Title Letters from Baghdad / Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl, directors ; Zeva Oelbaum, Rob Quaintance, producers.

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[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, 2018

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Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 956.02 LET	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD, Nonfiction	DVD 956.02092 LET	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 956.7 LET	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD B BELL GERTRUDE	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital optical stereo rda
	video file DVD video region 1 rda
	Documentary films lcgft
System Details	DVD, region 1 ; 5.1 surround; stereo.
Language	English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Cast	Tilda Swinton (voice ot Gertrude Bell).
Audience	TV-PG.
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.
Subject	Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926.
	Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926. (OCoLC)fst00019896
	Women Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Arabists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Women colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Travel writers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958.
	Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958.
	Arabists. (OCoLC)fst00812574
	Archaeologists. (OCoLC)fst00812929
	Colonial administrators. (OCoLC)fst00868434
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Travel writers. (OCoLC)fst01201256
	Women Arabists. (OCoLC)fst01745805
	Women archaeologists. (OCoLC)fst01177135
	Women colonial administrators. (OCoLC)fst01177503
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
	Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
Chronological Term	1921-1958
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
	Nonfiction films.
	Biographical films.
	Biographical films.
	Biography.
	Documentary films.
	History.
	Nonfiction films.
Added Author	Oelbaum, Zeva, film producer, film director.
	Quaintance, Rob, film producer.
	Krayenbühl, Sabine, film director.
	Swinton, Tilda, voice actor.
	PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.
ISBN	9781531708757
	1531708757
Standard No.	841887040501
Music No.	LTFB601

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