Notions The Iron Curtain A political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non-communist areas. It was popularised by Winston Churchill in 1946 in his speech. The blockade loosened …
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“Full Metal Jacket” part 2
Movie review I found “Full Metal Jacket” to be the best movie I watched during our movie course. I found the acting to be superb and found the attention to detail in the move to be amazing. The movie was interesting all throughout the movie and I never felt bored. One of the reasons I …
Film “Full Metal Jacket”- Katarina
The last but not least movie we watched in our English class was “Full Metal Jacket”. The movie took place during the Vietnam War (1955-1975) and the second part of the movie showed us the Marines fighting in the war. This photo was taken in 1970 and in this image you can see a Lance …
“Full Metal Jacket” part 1
Notions The Iron Curtain A political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas. It was popularised by winston Churchill in 1946 in his speech. The blockade …
Full Metal Jacket (Erik)
Notions The Iron Curtain– A political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and it’s dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. It was popularised by Winston Churchill in 1946 in his speech. The blockade loosened …
Film “The Help”- Katarina
The fifth movie we watched in our English class was “The Help”. and this photo was taken during the March on Washington in 1963. In the movie we could see a clip of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream” , which took place at the massive protest march in support of the …
Full Metal Jacket (Viivika)
Full metal jacket notions A political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas. It was popularised by winston Churchill in 1946 in his speech. The blockade …
“Full Metal Jacket” (by Ott)
NOTIONS Iron Curtain Iron Curtain was the name of the non-physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas after World War II until 1991 (when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended, although some speculate that it’s still going on). One area was the west which consisted of NATO members and militarily neutral …
Full Metal Jacket
Visual representation of the era: Rationale: I chose this song for the representation because here Chris de Burgh sings about the Cold War. It’s about how you cannot trust anyone and how you are afraid to open yourself up because there are spies everywhere who could use the information against you. KGB for USSR and …
“Full Metal Jacket” by Annabel
To spice up the last blog post, I decided to add a video showing some of the outcomes and inventions that happened during the Cold War. As we know, Cold War brought huge developments in many different areas of life and not just military equipment was advancing. This video brings out a few different sides …