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Drought End in Sight?

Date released

16 May 1938

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

753

NoS ID

035936

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 shot list

Welcome rain breaks - thirty-six day dry period - worst since Battle of Waterloo.

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World in Arms, A (3 Parts) (2005)

aka: War Against Napoleon - A War in Arms

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 147 minutes), £14.99

A 3-part television series depicting the story of the war between Britain and France under Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the first ‘world war’ - as empires clashed, five million people died in fighting that...

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Morrison Opens Waterloo Bridge

Date released

13 Dec 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1543

NoS ID

039817

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list, 1 programme

Herbert Morrison, who as LCC leader fought battle for Waterloo bridge, opens new structure over Thames.

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Ultimate Battles: Alexander the Great, Battle of the Bulge, Waterloo (2007)

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

Shot in High Definition and using cutting-edge computer generated effects, together with stunningly detailed recreations and interviews with noted historians and military experts, the three documentary films...

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Vanity Fair (2018)

Director

James Strong

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (7 x 60 minutes), £24.99

Thackeray’s literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story...

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Vanity Fair: The Battlefield (1987 Video)

Producer

Peter Jarvis

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Follows the work of the visual effects designer as he sets the scene for the Battle of Waterloo in the BBC drama serialisation of Thackeray’s ‘Vanity Fair’. Shows the work of costume designers, make-up...

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Napoleon (2015)

Director

David Barrie

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3x50 mins.), £595

2015 marks 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo. The three-part series sheds new light on Napoleon as an extraordinarily gifted military commander and a mesmeric leader whose private life - contrary to...

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