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Letters from Baghdad Cover Image DVD DVD

Letters from Baghdad [videorecording] / Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl, directors ; Zeva Oelbaum, Rob Quaintance, producers.

Krayenbühl, Sabine, (film director.). Oelbaum, Zeva, (film producer,, film director.). Quaintance, Rob, (film producer.). Swinton, Tilda, (voice actor.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (distributor.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (production company,, broadcaster.). Tilda Swinton (voice ot Gertrude Bell). (Cast).

Summary:

Gertrude Bell is sometimes called the female Lawrence of Arabia. Bell was an explorer, spy, archaeologist, and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after World War I. Advisor to Winston Churchill and critic of colonial policies in Iraq, Bell was considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. The film takes viewers into a past that is eerily current.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531708757
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (90 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Tilda Swinton (voice ot Gertrude Bell).
Target Audience Note:
E.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926.
Arabists > Great Britain > Biography.
Archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography.
Travel writers > Great Britain > Biography.
Women Arabists > Great Britain > Biography.
Women spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Women archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Women colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography.
Iraq > History > Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958.
Iraq > Politics and government > 1921-1958.
Genre: Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.


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