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The Entry into Caen. Second Army Stride Forward in the Battle of Normandy

Date released

13 Jul 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1098

NoS ID

064209

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Perished Nations 1/Perished Nations 2 (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £12.99

Two programmes from the series based on the works of the Turkish author and thinker Harun Yahya, who promotes a creationist view of Islam. Throughout world history, a great many very different civilisations...

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World War II-Gas mask drill (1989)

Genre

Speech

Archive BBC broadcast by a male Irish guard (not identified) demonstrating the use of the gas mask prior to the start of the Second World War. Originally broadcast 08/03/39. The recording was broadcast on...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Village Life: Arborfield (1987)

Mike Matthews this week visit the village life of Arborfield and Arborfield Cross. It lies 5 miles South of Reading on the A327 in Berkshire. The village has a long association with the Royal Electrical and...

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Outposts of Peace - Irish Army Manoeuvres

Date released

4 Jul 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/54

NoS ID

098068

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Ireland on the alert. Her small but efficient army is kept in a state of constant readiness, as witness these pictures of army manoeuvres.

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Army Show

Date released

10 Aug 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

659

NoS ID

121903

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: They might be circus stars, these crack athletes of the army. At the Aldershot Display tent-peggers on motor-bike and on horseback interweave across the arena to show their split-second...

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Second Army Close on Hertogenbosch

Date released

2 Nov 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1130

NoS ID

064348

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Vera Lynn on Second World War (1989)

Genre

Interview

Extracts from an interview with singer and entertainer Dame Vera Lynn about her memories of the Second World War and entertaining the troops. The interviewer is Pete Murray. In four parts.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Breaking ‘Em In

Date released

7 Oct 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/81

NoS ID

098301

Story no

5 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Army horses being trained.

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Duchess of Gloucester with the Women’s Land Army

Date released

3 Apr 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/27

NoS ID

098688

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Duchess at the Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture, inspects Land Army girls, and sees the way they are trained, then speaks to them and talks about the need for more food production.

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