, BBC2, 13 May 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1049
• People's Century 1989. People Power, produced by Angus MacQueen, BBC1, 16 February 1997, 55 minutes
  Call number V-581
• People's Century 1997. Fast Forward, produced by Archie Baron, BBC1, 23 February 1997, 55 minutes
  Call number V-582
• The People's Opium? [Religion in post-Communist Soviet society] produced by Catherine Seddon, 40 minutes, BBC1, 1 December 1991
  Call number V-539
• The Romanovs/The Fall of the Berlin Wall [The move from a monarchy to a communist state in Russia, and the collapse of the state's ideology 70 years later] BBC4, Days that Shook the World, 10 October 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1684
• Smile of History [The Pope and Eastern Europe] produced and directed by Ewa Ewart, Absolute Truth, BBC2, 4 October 1998, 50 minutes
  Call number V-864
• The Spying Game, Part 1, A School for Spies, directed by Helen Glanville; Part 2, The Last Cold War Warrior, directed by Louis Heaton; Part 3, Covert Action, directed by Ricardo Pollack, BBC2, 19 and 26 September and 3 October 1999, 50 + 50 + 50 minutes
  Call number V-963
• The Spying Game, Part 4, Hearts and Minds, directed by Helen Glanville, BBC2, 10 October 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-964
• Survivors of the Holocaust, produced by Survivors of Shoah, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states]
  Episode 2, Hungary; Episode 3, Slovakia; Episode 4, Czech Republic; Episode 5, Poland; Episode 7, Latvia. BBC4, September-October 2004, 5 x 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991
  Episode 6, Lithuania, BBC4, 5 May 2005, 30 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Tomorrow's Socialism, produced by Dippy Chaudhury, BBC2, 5 February 1994, 40 minutes
  Call number V-553
• Travellers' Century: Patrick Leigh Fermor [Benedict Allen follows Patrick Leigh Fermor's epic 1931 quest across Europe as he traces the inns, haystacks and castles the young adventurer stayed in, as he foot-slogged his way through Holland, Germany, Hungary and Romania towards Byzantium.] BBC4, 7 August 2008, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1503
• War of the Century, written and produced by Laurence Rees [Part 1: High Hopes; Part 2: Spiral of Terror; Part 3: Learning to Win; Part 4: Vengeance] BBC2, October 1999, 4 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-970 Parts 1 and 2
  Call number V-971 Parts 3 and 4
• The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century by Niall Ferguson [Part 2: The Plan; Part 3: Killing Space; Part 4: A Tainted Victory] Channel 4, June 2008, 3 x 60 minutes
  Call number V-1395 Parts 2, 3 and 4
• The World at War: The Making of the Series, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; The History Channel, 2 September 2001, 55 minutes
  Call number V-1278
• The World at War. Part 1: A New Germany: 1933-1939; Part 2: Distant War: September 1939-May 1940; Part 3: France Falls: May-June 1940; Part 4: Alone: May 1940-May 1941, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 14, 21 and 28 January 2001, and The History Channel, 12 September 2001, 4 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1279
• The World at War. Part 5: Barbarossa: June-December 1941; Part 6: Banzai!: Japan 1931-1942; Part 7: On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942; Part 8: The Desert: North Africa 1940-1943, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 18 and 25 February and 4 and 18 March 2001, 4 x 50 minutes
  Call number V-1280
• The World at War. Part 9: Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943; Part 10: Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944; Part 11: Red Star: The Soviet Union 1941-1943; Part 12: Whirlwind: Bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 25 March and 1, 8 and 15 April 2001, 4 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1281
• The World at War. Part 13: Tough Old Gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944; Part 14: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944; Part 15: Home Fires: Britain 1940-1944; Part 16: Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-1944, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 13 and 20 May and 3 and 10 June 2001, 4 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1282
• The World at War. Part 17: Morning: June-August 1944; Part 18: Occupation: Holland 1940-1944; Part 19: Pincers: August 1944-March 1945; Part 20: Genocide: 1941-1945, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 17 and 24 June and 1 and 29 July 2001, 4 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1283
• The World at War. Part 21: Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945; Part 22: Japan: 1941-1945; Part 23: Pacific: February 1942-July 1945; Part 24: The Bomb: February-September 1945, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; BBC2, 5 and 12 August 2001, and The History Channel, 9 October 2001, 4 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1284
• The World at War. Part 25: Reckoning: 1945...and after; Part 26: Remember, produced by Jeremy Isaacs; The History Channel, 10 October 2001, and BBC2, 26 August 2001, 2 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1285
• World War Two behind Closed Doors. Stalin, The Nazis and the West, 2008, 346 minutes, in English, German, Polish and Russian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1902 DVD 1, 172 minutes
  Call number DVD-1903 DVD 2, 174 minutes
• The Wrong Stuff [High altitude and extreme cold research in Dachau and its subsequent use in the Apollo moon programme] written and produced by David Frost, Channel 4, Science and Swastika Series, 2 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1318

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ALBANIA

• The Albanians of Rrogam, produced and directed by David Watson, Granada Television, Disappearing World, 1991, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1289
• Europe - Family Affairs: The Right to Equality [Influence of history and tradition on contemporary ethics and sexual stereotypes, with reports from Albania (blood feud) and France (polygamous families)] produced and directed by Adrian Pennink, BBC2, Correspondent, 1 April 2001, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1352
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 1: War and Peace [Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania], BBC1, 16 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• The Return of Zog, produced by Peter Dale, Modern Times, BBC2, 29 October 1997, 50 minutes
  Call number V-798

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ARMENIA

Documentary Material on Armenian subjects from Armenian sources

• Khristianskaia Armeniia [Christian Armenia] 2007, 83 minutes, in Armenian, Russian or English
  Call number DVD-2420

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BELARUS´

Belarusian Documentaries

Belarusian Documentary Films by individual directors

KHASHCHAVATSKII, Iurii

• Ploshcha [Kalinovski Square] 2009, 87 minutes, in Russian and Belarusian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2288

Documentary Materials on Belarusian Individuals

LUKASHENKO, Aleksandr

• Ploshcha [Kalinovski Square] directed by Iuryi Khashchavatski, 2007, 87 minutes, in Russian and Belarusian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2288

Documentary Materials on Belarusian subjects from other countries

• Belarus, BBC2, Ray Mears's Extreme Survival, 14 August 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1682
• Part of Our Family [Belarus children affected by the Chernobyl explosion] produced and directed by Paul Merrick, Picture This, BBC2, 8 July 1999, 30 minutes
  Call number V-947
• True Brits. The Pioneers' Story [New British diplomatic representation in Minsk, Baku and Tashkent] produced by Stephen Lambert, BBC2, 26 May 1994, 50 minutes
  Call number V-555

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BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Bosnian Documentaries

Bosnian Documentary Films by individual directors

CARTER, Bill

• Miss Sarajevo, 1995, 31 minutes, in English and Bosnian with English voiceover
  Call number DVD-1263

• Karneval [Carnival] 2006, 71 minutes, in Bosnian without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1683

Documentary Materials on Bosnian Individuals

KARADZIC, Radovan

• The Reckoning [Radovan Karadzic] Channel Four, 30 July 1998, 105 minutes
  Call number V-850
• Looking for Karadzic [Interviews with relatives, supporters and former members of the secret service regarding former Bosnian Serb leader] produced and directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, BBC2, 19 May 2002, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1354
• Begunci [On the Run] 2004, 52 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942
• Zivot i prikljucenija Radovana Karadzica [The Life and Adventures of Radovan Karadzic] 2005, 51 minutes, in unsubtitles Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

• Begunci [On the Run] 2004, 52 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942
• Uspon i pad generala Mladica [The Rise and Fall of General Mladic] 2005, 45 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

Documentary Materials on Bosnian subjects from Bosnian sources

• Ekspertno Svjedočenje 14 - 17.09.2009 [Expert Testimony. 14 - 17.09.2009] 2009, 141 minutes, in Croatian
  Call number DVD-2696

Documentary Materials on Bosnian subjects from other countries

• The Battle of Sanski Most, directed by Jane Kokan, Dispatches, Channel Four, 13 December 1995, 43 minutes
  Call number V-572
• Bosko and Admira: see below as Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
• A Bosnian Betrayal [Srebrenica, July 1995] directed by Ilan Ziv, Dispatches, Channel Four, 29 May 1996, 45 minutes
  Call number V-741
• A Cry from the Grave [investigation into the killings in Srebrenica] produced by Leslie Woodhead, Storyville, BBC2, 27 November 1999, 105 minutes
  Call number V-1043
• An Englishman in Sarajevo: see below as Rose's War
• Looking for Karadzic [Interviews with relatives, supporters and former members of the secret service regarding former Bosnian Serb leader] produced and directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, BBC2, 19 May 2002, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1354
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 1: War and Peace [Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania], BBC1, 16 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• Mostar Bridge, Bosnia [Formerly a symbol of unity in what was Yugoslavia, the bridge's destruction during the war in 1993 divided the city into two communities, with Croats in the west and Muslims in the east] produced and directed by Lucy Blakstad, BBC2, Bridge, 2 December 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1436
• Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo [the story of Bosko, a Serb and Admira, a Muslim] K.A. Productions, 1994, directed by John Zaritsky, broadcast on Channel Four, 1995, 50 minutes, very poor picture quality
  Call number V-916
• Rose's War [General Sir Michael Rose in Bosnia] produced by Steve Anderson, Panorama, BBC1, 1995, 40 minutes
  Call number V-915
• The Search for the Lost Children of Srebrenica, produced and directed by Duncan Staff, BBC2, Body Hunt, 16 April 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1441
• A Soldier's Peace [the views of Major General Lewis MacKenzie on working with UN peacekeeping forces, including in Bosnia, the Krajina and Macedonia] directed by David Kirk, from TV, year unknown, 90 minutes
  Call number V-914
• War Correspondent - the Troubles We've Seen. First Journey [Veillée d'armes. Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre. Premier voyage] [Foreign correspondents in Sarajevo] 1994, directed by Marcel Ophuls, BBC2, 2 September 1995, 90 minutes
  Call number V-566
• War Correspondent - the Troubles We've Seen. Second Journey [Veillée d'armes. Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre. Deuxième voyage] [Foreign correspondents in Sarajevo] 1994, directed by Marcel Ophuls, BBC2, 9 September 1995, 135 minutes
  Call number V-567
• War Crimes - Five Days in Hell [Srebrenica, July 1995] produced by Andrew Williams, Panorama, BBC1, 11 March 1996, 40 minutes
  Call number V-573
• War Crimes on Trial [The trial in the Hague of Dusko Tadic] directed by Timothy Copestake, BBC2, 7 May 1997, 45 minutes
  Call number V-582
• We Are All Neighbours [War victims in Bosnia and Hercegovina], Granada Television, 1993, 55 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• The Zone [American and Russian soldiers in Bosnia] directed by David Reed, Modern Times, BBC2, 15 May 1996, 50 minutes
  Call number V-741

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BULGARIA

• Bulgaria's Abandoned Children [Documentary about a social care home in the Bulgarian village of Mogilino, where 75 unwanted children are growing up], produced and directed by Kate Blewett, BBC2, 18 November 2007, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1392
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 2: Eastern Delight [Countries visited: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey], BBC1, 23 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• Viziiata v dokumentalnoto kino [An Introduction to Documentary Cinema] 2005, 37 minutes, in Bulgarian without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1080

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CROATIA

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Croatian Documentaries

Documentary Materials on Croatian subjects from Croatian sources

• Ekspertno Svjedočenje 14 - 17.09.2009 [Expert Testimony. 14 - 17.09.2009] 2009, 141 minutes, in Croatian
  Call number DVD-2696

Documentary Materials on Croatian subjects from other countries

• Dubrovnik 1991, directed by Dragan Banovic, 27 minutes [No narration]
  Call number V-574
• Dying for the Truth [Visit to Osijek in Croatia to investigate the death of the British journalist Paul Jenks] directed by Chris Curling, 1994; re-broadcast on Channel Four, 9 July 1997, 60 minutes
  Call number V-671
• The Grave [Mass grave in Vukovar, Croatia] directed by Belinda Giles, True Stories, Channel Four, 1 July 1997, 80 minutes
  Call number V-671 [there is also a poorer quality copy on Call number V-914]
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 1: War and Peace [Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania], BBC1, 16 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• A Soldier's Peace [the views of Major General Lewis MacKenzie on working with UN peacekeeping forces, including in Bosnia, the Krajina and Macedonia] directed by David Kirk, from TV, year unknown, 90 minutes
  Call number V-914
• Tales of Ethnic Cleansing [Knin] produced by Phil Reeves, Assignment, BBC2, 21 October 1995, 45 minutes
  Call number V-569

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA [to 1992]

Czechoslovak Documentaries

Czechoslovak Documentary Films by individual directors

• Piemule, 1984, 43 minutes, in Czech and other languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-952
• Jakub, 1992, 65 minutes, in Czech and other languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-952

Documentary Materials on Czechoslovak subjects from Czech television and other Czech sources

• Prague. The Summer of Tanks, 1968, 35 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1469
• Klenoty nejvzacnejsi [The Most Precious Jewels] [The Crown Jewels of the Kings of Bohemia] Czech television, 1993, Grant Video, 1996, 28 minutes, in Czech
  Call number V-826
• Nezávislé shromáždění ke Dni lidských práv 10. prosínce 1988 v Praze, Škroupovo náměstí [Independent meeting on the occasion of the Day of Human Rights, 10 December 1988 in Škroupa Square, Prague] 1988, 54 minutes, in Czech without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1749

Documentary Materials on Czechoslovak subjects from other countries

• Absurdistan [Documentary] BBC2, 29 May 1990, 50 minutes
  Call number V-440
• The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, produced and directed by Jan and Krystyna Kaplan, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 29 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1319
• Charles Wheeler: A Shadow over Europe [Documentary about the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia in 1945] 2002, BBC4, Time Shift, 22 July 2008, 40 minutes
  Call number V-127
• The Flying University, The Late Show, BBC2
  Call number V-447
• The Lost World of Communism, Episode 2: The Kingdom of Forgetting (Czechoslovakia) 2009, 51 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2193

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Republic Documentaries

Czech Republic Documentary Films by individual directors

GRODECKI, Wiktor

• Not Angels but Angels, 1994, 78 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-790

• Peklo na zemi [Hell on Earth] 2001, 56 minutes, in Czech with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-480

• Ceský sen [Czech Dream] 2004, 87 minutes, in Czech with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-818

• Nocní hovory s matkou [Late Night Talks with Mother] 2001, 68 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-819

• Staroverci [Old Believers] 2001, 46 minutes, in Czech and other languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-952

ŠULÍK, Martin

• Klíč k určování trpaslíků aneb Poslední cesta Lemuela Gullivera [Der Schlüssel, um Zwerge zu definieren, oder Lemuel Gullivers Letzte Reise] [The Key to Determining Dwarfs, or Lemuel Gulliver's Last Journey] 2002, 58 minutes, in Czech with optional German, English and Czech subtitles
  Call number DVD-2225

Documentary Materials on Czech Republic Individuals

HAVEL, Václav

• Občan Havel. Scény z prezidenské kuchyně [Citizen Havel. Scenes from the Presidential Kitchen] directed by Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek, 2008, 122 minutes, in Czech with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-2200
• Občan Václav Havel jede na dovolenou [Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation] directed by Jan Novák and Adam Novák, 2006, 77 minutes, in English and Czech with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1261

Documentary Materials on Czech Republic subjects from other countries

• Freedom's Battle - Magic Lantern [Czech Republic after the "velvet revolution"] produced and directed by Frederick Baker, BBC2, 14 November 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1041
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 7: Journey's End [Countries visited: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany], BBC1, 28 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 4, Czech Republic, BBC4, 10 October 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991

ESTONIA

See also material on the Soviet period

Documentary Materials on Estonian Individuals

• "Nezhnyi potroshitel´". Urmas Ott ["The Tender Disemboweller." Urmas Ott] 2009, 44 minutes, in Russian with Russian subtitles
  (A film about the television journalist Urmas Ott, the interviewer on the famous TV series Televizionnoe znakomstvo, which began in 1987)
  Call number RD-262

Documentary Materials on Estonian subjects from other countries

• Accursed Town [The Estonian town of Paldiski, former headquarters of the Soviet submarine fleet] directed by Andres Soot, Channel Four, 18 June 1995, 60 minutes
  Call number V-561
• Comrades, Programe 11, Baltic Chic, BBC, 26 January 1986
  Call number V-508
• Estland im Aufbruch [The Estonian Uprising] [on events in Estonia, 1986-1989] directed by Irmgard von zur Mühlen, Chronos Films, Berlin, date not given, 60 minutes, in German
  Call number V-857
• Goodbye Comrades. Sceptics, Sviatoslav Fedorov, Sergei Kurekhin and Krista, Estonian fashion designer, produced by Alan Bookbinder, BBC2, 16 February 1992, 50 minutes
  Call number V-540
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 5: Baltic Summer [Countries visited: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia], BBC1, 14 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984

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FINLAND

Finnish Documentaries

Finnish Documentary Films by individual directors

KAURISMÄKI, Aki

• Puna-armeijan kuoro ja Leningrad Cowboys [Leningrad Cowboys Total Balalaika Show] 1993, 57 minutes, in English and Russian
  Call number DVD-947
  Call number DVD-1492

Documentary Materials on Finnish Individuals

• Puna-armeijan kuoro ja Leningrad Cowboys [Leningrad Cowboys Total Balalaika Show] directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 1993, 57 minutes, in English and Russian
  Call number DVD-947

Documentary Materials on Finnish subjects from Finnish sources

• Talvisodasta Jatkosotaan [From the Winter War to the Continuation War] 1991, 25 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-946
• Jatkosota Talvisodan Seuraus [The Continuation War as the Consequence of the Winter War] 1993, 32 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-946
• Vaaran Vuodet 1944-1948 [The Years of Danger, 1944-1948] 1995, 29 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-946
• Suomen Vapaussota 1918 [The Finnish War of Independence, 1918] 1997, 37 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-946
• Talvisodan Katsaukset [The Winter War in Retrospect] 2007, 347 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-1719 DVD 1
  Call number DVD-1720 DVD 2
• Veteraanien Perintö [The Legacy of the Veterans]2001, 20 minutes, in Finnish with optional Swedish subtitles
  Call number DVD-946

Documentary Materials on Finnish subjects from other countries

• Fire And Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia, directed by Ben Strout, 2005, 79 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-1380

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GERMANY

German Documentaries

German Documentary Films by individual directors

RIEFENSTAHL, Leni

• Triumph des Willens [Triumph of the Will], 1934, 110 minutes, in German with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-3029
• Olympia. Der Film von den XI Olympischen Spielen. Berlin, 1936 [Olympia. The Film of the XI Olympic Games, Berlin 1936] 1936
  Call number DVD-962 Part 1, Festival of the Nations, 115 minutes, in German with optional English subtitles; or with English voiceover
  Call number DVD-963 Part 2, Festival of Beauty, 89 minutes, in German with optional English subtitles; or with English voiceover

• Lichtspiel Opus 1 [Light Show Opus 1], 1921, 12 minutes
  Call number DVD-81
• Berlin, die Sinfonie der Grosstadt [Berlin, Symphony of a Great City] 1927, 64 minutes, no dialogue
  Call number DVD-81

• Menschen am Sonntag [People on Sunday], 1929, 73 minutes, silent with music soundtrack
  Call number DVD-840

Documentary Materials on German Individuals

BORMANN, Martin

• Hitler and Bormann: Hitler's Fixer, ITV, Close to Hitler Series, 13 May 2001, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1276

• Eichmann: the Exterminator, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 4 March 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• I Met Adolf Eichmann [portrait of Eichmann through interviews with those who met him] director Clara Glynn, BBC2, 12 February 2002, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1351

• Anne Frank : the Life of a Young Girl, producer Brooke Runnette, History Channel, Biography Series, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290

• Hermann Goring, the Marshal, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 28 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1287

• Hitler and Hess, ITV, 6 May 2001, 60 minutes (lacks end of programme)
  Call number V-1317
• Rudolf Hess - the Deputy, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 18 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1275

• The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, produced and directed by Jan and Krystyna Kaplan, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 29 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1319

• Himmler, Hitler & the End of the Reich, BBC2, Timewatch, 19 January 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1274
• Himmler - the Executioner, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 4 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1274

• Adolf and Eva, ITV, 28 April 2001, 60 minutes (lacks end of credits)
  Call number V-1317
• The Double Headed Eagle. Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933, directed by Lutz Becker, 1973, 86 minutes
  Call number DVD-2229
• Himmler, Hitler & the End of the Reich, BBC2, Timewatch, 19 January 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1274
• Hitler [An examination of Hitler's leadership techniques] BBC2, Secrets of Leadership Series, 7 March 2003, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1459
• Hitler, a profile:
  consisting of Part 1. The Dictator. -- Part 2. The Blackmailer. -- Part 3. The Seducer. -- Part 4. The Commander. Channel 5, 11, 18, 25 February and 4 March 2002, 4 x 60 minutes
  Call number V-1440
  and Part 5. The Criminal. Channel 5, 11 March 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1441
• Hitler and Bormann: Hitler's Fixer, ITV, Close to Hitler Series, 13 May 2001, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1276
• Hitler and Hess, ITV, 6 May 2001, 60 minutes (lacks end of programme)
  Call number V-1317
• Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants, producer Simon Finch, Channel 4, 28 December 1999, 95 minutes
  Call number V-1013
• Hitler - eine Karriere [Hitler A Career] 1977, 151 minutes, English narration and in German with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1794
• Hitler's Death. The Final Report, produced by Dai Richards, BBC1, 30 April 1995, 55 minutes
  Call number V-561
• Hitler's Place in History, BBC4, 30 April 2005, 60 minutes
  Call number V-939
• Hitler's Place in History: the Debate, BBC4, 30 April 2005, 30 minutes
  Call number V-939
• The Making of Adolf Hitler [The first 30 years of Adolf Hitler's life] BBC2, Timewatch Series, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1454

• The Persuaders. Photographic Propaganda in the 1930s [includes Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's photographer] produced and directed by Clare Beavan, Decisive Moments, The Photographs That Made History, Programme 2, BBC2, 11 October 1997, 50 minutes
  Call number V-778

• Ribbentrop: the Errand Boy, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 8 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1320

• The Red Baron [The Life of Baron Manfred von Richthofen] directed by Michael Davies, Aviators, BBC2, 29 April 1998, 50 minutes
  Call number V-830

• The Late Show Special: Leni Riefenstahl, BBC4, 1 May 2005, 50 minutes
  Call number V-939
• The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, directed by Ray Müller, 1993, 181 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-359

• Rommel, the Hero, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 22 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1319

• The Jazzman from the Gulag [Documentary film about Eddie Rosner], directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati, BBC2, Storyville, 4 June 2002, 58 minutes
  Call number V-1442

• Albert Speer - the Architect, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 11 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1275

Documentary Materials on German subjects from German sources

• Das War die DDR. Eine Geschichte des anderen Deutschland [That Was the GDR. A History of the Other Germany] Chapter 1. Ich War Bürger der DDR [I was a Citizen of the GDR] directed by Gitta Nickel and Wolfgang Schwarze, 1993, 90 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover AND Chapter 2. Von der Zone zum Staat / [From "Zone" to State]] directed by Donat Schober, 1993, 45 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover AND Chapter 3. Vom Plan zur Pleite [From Plan to Penury] directed by Gunther Scholz, 1993, 45 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover
  Call number DVD-2669
• Das War die DDR. Eine Geschichte des anderen Deutschland [That Was the GDR. A History of the Other Germany] Chapter 4. In Fürsorge Für das Volk [For the Welfare of the People] directed by Gitta Nickel, Wolfgang Schwarze and Uwe Belz, 1993, 45 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover AND Chapter 5. Geist und Macht [Mind and Might] directed by Christian Klemke and Lothar Kompatzki, 1993, 45 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover AND Chapter 6. Schild und Schwert [Shield and Sword / We are the People] directed by Anne Worst and Arnold Seul 1993, 45 minutes AND Chapter 7. Wir Sind das Volk [We are the People] directed by Martina Körbler, 1993, 45 minutes, in German with English subtitles and voiceover
  Call number DVD-2670
• Der Marsch zum Führer [March to the Führer] 1940, 44 minutes, in German
  Call number DVD-3030
• Die Firma - Das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit [Stasi. East Germany's Secret Police] 2007, 60 minutes, in English or in German with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-2410
• Halt! Hier Grenze [Freedom's Frontier - Traces of the Inner-German Border] 2005, 57 minutes, in English or in German with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-2411
• When the Wall Came Tumbling Down. 50 hours That Changed the World, 1999, 89 minutes, English language version
  Call number V-130

Documentary Materials on German subjects from other countries

• Adolf and Eva, ITV, 28 April 2001, 60 minutes (lacks end of credits)
  Call number V-1317
• After Auschwitz, BBC4, 15 February 2005, 40 minutes
  Call number V-1988
• Albert Speer - the Architect, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 11 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1275
• Anne Frank : the Life of a Young Girl, producer Brooke Runnette, History Channel, Biography Series, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, produced and directed by Jan and Krystyna Kaplan, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 29 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1319
• Auschwitz: Slaves of the Nazi Gas Chambers, written and produced by Peter Sharp, Channel 5, 7 November 1999, 48 minutes
  Call number V-1135
• Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East. The Push East Towards Moscow, 1998, 49 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1806
• Battle for Berlin [Events surrounding the Russian Army's fight for and entry into Berlin in 1945] written and directed by Tilman Remme, BBC2, Timewatch, 10 May 2002, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1435
• The Battle for the Crimea, 2002, 101 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1811
• The Battle of Kursk, 2000, 96 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1810
• The Battle of Russia, 1943. National Archives of the United States of America, War History, ARC: 36071 An Orientation Film from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1943, 83 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1815
• The Battles for Berlin. The Death of Hitler's Third Reich, 1998, 48 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-1809
• Behind the Wall. 'Perfectly Normal Lives' in the GDR? 2007, 60 minutes, in German with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1470
• The Berlin Airlift, directed by Marion Milne, Channel Four, 29 June 1998, 60 minutes
  Call number V-844
• Berlin Airlift, 2008, 53 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1816
• Berlin Wall. Escape to Freedom, 2006, 51 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2199
• Child of the Death Camps: Truth and Lies, directed and narrated by Christopher Olgiati, BBC1, 3 November 1999, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1135
• The Children Who Cheated the Nazis ["Kindertransport" children, sent out of Germany before 2nd World War] producers Jim Goulding and Sue Read, Channel 4, 28 September 2000, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• The Deadly Experiment [Nazi atrocities in the name of state-sanctioned medical research] produced and directed by Saskia Baron, Channel 4, Science and Swastika Series, 26 March 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1318
• The Eastern Front 1941-1945. Part 1, The Road to Stalingrad, 110 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1813
• The Eastern Front 1941-1945. Part 2, The Road to Berlin, 107 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1814
• Eichmann: the Exterminator, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 4 March 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• Exodus : Desperate Voyage [the plight of Second World War victims], written and directed by Jim Milio, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• The Fall of the Wall, [The destruction of the Berlin Wall] directed by David Ash, 1. A Hole in the Fence; 2. The Fatal Error, BBC2, 30 October and 6 November 1994, 55 + 55 minutes
  Call number V-558
• Freedom's Battle - Big Brother [Legacy of the totalitarian state in East Germany] produced and directed by Frederick Baker, BBC2, 7 November 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1041
• The Good German [Why did Nazi Germany not build a nuclear weapon?] produced and directed by Paul Sen, Channel 4, Science and Swastika Series, 7 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1318
• Hermann Goring, the Marshal, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 28 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1287
• Himmler, Hitler & the End of the Reich, BBC2, Timewatch, 19 January 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1274
• Himmler - the Executioner, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 4 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1274
• Hitler, a profile:
  consisting of Part 1. The Dictator. -- Part 2. The Blackmailer. -- Part 3. The Seducer. -- Part 4. The Commander. Channel 5, 11, 18, 25 February and 4 March 2002, 4 x 60 minutes
  Call number V-1440
  and Part 5. The Criminal. Channel 5, 11 March 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1441
• Hitler and Bormann: Hitler's Fixer, ITV, Close to Hitler Series, 13 May 2001, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1276
• Hitler and Hess, ITV, 6 May 2001, 60 minutes (lacks end of programme)
  Call number V-1317
• Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants, producer Simon Finch, Channel 4, 28 December 1999, 95 minutes
  Call number V-1013
• Hitler's Biological Soldiers [Nazi medical practice in relation to racial cleansing and eugenics] produced and directed by Saskia Baron, Channel 4, Science and Swastika Series, 19 March 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1318
• Hitler's Death. The Final Report, produced by Dai Richards, BBC1, 30 April 1995, 55 minutes
  Call number V-561
• I Met Adolf Eichmann [portrait of Eichmann through interviews with those who met him] director Clara Glynn, BBC2, 12 February 2002, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1351
• The Jazzman from the Gulag [Documentary film about Eddie Rosner], directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati, BBC2, Storyville, 4 June 2002, 58 minutes
  Call number V-1442
• Kapo [Roles assumed by Jews during the Holocaust], written and produced by Dan Setton, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• Kristallnacht [The events in Germany on November 9 1938] BBC2, Days That Shook the World, 28 October 2003, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1683
• A Light in the Darkness, 1996, 55 minutes, in English, German and Russian with English voiceover
  Call number DVD-1578
• The Lost World of Communism, Episode 1: A Socialist Paradise (The German Democratic Republic) 2009, 51 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2193
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 7: Journey's End [Countries visited: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany], BBC1, 28 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• The Nazi Bomb, producer Jim Lindsay, History Channel, 8 November 1999, 55 minutes
  Call number V-1042
• The Nazis. A Warning from History: 1. Helped into Power; 2. Chaos and Consent. The Nazi rule of Germany; 3. The Wrong War, 4. The Wild East; 5. The Road to Treblinka; 6. Fighting to the End, 1997, 48½ + 48½ + 48½ + 48½ + 48½ + 48½ = 289 minutes, in English
  Call numbers DVD-2195 and DVD-2196
• Obyknovennyi fashizm [Ordinary Fascism] directed by Mikhail Romm, 1965, 131 minutes, in Russian
  Call number DVD-2416
• The Persuaders. Photographic Propaganda in the 1930s [includes Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's photographer] produced and directed by Clare Beavan, Decisive Moments, The Photographs That Made History, Programme 2, BBC2, 11 October 1997, 50 minutes
  Call number V-778
• The Red Baron [The Life of Baron Manfred von Richthofen] directed by Michael Davies, Aviators, BBC2, 29 April 1998, 50 minutes
  Call number V-830
• Ribbentrop: the Errand Boy, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 8 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1320
• The Road to Stalingrad. Death of the German Sixth Army, 1998, 47 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1807
• Romanovs/Berlin Wall [The move from a monarchy to a communist state in Russia, and the collapse of the state's ideology 70 years later] BBC4, Days that Shook the World, 10 October 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1684
• Rommel, the Hero, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen Series, 22 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1319
• Rudolf Hess - the Deputy, Channel 5, Hitler's Henchmen, 18 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1275
• Stalingrad to Kursk. Hitler's Last Gamble in the East, 1998, 46 minutes, in English without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1808
• Survivors of the Holocaust, produced by Survivors of Shoah, History Channel, 27 January 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1290
• Swastika [Inside the Third Reich] directed by Philippa Mora, 1973, 95 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2413
• Television in the Third Reich, written and directed by Michael Kloft, Channel 4, Secret History, 30 August 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1437
• Through Hell for Hitler [The story of a German soldier, Henry Metelmann, during Hitler's invasion of Russia] BBC2, Timewatch, 5 December 2003, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1683
• Trophies of War [German art treasures looted by the Russians after World War Two] produced by Bernadette O'Brien, The Late Show, BBC2, 13 June 1995, 40 minutes
  Call number V-564
• The Wall Comes Down [How Reuters correspondents reported the events of 1989] Reuters, 1990, 19 minutes
  Call number V-575
• The World at War: A Special Presentation. Hitler's Germany: Part 1: 'The Only Hope' 1933-1936; Part 2: The People's Community 1937-1941; Part 3: Total War 1941-1945, produced by Raye Farr, The History Channel, 3, 4 and 5 September 2001, 3 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1278
• The Wrong Stuff [High altitude and extreme cold research in Dachau and its subsequent use in the Apollo moon programme] written and produced by David Frost, Channel 4, Science and Swastika Series, 2 April 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1318

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HUNGARY

Hungarian Documentaries

Hungarian Documentary Films by individual directors

• Falusi Románc [A Village Romance] 2006, 52 minutes, in Hungarian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1573

see under Gyarmathy and Böszörményi

GYARMATHY, Livia and BÖSZÖRMÉNYI, Géza

• Recsk 1950-1953. Egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története [Recsk 1950-1953: The Story of a Secret Concentration Camp In Communist Hungary] 1989, 212 minutes, in Hungarian with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1324

• 'Jelenlét' [The Presence, The Second Presence, The Third Presence], three parts, 1965, 1976 and 1986, total running time 30 minutes, in Hungarian with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-337
• A kövek üzenete - Hegyalja [Message of Stones - Hegyalja] 1993, 54 minutes
  Call number DVD-1301 in Hungarian with optional French and English subtitles
  Call number DVD-3043 in Hungarian with optional English subtitles
• A kövek üzenete - Máramaros [Message of Stones - Máramaros] 1993, 51 minutes, in Hungarian with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1464
• Kövek üzenete - Budapest [Message of Stones - Budapest] 1994, 54 minutes, in Hungarian with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-846

• A Holocaust szemei [Eyes of the Holocaust] 2000, 57 minutes, in Hungarian with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-479

• Szomszédok voltak [Once They Were Neighbours] 2005, 65 minutes, in Hungarian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1922

Documentary Materials on Hungarian subjects from Hungarian sources

• A 301-es Parcella. A Belügyminisztérium Filmfelvételei Nagy Imre és Társai Exhumálásáról, 1989 [The 301st Plot. The Reinternment of Imre Nagy, 1989] 1989, 93 minutes, in Hungarian
  Call number DVD-2414
• Magyarországot látni kell! [Come and See Hungary!] 2002, 59 minutes, in Hungarian or in English
  Call number DVD-1574
• Olaj, Olaj, Olaj! Fejezetek a Magyar kőolaj - és földgázipar történetéből, 5 [Oil! Oil! Oil! Chapters of the History of Oil and Natural Gas in Hungary, 5] 2007, 44 minutes, in Hungarian
  Call number DVD-2187
• Sights of Hungary, 2002, 59 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-1921

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Documentary Materials on Hungarian subjects from other countries

• The Auction [sales of land in Hungary] directed by Andras Der, Channel Four, 18 June 1995, 60 minutes
  Call number V-561
• Budapest [Jools Holland in Budapest] directed by Geoff Wongor, Jools' Beat Routes, BBC2, 26 November 1998, 30 minutes
  Call number V-878
• Cry Hungary, produced by Jeremy Bennett [memories of the 1956 revolution, using the film, Cry Hungary, which Jeremy Bennett made in 1956, and talking to participants in that film] Timewatch, BBC2, 22 October 1996, 50 minutes
  Call number V-579
• The Great Days of the Century. October 23.1956. Budapest. Communism with Tanks, 1986, 51 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2412
• Hungary 1956: Our Revolution [A look at the Hungarian uprising through the memories of a varied group who tell their stories from a personal perspective], written, produced and directed by Mark Kidel, BBC4, 21 November 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-927
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 4: Danube to Dnieper [Countries visited: Hungary, Ukraine], BBC1, 7 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 2, Hungary, BBC4, 26 September 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991

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LATVIA

Documentary Materials on Latvian subjects from other countries

• Alien nations. 3 [Latvians and Russians in Riga] directed by Peter Bate, Channel Four, 16 March 1995, 30 minutes
  Call number V-562
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 5: Baltic Summer [Countries visited: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia], BBC1, 14 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Rebellious Lives: Ten Years On in Latvia [Podnieks' former film crew returns to Latvia to re-interview those appearing in "Legko li byt´ molodym?"] directed by Antra Cilinska, Channel 4, 10 June 2000, 85 minutes
  Call number V-1048
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 7, Latvia. BBC4, 31 October 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991

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LITHUANIA

Documentary Materials on Lithuanian subjects from other countries

• Beyond the Pink Curtain, directed by Mathew Sweet, 2008, 71 minutes, in English with some Serbian, French and Lithuanian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2279
• Istoricheskie khroniki. [Historical Chronicles] Episode about the Lithuanian experience of Soviet power, 2009, 44 minutes, in Russian
  Call number V-284
• Lesnye brat´ia. Litovskii raskol [The Forest Brothers. The Lithuanian Schism] 2006, 44 minutes, in Russian
  Call number V-1580
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 5: Baltic Summer [Countries visited: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia], BBC1, 14 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 6, Lithuania, BBC4, 5 May 2005, 30 minutes
  Call number V-984

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MACEDONIA

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Documentary Materials on Macedonian subjects from other countries

• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 2: Eastern Delight [Countries visited: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey], BBC1, 23 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• NATO's Children [Ethnic tensions remain in southern Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia after the West's failure to find a workable solution to the governance of Kosovo] produced and directed by Nicky Bolster, BBC2, Correspondent, 3 June 2001, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1352
• A Soldier's Peace [the views of Major General Lewis MacKenzie on working with UN peacekeeping forces, including in Bosnia, the Krajina and Macedonia] directed by David Kirk, from TV, year unknown, 90 minutes
  Call number V-914

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MONTENEGRO

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Documentary Materials on Montenegran subjects from other countries

• The Final Battle of Yugoslavia [Relations between Montenegro and Serbia] Correspondent, BBC2, 5 August 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1153

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POLAND

Polish Documentaries

Polish Documentary Compilations

• Propaganda PRL-u. Kobieta w PRL-u. Polskie Kroniki Filmowe [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). Women in the PRL. Polish Film Chronicles] 2006, 45 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1110
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 1940/1950 [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland): The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1940s - 1950s] 2006, 53 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1101
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 50-te [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland): The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1950s] 2006, 48 minutes, in Polish without subitles
  Call number DVD-1102
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 1950/1960 [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland): The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1950s - 1960s] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1103
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 60-te. Część pierwsza [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1960s. Part one] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1104
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 1960/1970 [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1960s - 1970s] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1105
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 70-te [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1970s] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1106
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 1970/1980 [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1970s - 1980s] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1107
• Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze Polskie Kroniki Filmowe. Lata 80-te [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). The Most Peculiar "Polish Film Chronicles". 1980s] 2006, 51 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1108
• Propaganda PRL-u. Wielcy reżyserzy: Munk, Has, Bossak i inni [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). Great Directors: Munk, Has, Bossak and others] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1109
• Propaganda PRL-u. Wielkie obchody [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). Great Celebrations] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1111
• Propaganda PRL-u. Ziemie Odzyskane. [Propaganda of the PRL (People's Republic of Poland). Recovered Lands (Western and Northern Territories)] 2006, 50 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1112

Polish Documentary Films by individual directors

BOSSAK, Jerzy

• Pokoj zwyciezy [Peace Will Overcome] no date given, 10 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1109

• Usłyszcie mój krzyk... [Hear My Cry] 1991, 46 minutes, in Russian with optional Polish voiceover, and with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1671
• Stan nieważkości [State of Weightlessness] (On the Soviet Space Programme) 1994, 57 minutes
  Call number V-566 English narration
  Call number DVD-1671 in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
• Głos nadziei [Voice of Hope] [about Radio Free Europe] 2002, 58 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1672
• Jeden dzień w PRL [One Day in People's Poland] 2005, 58 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1672

• Pierwszy plon [The First Harvest] date not given, 9 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1109

• Photographer [Fotoamator] [on the Lodz Ghetto] directed by Dariusz Jablonski, 1998; broadcast in Storyville, BBC2, 4 September 1999 with English subtitles, 55 minutes
  Call number V-958

• Jak co dzień... [Day in, Day Out...] 1955, 12 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Muzykancy [Musicians] 1958
  Call number DVD-829 10½ minutes, in Polish with optional French or English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1081 10½ minutes, in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673 9 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
• Ludzie w drodze [People on the Road] 1960, 10½ minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Węzeł [Railway Junction] 1961, 10 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Na progu [On the Threshold] 1965, 23 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Rok Franka W. [A Year in the Life of Franek W.] 1967, 59 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Krystyna M., 1973, 33 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1673
• Próba materii [Material Test] 1981, 82 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1674
• Portret w kropli [Portrait in a Drop of Water] 1997, 22 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1674
• Spotkania [Encounters] 2004, 55 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call numebr DVD-1674

• Otchłań [Chasm] 2009, 33 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2168

see under Łoziński and Kedzierski

KIEŚLOWSKI, Krzysztof

• Twarz [The Face] 6 minutes, in Polish with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-322
• Urzad [The Office] 1966, 6 minutes
  Call number DVD-314 in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-322 in Polish with English subtitles
• Z miasta Łodzi [From the City of Lodz] 1969, 17 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Byłem żołnierzem [I Was a Soldier] 1970, 16 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Fabryka [Factory] 1970, 18 minutes
  Call number DVD-829 in Polish with optional French or English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1081 in Polish with optional English subtitles
• Refren [Refrain] 1972, 10 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Murarz [Bricklayer] 1973, 16 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Pierwsza miłość [First Love] 1974, 52 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1676
• Prześwietlenie [X-Ray] 1974, 13 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Życiorys [Curriculum Vitae] 1975, 29 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Klaps [Slate] 1976, 5 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1675
• Szpital [Hospital] 1976, 21 minutes
  Call number DVD-829 in Polish with optional French or English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1081 in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1676 in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
• Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiere [From a Night Porter's Point of View] 1977, 16 minutes
  Call number DVD-319 in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1676 in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
• Siedem kobiet w różnym wieku [Seven Women of Different Ages] 1978, 16 minutes, in Polish with optional English and French subtitles
  Call number DVD-1676
• Dworzec [Railway Station] 1980, 13 minutes
  Call number DVD-829 in Polish with optional French or English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1081 in POlish with optional English subtitles
• Gadajace głowy [Talking Heads] 1980, 15 minutes
  Call number DVD-312 in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1676 in Polish with optional English and French subtitles

See under Munk and Lesiewicz

ŁOZIŃSKI, Marcel and KEDZIERSKI, Pawel

• Happy end, 1972, 16 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677

• Król [The King] 1974, 7 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Wizyta [The Visit] 1974, 16 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Zderzenie czołowe [Front Collision] 1975, 11 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian adn German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Jak żyć [How to Live] 1977, 82 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Dotknięcie [The Touch] 1978, 13 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Egzamin dojrzałości [Matriculation] 1978, 17 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1677
• Próba mikrofonu [Microphone Test] 1980, 19 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Moje miejsce [My Place] 1985, 14 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Ćwiczenia warsztatowe [Workshop Exercises] [Practical Exercises] 1986, 12 minutes
  Call number DVD-313 in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678 in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
• Świadkowie [Witnesses] 1987, 26 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Las Katynski [Katyn Forest] 1990, 53 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1571
• 89 mm od Europy [89 millimetres from Europe] 1993, 11 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Wszystko może się przytrafić [Anything Can Happen] 1995, 39 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Żeby nie bolało [So It Doesn't Hurt] 1998, 47 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1678
• Jak to się robi [Der Weg zum Erfolg] [The Path to Success] [How It's Done] 2006, 88 minutes, in Polish with optional German and English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2222

• Kici kici [Kitty, Kitty] 2008, 28 minutes, in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2168

• Jak w niebie [Just like Heaven] 2008, 25 minutes, in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2168

• Kierunek - Nowa Huta! [Destination Nowa Huta!] 1951, 13 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1679
• Pamiętniki chłopów [Peasant Diaries] 1952, 13 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1679
• Kolejarskie słowo [The Railwayman's Word] 1953, 22 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1679
• Blękitny krzyż [The Men of the Blue Cross] 1955, 56 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1680
• Niedzielny poranek [One Sunday Morning] 1955, 19 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1680
• Spacerek staromiejski [A Walk in the Old Town of Warsaw] 1958, 18 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1680
• Polska Kronika Filmowa No. 52/1959, A-B [Polish newsrerel No. 52/1959, A-B] 1959, 17 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1680

• Gwiazdy muszą płonąć [Stars Must Burn] 1954
  Call number DVD-1109 22 minutes, extract, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1679 64 minutes, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles

• Szczęśliwi Źydzi [Happy Jews] 2008, 6 minutes, in Hebrew with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2168

• Ceramika Ilzecka [Ceramics from Ilza] 1951, 10 minutes, in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-748
• Pamietam [I Remember] 2001, 58 minutes, in Polish with optional subtitles
  Call number DVD-480

• Maj Pracy, Walki, Pokoju [May, a Time of Work, Struggle and Peace] 1951, 9 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1109

See under Has and Zelnik

Documentary Materials on Polish Individuals

• Roman Dmowski, 1995, 49 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1569
• Ojciec zalozyciel II Rzeczypospolitej [The Founding Father of the Second Rzeczpospolita] 2007, 84 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1569

• Dni mojego życia.. Auschwitz, Historia prawdziwa [Days of My Life. Auschwitz. A True Story] 2007, 45 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2185

• Jan Pawel II - Józef Tischner: historia pewnej przyjaźni [John Paul II and Fr Józef Tischner: the Story of a Friendship] 2008, 30 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2692
• Pielgrzym [Pilgrim] 1979, 80 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2181

• The Last Klezmer. Leopold Kozlowski: His Life and his Music, 1994, 83 minutes, in English, Yiddish, Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2188

• Janusz Kurtyka, 2010, 115 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2691

• Channel 4 News interview with Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland, on the occasion of his state visit to Britain in May 2004, Channel 4, 6 May 2004, 7 minutes
  Call number V-1503

• Karolina Lanckoronska. Portret damy [Karolina Lanckoronska. Portrait of a Lady] 2004, 51 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1375

• Polska Kronika Filmowa No. 39/1961, B [Polish newsreel 39/1961, B] 1961, 3 minutes extract, in Polish with optional English, French, Russian and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1680

• Oni chcą mnie zabić [They Want to Kill Me] 2008, 44 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2690

• Józef Piłsudski, 1935, 65 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1828

• Zwyciezcy nie umieraja. Opowiesc o Ksiedzu Jerzym [Victors don't Die. The Story of Fr Jerzy] 2004, 50 minutes, in Polish with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1376

• Panowie ze Służby bezpieceństwa [The Men from the Security Services] 2008, 44 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2690

• Tischner. Życie w opowieściach. Odcinek trzeci [Tischner. A Life in Stories. Part Three] 2008, 50 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2692
• Jan Pawel II - Józef Tischner: historia pewnej przyjaźni [John Paul II and Fr Józef Tischner: the Story of a Friendship] 2008, 30 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2692

• Zawód: Prymas Polski [Occupation: Primate of Poland] 2007, 51 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2182

• Elżbieta Zawacka - Miałam szczęśliwie życie [Elżbieta Zawacka - I Had a Happy Life] 2005, 31 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2185

• Walczyłem do końca [I Fought to the End] 2008, 44 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2690

Documentary Materials on Polish subjects from Polish sources

• Bezpieka kontra śląskie WZZ [The Security Forces against the Silesian Free Trade Unions] 2008, 12 minutes 53 seconds, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1783
• Bezpieka pretorianie komunizmu [The Security Forces - Praetorians of Communism] 2005, 77 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1781
• Białe Miasteczko [White Town] 2008, 35 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2186
• Budujemy Warsawa [Building Warsaw] undated, 7 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1829
• Buntownicy. Studencki Komitet Solidarności [Rebels. The Student Committee of Solidarity] 2007, 33 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1918
• Było sobie miasteczko... [This was Your Town...] 2009, 49 minutes, in Polish without subtitles with some Ukrainian with Polish subtitles
  Call number DVD-2684
• Cud nad Wisła [Miracle over the Vistula] 2005, 41 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2183
• Czarnyi czwartek. Gdynia '70, Dla czego? [Black Thursday. Gdynia '70, For What?] 2010, 40 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2685
• Dług publiczny na świecie i w Polsce. Debata Bankowiej [Public Debt in the World and In Poland. A Banking Debate] approx. 2011, 40 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2418
• Filmowy przewodnik po Warszawie [A Film Guide to Warsaw] 2007, no overall timing supplied, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2406 (A DVD consisting of extracts from feature films set in Warsaw)
• Głową mur przebijesz Solidarność Walcząca [Breaking down the Walls Militant Solidarity] 2007, 45 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1782
• Historie bliskie [Near Stories] 2007, 45 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1920
• Historie z Karty. Kolyma [Stories from the Map. Kolyma] 2007, 46 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1570
• Kalendarz warsawski 17.1 1945 - 17.1.1946 [Warsaw Calendar 17.1 1945 - 17.1.1946] undated, 12 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1829
• Kobiety i wojna [Women and War] 2005, 60 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1712
• Kryptonim "Pozoga". Dramat wolynski (1939-1945) [Code Name Conflagration. The Tragedy of Volyn (1939 - 1945)] 1998, 59 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1379
• Losy Niepokornych [The Fate of the Unsubmissive] 2007, 36 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1784
• Marsz wyzwolicieli [March of the Liberators] 2009, 57 minutes, in Polish with some Russian and German overdubbed into Polish
  Call number DVD-2407
• Moje serce zostało we Lwowie [My Heart Remained in Lwow] 1987, 31 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2184
• Moje Wilno [My Wilno] 1994, 38 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2184
• My, Ogniowe dzieci [We, the Children of Fire] 2008, 40 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2686
• Niepokonawa [The Undefeated] 1979, 6 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1829
• Oni szli szarymi szeregami [The Walked in Grey Ranks] 2010, 84 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2689
• Pamietajcie Grudzien... [Remember December...] 2005, 42 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1377
• PASTa 1944 [The Polish Telephone Agency, 1944] 2008, 22 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2408
• Polskie panstwo podziemne, 1939-1945 [The Polish Underground State, 1939-1945] 2002, 63 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1568
• Robotnicy '80 [Workers '80] 1980, 93 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2683
• Semper Fidelis, 1999, 31 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2184
• Sierpień 1988. W przededniu wielkiej zmiany [August 1988. On the Eve of a Great Change] 2008, 20½ minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2682
• Sierpień 1988. W przededniu wielkiej zmiany. Po latach [August 1988. On the Eve of a Great Change. Years Later] 2008, 9 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2682
• Siła bezsilnych - "Ogien" [The Strength of the Powerless - "Fire"] 1996, 48 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2686
• Suita styczniowa [The January Suite] 1969, 5 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1829
• Tysiaclecie kontra Milenium. 1966-67. Czestochowa, Piekary Slaskie, Sosnowiec [A Thousand Years Versus Millennium. Czestochowa, Piekary Slaskie, Sosnowiec] date not indicated, 27 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1378
• W lasach Piaśnicy [In the Forests of Piaśnica] 2008, 61 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2408
• Warszawa walscy! [Warsaw is Fighting] undated, 15 minutes, in Polish with optional English and German subtitles
  Call number DVD-1829
• Zanim wybuchł Sierpień [Before August Broke Out] 2008, 70 minutes 40 seconds, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1783
• Zbrodnia bez kary [Crime without Punishment] 2010, 52 minutes, in Polish
  Call number DVD-2687
• Zegar. Koncert z okazji 25-lecia Solidarności Walczącej [The Clock. A Concert on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Militant Solidarity] 2007, 55 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1782
• Żołnierze Wyklęci [Cursed Soldiers] 2006, 57 minutes, in Polish without subtitles
  Call number DVD-1784

Documentary Materials on Polish subjects from other countries

• Abortion Ship [A Dutch doctor sails a floating clinic into Poland offering free abortions] BBC2, Correspondent, 26 October 2003, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1688
• Battle for Warsaw, 1978, 60 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2409
• Battle for Warsaw [The story of the Warsaw uprising] 2006, 49 minutes
  Call number V-893
• Channel 4 News interview with Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland, on the occasion of his state visit to Britain in May 2004, Channel 4, 6 May 2004, 7 minutes
  Call number V-1503
• Coming Home [A journalist travels home to Poland to see how her country has changed] BBC2, 5 May 2001, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1276
• Far from Poland, directed by Jill Godmilow, 1984, 106 minutes, in English and in Polish with English voiceover
  Call number DVD-1572
• A Forgotten Odyssey, written and directed by Jagna Wright, 2000, 52 minutes, in English and Polish with English subtitles
  Call number V-1053
• The Free Polish Forces [The contribution made by Polish fighters in World War 2] written and produced by Charles Messenger, Channel 5, Gladiators of the World War II, 29 March 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1353
• Hitler's Holocaust: The Ghetto [Looks at the creation of Jewish ghettos in Poland] 2006, 56 minutes
  Call number V-893
• Julien Bryan's speech, September 16 1939, 1939, 8½ minutes, in English with Polish subtitles
  Call number DVD-2688
• The Last Klezmer. Leopold Kozlowski: His Life and his Music, directed by Yale Strom, Maelstrom Films, 1994, 83 minutes, in English, Yiddish, Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2188
• Lodz Ghetto, directed by Alan Adelson and Kathryn Taverna, 1989, Channel Four, 6 May 1991, 110 minutes
  Call number V-533
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 6: From Pole to Pole [Country visited: Poland], BBC1, 21 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Owning Auschwitz [Zypora Frank returns to Auschwitz to establish whether the concentration camp was built on land owned by her mother] directed by Joanna Head, Witness, Channel Four, 20 April 1998, 60 minutes
  Call number V-830
• The Poles are Coming! [About a million Eastern European workers have come to work in Britain since the EU opened up: one of the biggest migrations in decades. Some people in Peterborough claim that their city is 'swamped'. Others say these workers are boosting our economy and supporting our flailing pensions system. But many Polish cities now want their workers back, particularly to build the stadium for Euro 2012] directed by Alex Mackintosh, BBC2, 11 March 2008, 60 minutes
  Call number V-64
• The Polish Ambulance Murders [How undertakers in the Polish city of Lodz conspired to bribe paramedics and doctors into murdering their patients, just to provide them with extra business] directed by Fredrik von Krusenstjerna, Storyville, BBC4, 5 February 2008, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1397
• Rivals for Paradise [The "secret war" between the Vatican and the Kremlin] produced by Paul Sapin, Everyman, BBC1, 9 November 1997, 80 minutes
  Call number V-798
• Siege, 1940, 10 minutes, presented here as Obleżenie Warsżawy w fotografii Juliena Bryana [The Siege of Warsaw in the Photographs of Julien Bryan] in English with Polish subtitles
  Call number DVD-2688
• A Small Town in Poland [The fate of the Jews of the town of Bransk] directed and produced by Marian Marzynski, 1996; broadcast in Storyville, BBC2, 21 March 1999, 90 minutes
  Call number V-913
• The Struggles for Poland, produced and directed by Martin Smith, Channel 4, 1987, 9 x 55 minutes
  Call number V-1995 Parts 1-3
  Call number V-1996 Parts 4-6
  Call number V-1997 Parts 7-9
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 5, Poland, BBC4, 17 October 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991

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ROMANIA

Romanian Documentaries

Romanian Documentary Films by individual directors

• Children Underground, 2001, 108 minutes, in Romanian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1264

• Videogramme einer Revolution [Videograms of a Revolution] 1992, 107 minutes, in Romanian and German with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-841

Documentary Materials on Romanian Individuals

• The King of Communism: the Pomp and Pageantry of Nicolae Ceausescu, produced and directed by Ben Lewis, BBC4, 22 April 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1435
• Nicolae Ceausescu: the Unrepentant Tyrant, directed by Andy Stevenson, Biography, History Channel, 22 May 2000, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1046

• Angela Georghiu's Romanian Journey, BBC4, 18 June 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1682

Documentary Materials on Romanian subjects from other countries

• Angela Georghiu's Romanian Journey, BBC4, 18 June 2003, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1682
• Gigi, Monica... and Bianca, Belgium, 1996, directed by Yasmina Abdellaoui and Benoît Dervaux, broadcast in Storyville, BBC2, 5 December 1998, 70 minutes
  Call number V-878
• The King of Communism: the Pomp and Pageantry of Nicolae Ceausescu, produced and directed by Ben Lewis, BBC4, 22 April 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1435
• The Last Peasants [Three Romanian families torn apart by the realities of migration]
  Part 1. Journeys [The realities facing Romanians migrating to the west]
  Part 2. [Clash of cultures and expectations of different generations in rural Romania]
  Part 3. A Good Wife [Impact of emigration on communities such as village of Budesti]
  director and producer Angus MacQueen, Channel 4, 9, 16, 23 March 2003, 60 + 60 + 60 minutes
  Call number V-1455
• The Lost World of Communism, Episode 3: Socialism in One Family (Romania) 2009, 52 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-2193
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 3: Wild East [Countries visited: Trans-Dniester, Romania], BBC1, 30 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• Nicolae Ceausescu: the Unrepentant Tyrant, directed by Andy Stevenson, Biography, History Channel, 22 May 2000, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1046
• The Return of the Impaler [Vadim Tudor and Romanian politics] produced and directed by Darren Lewey, Channel Four, 4Later, The Other Side Series, 10 March 2001, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1352

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SERBIA

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Serbian Documentaries

Serbian Documentary Films by individual directors

JEVTIĆ, Mihajlo

• Sam, sam, sam da nisi [Alone, Alone, You Should Never be Alone] 2006, 33 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1275

• Dan mladosti [Day of Youth] 2006, 43 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1276

• Posle rata [After the War] 2006, 45 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1277

• Begunci [On the Run] 2004, 52 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

• Maradona by Kusturica, 2008, 93 minutes, in English and Spanish with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2280

• Istočno od raja [East of Eden] 2005, 40 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1278

• Model House, 2000, 21 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-519
• My Country, 2000, 24 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-518
• Casting. A South-East Europe Transition Film, 2003, 52 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-509
• Chicken Elections, 2005, 48 minutes, in Serbian with optional English subtitles
  Call number DVD-941

• End of School, 2006, 29 minutes, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1279

• Uspon i pad generala Mladica [The Rise and Fall of General Mladic] 2005, 45 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942
• Zivot i prikljucenija Radovana Karadzica [The Life and Adventures of Radovan Karadzic] 2005, 51 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

Documentary Materials on Serbian Individuals

KARADZIC, Radovan

• The Reckoning [Radovan Karadzic] Channel Four, 30 July 1998, 105 minutes
  Call number V-850
• Looking for Karadzic [Interviews with relatives, supporters and former members of the secret service regarding former Bosnian Serb leader] produced and directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, BBC2, 19 May 2002, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1354
• Begunci [On the Run] 2004, 52 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942
• Zivot i prikljucenija Radovana Karadzica [The Life and Adventures of Radovan Karadzic] 2005, 51 minutes, in unsubtitles Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

• Filosof Božidar Knežević [The Philosopher Božidar Knežević] 2006, 48 minutes, in Serbian
  Call number DVD-939

• Begunci [On the Run] 2004, 52 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942
• Uspon i pad generala Mladica [The Rise and Fall of General Mladic] 2005, 45 minutes, in unsubtitled Serbian and English with Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-942

• Čovek među ludima [A Man among People] 2008, 60 minutes, in Serbian
  Call number DVD-939

Documentary Materials on Serbian subjects from Serbian sources

• Golgota Srbije. Požar na Balkanu [The Serbian Golgotha. Fire in the Balkans] 1930/1940, 82 minutes, in Serbian
  Call number DVD-2694
• Vivisect. Dokumenti o Izložbi "Krvi i Med" Rona Haviva u Novom Sadu [Documents on Ron Haviv's Exhibition "Blood and Honey" in Novi Sad] 2003, 15 minutes, 30 seconds, in Serbian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2695

Documentary Materials on Serbian subjects from other countries

• Beyond the Pink Curtain, directed by Mathew Sweet, 2008, 71 minutes, in English with some Serbian, French and Lithuanian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2279
• The Final Battle of Yugoslavia [Relations between Montenegro and Serbia] Correspondent, BBC2, 5 August 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 1: War and Peace [Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania], BBC1, 16 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• NATO's Children [Ethnic tensions remain in southern Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia after the West's failure to find a workable solution to the governance of Kosovo] produced and directed by Nicky Bolster, BBC2, Correspondent, 3 June 2001, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1352
• Passengers: Serbia [The Serbian radio station B92 and the downfall of Milosevic], writer Andy Darling, Channel Four, Passengers, 29 March 2002, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1353
• Serbian Epics, BBC2, 16 December 1992, 50 minutes
  Call number V-938
• The Serbs' Last Stand [Kosovo] produced by Jeremy Bristow, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 30 May 1998, 45 minutes
  Call number V-845

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SLOVAKIA

Slovak Documentaries

Slovak Documentary Films by individual directors

• Obrazy starého sveta [Pictures of the Old World] directed by Dušan Hanák, 1972, Channel Four, 23 March 1997, 70 minutes, in Slovak with English subtitles
  Call numbers V-739

See also under HANÁK, Dušan in the Central and East European Feature Films Index.

Documentary Materials on Slovak subjects from Slovak sources

• Dobré ráno, Slovensko! Sedem mesiavoc, ktoré ná zmenili život [Good Morning, Slovakia! Seven Months That Changed Our Lives] 2009, 52 minutes, in Slovak with optional English, German and Hungarian text and voiceover translation
  Call number DVD-2340

Documentary Materials on Slovak subjects from other countries

• Auschwitz - The Great Escape: Revealed [Documentary tracing the true story of the spectacular escape from the camp in 1944 by two young Slovak Jews whose authoritative account of the industrial-scale killing at the camp went on to save thousands of Jewish lives] produced and directed by Alex Dunlop, Five, 25 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1396
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 7: Journey's End [Countries visited: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany], BBC1, 28 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-984
• Tales from Europe [Kirsty Wark travels through new EU member states] Episode 3, Slovakia, BBC4, 29 September 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1991

See also material on Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic

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SLOVENIA

See also under Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia

Slovenian Documentaries

Documentary Materials on Slovenian Individuals

ŽIŽEK, Slavoj

• Žižek! directed by Astra Taylor, 2005, 69 minutes, in English
  Call number DVD-1793
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, Parts 1, 2 and 3, directed by Sophie Fiennes, 2006, 153 minutes, in English with optional English, French, German and Japanese subtitles
  Call number DVD-1792

Slovenian Documentary Films by Individual Directors

ŽILNIK, Želimir

• Trdnjava Evropa [Fortress Europe] 2000, 80 minutes, in Slovenian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1914

Documentary Materials on Slovenian subjects from other countries

• Il mio confine [Moja Meja] [My Borderline], directed by Anja Medved and Nadja Velušček, 2002, 50 minutes, in Slovenian and Italian with optional English, French, German and Bosnian subtitles
  Call number DVD-1901
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 1: War and Peace [Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania], BBC1, 16 September 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983

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UKRAINE

Ukrainian Documentaries

Documentary Materials on Ukrainian Individuals

• Formula vlasti. Ukraina. Prezident Viktor Iushchenko [Formula of Power. Ukraine. President Viktor Iushchenko] 2006, 30 minutes, in Russian
  Call number V-381

• Yulia, 2009, 58 minutes, in English, Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2405

Documentary Materials on Ukrainian subjects from other countries

• Blood and Belonging. Lifting the Yoke [Ukraine] produced by Colin Thomas, BBC2, 2 December 1993, 50 minutes
  Call number V-551
• Chasing Shadows [Rabbi Hugo Gryn returns to his home town, now in the Ukraine] produced by Naomi Gryn, Channel Four, 8 September 1996, 52 minutes
  Call number V-577
• Chernobyl [The world's worst nuclear accident on April 25 1986] BBC2, Days That Shook the World, 12 January 2004, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1689
• Chernobyl: Nuclear Meltdown, produced by Jonathan Martin, History Channel, 24 June 2000, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1126
• Children of Chernobyl, directed by Clive Gordon, Fragile Earth, showing in the Banned season, Channel Four, 21 April 1991, 55 minutes, in Russian and English
  Call number V-532
• Fall-Out from Chernobyl, directed by Vivienne King, Horizon, BBC2, 1 April 1996, 50 minutes, in Russian and English
  Call number V-573
• Igor, Child of Chernobyl, directed by Mandy Temple, Network First, ITV, 6 June 1995, 55 minutes
  Call number V-562
• Igor - the Boy Who Dared to Dream [follow-up film to Igor, Child of Chernobyl, 1995] directed by Mandy Temple, Network First, ITV, 11 February 1997, 60 minutes
  Call number V-581
• Inside Chernobyl Sarcophagus, produced by Edward Briffa, Horizon, BBC2, 22 April 1991, in Russian and English, 50 minutes
  Call number V-532
• Inside Chernobyl Sarcophagus, (original from 1991 + update) produced by Vivienne King, Horizon, BBC2, 25 March 1996, in Russian and English, 60 minutes
  Call number V-573
• Killing the Story: President Kuchma, Ukraine, produced and directed by Ewa Ewart, BBC2, Correspondent, 21 April 2002, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1441
• Michael Palin's New Europe. Part 4: Danube to Dnieper [Countries visited: Hungary, Ukraine], BBC1, 7 October 2007, 60 minutes
  Call number V-983
• Orange Winter, directed by Andrei Zagdansky, 2006, 71 minutes, English or Ukrainian narration with optional Ukrainian, Russian and English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1690
• Travels with my Camera. The Train to Freedom [Vitalii Vital´ev returns to the Ukraine] produced by Clem Vallance, Channel Four, 22 August 1994, 50 minutes
  Call number V-556
• Unquiet Graves [Mass Graves in the Ukraine] directed by Tom Roberts, Secret History, BBC2, 21 November 1991, 60 minutes
  Call number V-518
• Urozhai otchaiania [Harvest of Despair] 1932-33. Man-Made Famine in Ukraine, directed by Slavko Nowytski, 1984, 54 minutes, in Russian
  Call number V-530
• A Vision of Freedom [the church in Ukraine] directed by John Kirby, Soviet Spring, Channel Four, 27 January 1990, 60 minutes
  Call number V-526

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YUGOSLAVIA AND FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Yugoslav Documentaries

Yugoslav Documentary Films by Individual Directors

ŽILNIK, Želimir

• Žurnal o omladini na selu, zimi [Newsreel on Village Youth in Winter] 1967, 12 minutes, in Serbo-Croat with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1915
• Pioniri maleni mi smo vojska prava, svakog dana ničemo ko zelena trava [Little Pioneers] 1968, 12 minutes, in Serbo-Croat with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1915
• Lipanjska gibanja [June Turmoil] 1969, 10 minutes, in Serbo-Croat with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1915
• Crni film [Black Film] 1971, 14 minutes, in Serbo-Croat with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1915
• Ustanak u Jasku [Uprising in Jazak] 1972, 17 minutes, in Serbo-Croat with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-1915
• Inventur - Metzstrasse 11 [Inventory] 1975, 9 minutes, in German, Italian, Greek and Turkish with English intertitles
  Call number DVD-1915

See also Slovenian documentary films by Žilnik.

Documentary Materials on Yugoslav Individuals

• The Fall of Milosevic, Part 1: Defiance; Part 2: War, BBC2, 5 and 12 January 2003, 90 + 90 minutes
  Call number V-1452
• The Fall of Milosevic, Part 3: Finished, BBC2, 19 January 2003, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1453
• The Death of Yugoslavia. The Milosevic Interview. Milosevic talks to Norma Percy, directed by Angus MacQueen, BBC2, 25 September 1995, 55 minutes
  Call number   V-570
  [there is also an incomplete and worse quality copy on Call number V-915]
• The Mind of Milosevic, produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, Panorama, BBC1, 29 March 1999, 35 minutes
  Call number V-899
• Sloba and Mira, produced by Frank Smith, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 24 April 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-897
• Sloba and Mira: Their World, produced by Frank Smith, Correspondent, BBC2, October 1999, 45 minutes
  Call number V-979
• Sloba: the Endgame, producers David Akerman, Frank Smith, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 13 October 2000, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• Milosevic on Trial, 2007, 58 + 59 minutes
  Call number V-882 Part 1
  Call number V-882 Part 2

• Josip Broz Tito, History Channel, Biography Series, 13 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• Tito: His Own Man, produced by Peter Batty, Timewatch, BBC2, 4 March 1992, 50 minutes
  Call number V-936
• Tito's Ghost [Documentary revealing how the cult of Marshall Tito remains alive and well in the former Yugoslavia over 25 years after the Communist dictator's death], written and directed by Mira Erdevicki, Storyville, BBC4, 26 February 2008, 60 minutes
  Call number V-20

Documentary Materials on Yugoslav subjects from Yugoslav sources

• Sous le Ciel Yougoslave [Pod jugoslovenskim nebom] [Under the Yugoslav Sky] 1934, 84 minutes, French titles, Serbian subtitles
  Call number DVD-2693
• Stopami viteshkikh otatsa [In the Steps of our Chivalrous Fathers] 1940, 9½ minutes, in Serbian without subtitles
  Call number DVD-2693

Documentary Materials on Yugoslav subjects from other countries

• 78 Days : an Audit of War. BBC2, October 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-979
• The Battle of Sanski Most, directed by Jane Kokan, Dispatches, Channel Four, 13 December 1995, 43 minutes
  Call number V-572
• The Body Hunter [Collection of evidence in Kosovo for War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague] produced by Louise Norman, BBC1, 10 May 2000, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1044
• Bosko and Admira: see below as Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
• A Bosnian Betrayal [Srebrenica, July 1995] directed by Ilan Ziv, Dispatches, Channel Four, 29 May 1996, 45 minutes
  Call number V-741
• Correspondent Special [Local journalists report on the Kosovan war from Belgrade, Tetovo and Skopje in Macedonia, Kukes in Albania and Sarajevo] produced by David Akerman, Correspondent, BBC2, 22 May 1999, 45 minutes
  Call number V-909
• A Cry from the Grave [investigation into the killings in Srebrenica] produced by Leslie Woodhead, Storyville, BBC2, 27 November 1999, 105 minutes
  Call number V-1043
• The Death of Yugoslavia, series producer Norma Percy, Programme 1. Enter Nationalism; Programme 2. The Road to War; Programme 3. Wars of Independence, BBC2, 3, 10, 17 September 1995, 50 + 50 + 50 minutes
  Call number V-568
• The Death of Yugoslavia, series producer Norma Percy, Programme 4. The Gates of Hell; Programme 5. A Safe Area, BBC2, 24 September, 1 October 1995, 50 + 50 minutes
  Call number V-569
• The Death of Yugoslavia. The Milosevic Interview. Milosevic talks to Norma Percy, directed by Angus MacQueen, BBC2, 25 September 1995, 55 minutes
  Call number   V-570
  [there is also an incomplete and worse quality copy on Call number V-915]
• The Death of Yugoslavia. Pax Americana, directed by Paul Mitchell, BBC2, 6 June 1996, 50 minutes
  Call number V-421
• The Death of Yugoslavia. Re-edited version, produced and directed by Angus MacQueen and Paul Mitchell, BBC2, 8 May 1999, 180 minutes
  Call number V-900
• Dubrovnik 1991, directed by Dragan Banovic, 27 minutes [No narration]
  Call number V-574
• Dying for the Truth [Visit to Osijek in Croatia to investigate the death of the British journalist Paul Jenks] directed by Chris Curling, 1994; re-broadcast on Channel Four, 9 July 1997, 60 minutes
  Call number V-671
• An Englishman in Sarajevo: see below as Rose's War
• Exposed [An investigation into how the Serbian authorities tried to cover up mass murder in Kosovo in 1999] produced by Guy Smith, BBC2, Correspondent, 27 January 2002, 45 minutes, (poor picture quality)
  Call number V-1439
• The Fall of Milosevic, Part 1: Defiance; Part 2: War, BBC2, 5 and 12 January 2003, 90 + 90 minutes
  Call number V-1452
• The Fall of Milosevic, Part 3: Finished, BBC2, 19 January 2003, 90 minutes
  Call number V-1453
• The Final Battle of Yugoslavia [Relations between Montenegro and Serbia] Correspondent, BBC2, 5 August 2000, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• Girlfriends from Pristina [Experiences of two Kosovan refugees] produced by Kira Phillips, Channel 4, 6 February 2000, 65 minutes
  Call number V-1044
• The Grave [Mass grave in Vukovar, Croatia] directed by Belinda Giles, True Stories, Channel Four, 1 July 1997, 80 minutes
  Call number V-671 [there is also a poorer quality copy on Call number V-914]
• Josip Broz Tito, History Channel, Biography Series, 13 February 2001, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• The Killing of Kosovo, produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, Panorama Special, BBC1, 28 April 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-897
• Kosovo - The Reckoning, presented by David Dimbleby, Panorama Special, BBC1, 7 June 1999, 60 minutes
  Call number V-911
• Kosovo - The Reckoning: How the War Was Spun, reporter Edward Stourton, Correspondent, BBC2, October 1999, 45 minutes
  Call number V-979
• A Kosovo Journey, producer Alexander Gardiner, ITV, 16 January 2000, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1015
• Looking for Karadzic [Interviews with relatives, supporters and former members of the secret service regarding former Bosnian Serb leader] produced and directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies, BBC2, 19 May 2002, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1354
• The Milosevic Interview: see above under The Death of Yugoslavia
• The Mind of Milosevic, produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, Panorama, BBC1, 29 March 1999, 35 minutes
  Call number V-899
• Mission Impossible [Mass graves in Kosovo] directed by Heenan Bhatti, Dispatches, Channel Four, 21 January 1999, 30 minutes
  Call number V-878
• Mostar Bridge, Bosnia [Formerly a symbol of unity in what was Yugoslavia, the bridge's destruction during the war in 1993 divided the city into two communities, with Croats in the west and Muslims in the east] produced and directed by Lucy Blakstad, BBC2, Bridge, 2 December 2001, 50 minutes
  Call number V-1436
• Nato on Trial [Kosovan war] directed by Michael Toppin, Bloody Balkans series, Channel Four, 23 May 1999, 82 minutes
  Call number V-909
• NATO's Children [Ethnic tensions remain in southern Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia after the West's failure to find a workable solution to the governance of Kosovo] produced and directed by Nicky Bolster, BBC2, Correspondent, 3 June 2001, 45 minutes
  Call number V-1352
• Nato's War. The Untold Story [Kosovan war] produced by Will Thorne, Newsnight Special, BBC2, 20 August 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-958
• Newsnight Special. Tragedy in the Balkans [discussion of the conflict in ex-Yugoslavia] BBC2, 15 September 1995, 90 minutes
  Call number V-570
  [there is also a worse quality copy on Call number V-915
• One Blood, One Flame. The Oral Histories of the Yugoslav Gypsies Before, During and After WWII, Volume 1, 2007, 58 minutes, in various languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2401
• One Blood, One Flame. The Oral Histories of the Yugoslav Gypsies Before, During and After WWII, Volume 2, 2007, 42 minutes, in various languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2402
• One Blood, One Flame. The Oral Histories of the Yugoslav Gypsies Before, During and After WWII, Volume 3, 2007, 59 minutes, in various languages with English subtitles
  Call number DVD-2403
• Passengers: Serbia [The Serbian radio station B92 and the downfall of Milosevic], writer Andy Darling, Channel Four, Passengers, 29 March 2002, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1353
• The Reckoning [Radovan Karadzic] Channel Four, 30 July 1998, 105 minutes
  Call number V-850
• Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo [the story of Bosko, a Serb and Admira, a Muslim] K.A. Productions, 1994, directed by John Zaritsky, broadcast on Channel Four, 1995, 50 minutes, very poor picture quality
  Call number V-916
• Rose's War [General Sir Michael Rose in Bosnia] produced by Steve Anderson, Panorama, BBC1, 1995, 40 minutes
  Call number V-915
• The Search for the Lost Children of Srebrenica, produced and directed by Duncan Staff, BBC2, Body Hunt, 16 April 2002, 60 minutes
  Call number V-1441
• Serbian Epics, BBC2, 16 December 1992, 50 minutes
  Call number V-938
• The Serbs' Last Stand [Kosovo] produced by Jeremy Bristow, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 30 May 1998, 45 minutes
  Call number V-845
• Seven Days in Hell [Events in Kosovo] Dispatches, Channel Four, 1 April 1999, 26 minutes, lacks very end;
  Call number V-897
• 78 Days : an Audit of War. BBC2, October 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-979
• Sloba and Mira, produced by Frank Smith, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 24 April 1999, 50 minutes
  Call number V-897
• Sloba and Mira: Their World, produced by Frank Smith, Correspondent, BBC2, October 1999, 45 minutes
  Call number V-979
• Sloba: the Endgame, producers David Akerman, Frank Smith, Correspondent Special, BBC2, 13 October 2000, 30 minutes
  Call number V-1153
• A Soldier's Peace [the views of Major General Lewis MacKenzie on working with UN peacekeeping forces, including in Bosnia, the Krajina and Macedonia] directed by David Kirk, from TV, year unknown, 90 minutes
  Call number V-914
• The Survivor's Guide to Yugoslavia, produced by Dinah Lord, BBC2, Assignment Special, 21 June 1992, 40 minutes
  Call number V-937
• Tales of Ethnic Cleansing [Knin] produced by Phil Reeves, Assignment, BBC2, 21 October 1995, 45 minutes
  Call number V-569
• Tito: His Own Man, produced by Peter Batty, Timewatch, BBC2, 4 March 1992, 50 minutes
  Call number V-936
• Tito's Ghost [Documentary revealing how the cult of Marshall Tito remains alive and well in the former Yugoslavia over 25 years after the Communist dictator's death], written and directed by Mira Erdevicki, Storyville, BBC4, 26 February 2008, 60 minutes
  Call number V-20
• Tragedy in the Balkans: see above as Newsnight Special: Tragedy in the Balkans
• Two Hours from London [The Yugoslav Wars] Open Eye Productions, 1994, directed by Jill Craigie, Open Space Special, BBC2, 1994, 50 minutes
  Call number V-916
• The Unquiet Peace [Stories about people in Kosovo following the NATO campaign] producer Ilona Benjamin, director Laura Ashton, BBC2, Storyville Series, 30 May 2002, 70 minutes
  Call number V-1448
• The Valley [Events in the Drenica Valley in Kosovo in 1998] produced and directed by Dan Reed, True Stories, Channel Four, 18 February 1999, 75 minutes
  Call number V-895
• Valley of the Dead [Kosovo] produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, Panorama, BBC1, 5 July 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-947
• War Correspondent - the Troubles We've Seen. First Journey [Veillée d'armes. Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre. Premier voyage] [Foreign correspondents in Sarajevo] 1994, directed by Marcel Ophuls, BBC2, 2 September 1995, 90 minutes
  Call number V-566
• War Correspondent - the Troubles We've Seen. Second Journey [Veillée d'armes. Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre. Deuxième voyage] [Foreign correspondents in Sarajevo] 1994, directed by Marcel Ophuls, BBC2, 9 September 1995, 135 minutes
  Call number V-567
• War Crimes - Five Days in Hell [Srebrenica, July 1995] produced by Andrew Williams, Panorama, BBC1, 11 March 1996, 40 minutes
  Call number V-573
• War Crimes on Trial [The trial in the Hague of Dusko Tadic] directed by Timothy Copestake, BBC2, 7 May 1997, 45 minutes
  Call number V-582
• War in Europe, producer John Williams, Channel 4, January-February 2000, 60 + 60 + 60 minutes. Part 1. The Road to War; Part 2. Vanishing Targets; Part 3. End Game
  Call number V-1014
• War Room [The Kosovan War] produced by Andrew Bell and Toby Sculthorp, Panorama, BBC1, 21 April 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-899
• We Are All Neighbours [War victims in Bosnia and Hercegovina], Granada Television, 1993, 55 minutes
  Call number V-1273
• The Weight of Chains, produced and directed by Boris Malagurski, 2010, 124 minutes
  Call number DVD-3151
• Who Cares in War? [House of Commons Select Committee visits Kosovan refugee camps in Macedonia] produced by Sarah Harrison, Scrutiny, BBC2, 9 May 1999, 40 minutes
  Call number V-913
• Witness to Murder [Massacre of Albanians at the Kosovan village of Little Krusa] produced and directed by Gerry Gregg, Dispatches, Bloody Balkans series, Channel Four, 20 May 1999, 30 minutes
  Call number V-909
• The Zone [American and Russian soldiers in Bosnia] directed by David Reed, Modern Times, BBC2, 15 May 1996, 50 minutes
  Call number V-741

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