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1 online resource (27 min.) |
| Summary |
Get ready to witness the 20th Century's most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the tragic shooting of John Lennon to the brutal bombing of one of Hitler's henchmen, this series brings you as close to the killers as the cameramen themselves - which sometimes means just a few feet. Using rare archive footage and reconstructions, each episode focuses on a different story, from attacks on royalty, politicians and guerrilla leaders to media personalities who all, for one reason or another, stepped in the way of an assassin determined to bring their life to an end. Many of their motives have remained shrouded in mystery. Until now ... Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by her Sikh bodyguards as she walked in the garden of her New Delhi home. It appeared that her murder was an act of revenge for her orders to storm the Sikh's holiest shrine at Amristar in 1983. Six years later, on May 21, 1991, in Sriperumbudur, near Madras, her eldest son Rajiv was also assassinated by Khan separatists in a bomb explosion |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed April 25, 2019) |
| Performer |
Narrated by Robert Powell |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984 -- Assassination
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Gandhi, Rajiv, 1944-1991 -- Assassination
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Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984. fast (OCoLC)fst00037336 |
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Gandhi, Rajiv, 1944-1991. fast (OCoLC)fst00114248 |
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Prime ministers -- Assassination -- India
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Assassination.
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Prime ministers -- Assassination.
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India -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064926
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India.
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Documentary television programs.
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History.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Wright, Nicolas (Television director and producer), director, producer
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Martin, Jonathan, director, producer
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Nugus/Martin Productions, Ltd., production company.
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