Letters from Baghdad, Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl, directors ; Zeva Oelbaum, Rob Quaintance, producers
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Label
Letters from Baghdad, Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl, directors ; Zeva Oelbaum, Rob Quaintance, producers
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
TV-PG
Main title
Letters from Baghdad
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
1077711902
Responsibility statement
Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl, directors ; Zeva Oelbaum, Rob Quaintance, producers
Runtime
90
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Subject
- Documentary films
- Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Women Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biographical films
- Women colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Travel writers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958
- Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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- Documentary films
- Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Women Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biographical films
- Women colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Travel writers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958
- Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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