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Dunkirk (2017)

Director

Christopher Nolan

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £9.99

Director Christopher Nolan’s fictionalised account of the battle and mass evacuation of over 300,000 Allied troops from the French beaches of Dunkirk at the start of World War II. The story unfolds on...

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Gentlemen (1941 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Propaganda on the ‘ungentlemanly’ behaviour of the British in France during the retreat to Dunkirk and finally, attacking the French fleet at Oran. Churchill is identified as the chief criminal.

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Britain at War (2009)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 840 minutes), £26.99

This collection of ten documentaries features testimonies of remaining veterans from the army, navy and airforce and civilian organisations who lived through WW2. The programmes contain rare archive film and...

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Tough’s Boatyard (1989 Video)

Director

No information

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 98 min.

Tough’s Boatyard on the River Thames was one of the collection points for the little ships that went to Dunkirk. The yard itself was a well-known Thames River business, building and repairing tugs, barges...

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Sieg im Westen (1941 Film)

aka: Victory in the West

Director

Fritz Brunsch; Svend Noldan

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the conquest of the Low Countries and France. After recalling the foreign pressures which forced Germany into war, it covers the strategy and action of the lightning advance, including scenes at...

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Put That Light out! (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 70 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

First programme in the series BRITAIN’S HOME FRONT, covering the period 1940-42. Eyewitness accounts by ordinary British citizens tell how they coped with everyday life against a backdrop of air raid...

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Finest Hour (1999 Video)

Director

Nick Read

Producer

Phil Craig

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 2 x 100 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Ordinary British people recall the critical months starting in May 1940 when Britain faced the threat of Nazi Germany. In four parts: 1) up to the Dunkirk evacuation, showing Chruchill at work and Thora Hird...

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When the Lights Go on Again (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

Third programme in the series BRITAIN’S HOME FRONT covering the period 1943-47. Tells the story of the British people preparing for war and living through the events of the ‘Phoney War’, Dunkirk, the...

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Churchill 1 (1992 Video)

Director

Marisa Appugliese

Producer

Jeremy Bennett

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 2 x 120 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Television series in which historian Martin Gilbert presents a biography of Winston Churchill. In four parts: 1) Renegade and Turncoat: Churchill’s early life and political career up to 1940, when he...

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Britain’s Railways at War (2012)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 201 minutes), £19.99

A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime role of railways on the British Home Front, featuring a variety of period steam locomotives and dealing with a variety of...

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