General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:83/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #83 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009888

Date of production

1993

Date

1993

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Kurdish

Duration

45 min.

Notes

Raw footage recorded in Iraqi Kurdistan. Occasionally poor image quality.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Footage 1: Amateur footage of land and children, made by members of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, stressing the need to continue educating their children despite Saddam Hussein’s regime. Contains recordings of a speech delivered to the children, demonstrations, and scenes of destruction; and images of refugees, schools, and classrooms. Footage 2: Teachers giving lectures to Kurdish children in 1985–1986. Contains recordings of children studying. Footage 3: Documents the attack of a Kurdish school and the effects of the attack on the village. Shows children and teachers rushing to shelter; wounded people, as well as children in hospital; burning houses and homeless people. Footage 4: Shows planes and helicopters attacking a Kurdish village and people looking for shelter.

Context

Associated Names

Ab-Ab (Producer)