General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:85/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #85 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009890

Date of production

1986

Date

1986

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

17 min.

Notes

Warning: graphic images.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

"Panorama" documentary on the production of a deadly nerve gas at a secret factory in Samarra, Iraq to be used as a chemical weapon against Iran. It details the chemical weapons production capabilities of Saddam Hussein and includes information about the Western companies that supplied Iraq with the materials needed to produce these weapons. It is also an investigation into the proliferation of chemical weapons across the world. Participants in the film include: Timothy Renton MP (Minister of state, Foreign Office), Gerald Baldit (International Pesticide Plant Consultant), Robert Harris (Political Editor, Reporter), Ali Reza Yaghoubi (Iranian soldier, victim of chemical attacks), Dr. Graham Pearson (Director, Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down), and Julian Perry Robinson (Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex).

Context

Associated Names

Woolwich, Paul (Producer)

Dickinson, David (Editor)

BBC (Producer)