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Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

Director

Jihan El-Tahri

Subject

Development studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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Western Front, The (1999 Video)

Director

Steven Clarke; Keith Sheather

Producer

Mark Fielder

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 180 min., 2000 sale: £17.99 (inclusive)

Series in which military historian Richard Holmes examines how World War 1 was fought in trenches, forts and bunkers, with the aim of highlighting the contrasts on the battlefields where ‘ancient ideas of...

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Battle of the Somme (1916 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 132 minutes), £19.56

Battle of the Somme is a pioneering battlefield documentary that was seen by huge audiences in the UK when it was released in August 1916, barely a month after the events it depicted. Cinema-goers hailed it...

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War (Parts 1-13) (1980 Video)

Producer

Ron Kelly; Paul Lang; Ian McLeod; Don North

Subject

History

Distribution

Hire (U-matic - HEFVL) Sale (VHS - retail), Videocassette. U-matic. col. 1 x 60, 12 x 30 min. (HEFVL) Videocassette. VHS. col. 50, 6 x ? min (retail).

Part 1: A preview of the series, noting America’s shifting motivations and priorities during three decades of the Vietnam conflict, involving five US presidencies in what became America’s longest,...

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CBS World War II Radio Broadcasts (2003)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid, 2,200+ minutes), $9.99

An MP3 audio CD-ROM of the renowned CBS "World NewsToday" War news radio show featuring the broadcasts of Edward R Murrow, William L Shirer, Robert Trout, Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood, and Douglas...

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Mahomet (2003)

aka: Mohammed

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 290 minutes), £27.00

A documentary series of five 52-minute episodes on the genesis of Islam, the life of the Prophet, the Koran, the Sunna, the Haddith, the emergence of the commentaries and Muslim rights, but also the Arabs,...

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Frank Capra’s Why we Fight (1942)

Director

Frank Capra

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 403 minutes), £24.99

Forceful propaganda on the aims of democracy contrasted with fascism. Liberties are taken with the material but a good example of the best resources of Hollywood directed towards propaganda and patriotic...

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World Revolutions for Students, Series (7 Parts) (2005)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes each), £158 (set) £32.00 (each)

This series of 7 programmes examines the underlying causes and dramatic effects associated with revolutions throughout world history. It explores the revolutionary philosophies and strategies of world...

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