POV | If A Tree Falls | ELF Operations » Video » Iowa Public Television

Welcome to Iowa Public Television! If you are seeing this message, you are using a browser that does not support web standards. This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Read more on our technical tips page.

POV | If A Tree Falls | ELF Operations | PBS

Duration: 01:56
Program: POV #2411
Broadcast Date: Sep. 13, 2011

This clip, from 'If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front,' describes how members of the ELF were able to covertly communicate and evade authorities. It describes the "book club" that trained new recruits in using books as a code source, before beginning to work with computer encryption techniques.

Tags:

Topics:

Related Video

Now Playing

POV | If A Tree Falls | ELF... (#2411)

How did the ELF communicate and evade capture? 01:56
Play Video

POV | If a Tree Falls:... (#2411)

Co-director Sam Cullman discusses the activists in his film. 24:59
Play Video

POV | If A Tree Falls | Arson as... (#2411)

Radical Earth Liberation Front members set arsons as a form of protest. 03:49
Play Video

POV | If A Tree Falls | Is It... (#2411)

Do the ELF crimes fit the definition of terrorism? 04:39
Play Video

POV | If A Tree Falls | Protest... (#2411)

Police respond to environmental activists in Oregon. 03:07
Play Video

POV | If A Tree Falls - Filmmaker... (#2411)

Marshall Curry discusses a former radical environmentalist. 20:49
Play Video

POV | If a Tree Falls: A Story... (#2411)

A documentary that lifts the veil on a radical environmental group. 02:17
Play Video

POV | If a Tree Falls: Q&A at... (#2411)

Directors Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman answer questions about "If A Tree Falls." 03:59
Play Video

POV | Better This World |... (#2410)

Brad and David are forced to make decisions about a course of action after the arrest. 06:58
Play Video

POV | Better This World |... (#2410)

McKay, in the end, accepts a plea deal. 03:29
Play Video

POV | Beyond Hatred: Update | PBS (#2209)

The Chenus have received replies from two of the three young men who killed Francois. 02:22
Play Video

POV | Grounded By Reality | PBS

Full Program: A glimpse into the everyday struggles of an artist with spinal muscular atrophy. 07:24
Play Video

POV | Good Fortune | Wangari... (#2305)

Maathai points out that aid organizations cannot expect communities to change overnight. 09:04
Play Video

POV | In the Family:... (#2112)

Filmmaker Joanna Rudnick interviews the founder of Myriad Genetics. 04:04
Play Video

POV | Scout's Honor | PBS

Full Program: A 12-year-old Boy Scout launches a campaign to overturn the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy. 53:59
Play Video

POV | Ars Magna | PBS (#2102)

Full Program: 2009 Emmy Nominee: Enter into the obsessive and fascinating world of anagrams. 07:53
Play Video

POV | CatCam | PBS

Full Program: An engineer straps a camera to a stray cat and creates a media sensation. 16:11
Play Video

POV | StoryCorps Shorts:...

Full Program: A family is changed when they are forced to move from their apartment building. 03:23
Play Video

POV | Enemies of the People |... (#2404)

Two former Khmer Rouge members remember their mass killings. 03:06
Play Video

POV | Sound of Vision | PBS

Full Program: A man spends his waking and dream-swaddled days confronting the city he will never see 08:00
Watch more video from this program

Post Date: September 13, 2011