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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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IUHFC: A Short History

Date

19 Aug 2010, 15:13

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

Prof. James Chapman University of Leicester To understand the Inter-University History Film Consortium we must consider the contexts in which the organization emerged. In the late 1960s the teaching of...

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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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Total War in Britain (1945 Video)

Director

Alexander Shaw

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

The story of the total mobilisation of Britain’s manpower and industrial resources for war, in the four years from Dunkirk to the invasion of western Europe. The film is based on an offical British...

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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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End of Illusions, The: From Munich to Dunkirk (1970)

Director

Nicholas Pronay

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £60.00

Deals with developments after Munich which led to a change of British policy relating to Germany, and resulting in the outbreak of war. The subsequent collapse of the assumptions on which both British and...

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