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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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Newsreel History of the Third Reich (4 Parts) (2007)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (4 x 60 minutes), £10.99 each

4 separate DVD compilations which use German newsreel footage to give a fascinating insight of how Goebbels’s Ministry of Propaganda portrayed World War II to the German people.

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World at War, The: Vol 1 (5 Parts) (1973 Video)

Director

Peter Batty; David Elstein; Hugh Raggett

Producer

Peter Batty; David Elstein; Jeremy Isaacs

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 417 minutes), £24.99

The first six programmes from the seminal 26-part series first shown in 1974, preceded by a programme on the making of the series. 1 THE MAKING OF THE WORLD AT WAR - The story behind the production process...

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Road to War, The (8 Parts) (1989 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £320.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series examining the two decades leading up to World War 2, looking at events from the points of view of each of the main protagonists, incorporating eye-witness accounts, interviews with historians, and...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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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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Videos and DVDs

Date

20 Apr 2017, 16:23

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

Below is a list of newsreel and cinemagazine videotapes and DVDs currently available, with links to online video stores where applicable.   Historical Time Travel - Wartime Newsreels Features...

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Nomad Cinema

Date

19 Jan 2017, 12:30

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The romance of war films - Jennifer Leigh Williamson from Nomad Cinema explains the themes behind their recent screenings at the Imperial War Museum, and explores why audiences still find war films so...

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