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The arming of the earth /

Journalist Bill Moyers considers how the machine gun, the submarine and the airplane have revolutionized the conduct of war. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), PBS Video
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : PBS Video, [1984]
Subjects:
Weapons systems > History.
War.
War casualties.
Description
Summary:Journalist Bill Moyers considers how the machine gun, the submarine and the airplane have revolutionized the conduct of war. Focuses on the way in which advances in the technology of war have vastly increased the civilian toll in wartime.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a segment from the television program A walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Film editor, Richard Bartlett.