Night flight to death : the violent end of Dag Hammarskjöld /
Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961, met his death in a mysterious plane crash while on a mission in Katanga. Although officially seen as an accident, the circumstances in which the plane crashed, the general hostility against the UN at the time in the region, and the many finan...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | In English and French with English voiceovers. |
| Published: |
Wheeling, IL :
Film Ideas,
[2010]
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| Series: | Political assassination.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961, met his death in a mysterious plane crash while on a mission in Katanga. Although officially seen as an accident, the circumstances in which the plane crashed, the general hostility against the UN at the time in the region, and the many financial and political interests at stake in that part of Africa during the Cold War, all seem to point now to the fact that his death could have suited many and that he was actually assassinated. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 2001. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences. |
| Playing Time: | 00:51:42 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Flash or compatible software. |
| Production Credits: | Executive producers, Michel Noll and Heribert Blondiau. |
| ISBN: | 9781605723433 1605723436 |