Chemical Attack on Halabja
General information
- Call No.:
-
350-4-3:29/1
- Part of series
- HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq
- Located at
- BetaSP NTSC #29 / No. 1
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00009834
- Date of production
- 1990
- Date
- 1990
- Level
- Item
- Primary Type
- Moving image
- Language
- Persian, English
- Duration
- 1 hour
Content
- Form/Genre
- Documentary film
- Contents Summary
- Documentary film about the attack on Halabja, produced by an Iranian film crew. The Halabja poison gas attack occurred in the period March 16–17, 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War. Chemical weapons (CW) were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. The attack instantly killed thousands of people (between 3,200 and 5,000) and injured 7,000–10,000, most of them civilians. Includes shots of Halabja streets and people, possibly before the attack; and subsequent shots of the devastating effects of the chemical attack.
Context
- Associated Names
- Iranian Television (Producer)