Inside the Australian Arms Trade Public TV's Community Access Television (CAT) have produced a forty-five minute documentary, AIDEX 91, Inside the Australian Arms Trade, broadcast in their February test transmission. By placing the protest in the context of global gun running, the link is made between Australia's 'weapons lead recovery' and the increase of political repression in our third world client countries. A striking example of this is an uncomfortable AIDEX manager denying Indonesian attendance, followed by a French arms trader eagerly awaiting Indonesian buyers. This is underscored with scenes of mourners fleeing the Santa Cruz massacre in Dili. Simple editing helps us read between the news script lines. "Protesters clashed violently with police ..." is readjusted for truth to give "Police clashed violently with protesters:" Sir William Keys, former RSL boss and AIDEX director, bemoans the fact that "an exhibition as important to the Australian economy as this, is being disrupted by a group of people who are behaving like thugs and terrorists". His talking head news grab is overlayed with images of a tactical response group knee drop to a protester's neck. Clandestine footage from inside the exhibition reveals men in suits toying with machine guns. The Canberra Times journalist who headlined "not a gun in sight" was blind or lying. But it's not all gloom and doom. Picket line wit, a how-to segment on tripod building, and uplifting music by Mahatma Propaghandi all contribute to the positive message of people power. "There's more of us than there are of them" are the docco's last words. With just one grungy home video camera, this challenging public television program gives the military industrial complex a run for it's money. The video is available, by donation, from: CAT TV, PO Box 636, Newtown NSW 2042 (plus $4 postage); and from: Black Rose Books, 583a King St., Newtown NSW 2042, phone (02) 519 9194.