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This programme examines the way news and documentaries covered the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
This programme examines the way news and documentaries covered the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
| Module code and title: | D103, Society and social science: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | D103; 01; 1995 |
| First transmission date: | 18-02-1995 |
| Published: | 1995 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:59 |
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| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Studying; Using TV |
| Subject terms: | Charitable giving; Documentary television programmes; Famines--Ethiopia; Food relief; Television broadcasting of news |
| Footage description: | Crane loading grain onto ship. Trucks leaving port. RAF planes landing at Addis Ababa. RAF unloading food boxes (6'54"-8'28") - Julia Sommerville reading news 21/12/84. Still of charity symbols. Still of Band Aid. Save The Children poster. Office. Workers opening donations. Staff watching TV. Aerial view of Live Aid concert, Wembley Stadium. Bob Geldof speaking. Shots of the crowd. Control room. Satellite dish. Crowd. (8'29"-10'45") - BBC News opening sequence 23.10.95. Clips from Michael Buerk's follow-up report. Oxfam report: "Images of Africa". Cathy Midwinter speaking. Paddy Coulter speaking. Aid workers with children. Djibril Diallo speaking. Page from Oxfam report. (10'46-14'44") - Buerk speaking. Clip from "Seeds of despair": man picking up grain. Page from Oxfam report. Various speakers (14'45"-18'32") - Presenters speaking. "Heart of the matter" opening sequence 20.9.84. Grain mountain. Grain farmer speaking. Window sticker: "Send a tonne to Africa". Combine harvester.;Footage - Clapperboards being clapped in front of various presenters. Presenter Stuart Hall speaking. James Anderson speaking. Colm Regan speaking. Julia Sommerville reading 9 O'Clock News on 23.10.84. Map of Eritrea, Tigre and Ethiopia (0'23"-2'22") - Michael Buerk's report on the famine in Ethiopia: People at dawn. Donkey. Mother with crying baby. Child crying. Man carrying body of child. Woman crying. Michael Buerk speaking. Men carrying child's body. Crying people. More bodies being carried. Buerk speaking in Korem. Buerk speaking in studio (2'23"-4'08") - Opening sequence to 9 O'Clock News 23.10.84. Clips from the days' news introduced. Buerk's report: woman dragging sacks of grain. Person collecting grain from ground. Julia Sommerville reading news on 24.10.84. Timothy Raison MP speaking. Buerk's report: line of bodies. Crying women. Group of mothers and children being treated by Red Cross. Nurse speaking (5'24"-6'53") - News footage from 31.10.84:.;Various speakers (18'33"-25'28") - Postman unloading van. Workers sorting donations. Various speakers. Presenters speaking in studio. Jigsaw. Map of E. Africa. Map showing famine areas. "Africa Tomorrow": cotton pickers. Bales. Town street (25'29"-35'41") - Presenters speaking in studio. Various speakers. Discussion in studio led by Stuart Hall (35'42"-43'43") - Man cooking. Woman speaking. Michael Buerk speaking. Timothy Raison speaking. White gate. 2 men walking along lane. B/w illustration of Binden Abbey. Ruins of abbey (43'44"-47'02") - Views of Bradford. Interior views of hospital. Women's ward. Cleaners. Sign: Woodlands Orthopaedic Hospital. Still of nurse. Opening clip from course (47'03"-48'58"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU8140 |
| Production number: | FOUD471J |
| Videofinder number: | 6062 |
| Available to public: | no |
