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Battle of the Somme (1916 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 132 minutes), £19.56

Battle of the Somme is a pioneering battlefield documentary that was seen by huge audiences in the UK when it was released in August 1916, barely a month after the events it depicted. Cinema-goers hailed it...

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Amusements Trades Fair

Date released

6 Feb 1977

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2488

NoS ID

030937

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Amusement Trade Fair. DESCRIPTION: The 33rd Amusements Trades Exhibition shows the many and varied Fairground and Amusement Hall Games that are produced against tough competition, to...

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The Laos Crisis

Date released

30 Mar 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1660A

NoS ID

024042

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Laos Crisis. DESCRIPTION: Meeting at the United States Naval Base at Key West, Mr Macmillan came to confer with President Kennedy. Britain’s Premier had interrupted his West...

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Her Infinite Variety - Irene Worth As the Women of Shakespeare (1993 Audio)

A recital disc with music arranged, composed and conducted by Arif Mardin. Contents: 1: Prologue: Courante. 2. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore Art Thou Romeo. 3. Squirrel’s Toy For Lute. 4. There’s a Man...

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American Civil War the (3 Vols) (2000 Video)

Director

Ken Burns

Producer

Ken Burns

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

Nine-part television series that took five years to produce. Features over 16,000 archive photographs, paintings, lithographs and contemporary newspaper articles as well as battlefield tours, newsreel...

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Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War (Parts 14-26) (1980 Video)

Producer

Ron Kelly; Paul Lang; Michael Maclear; Don North

Subject

History

Distribution

Hire (U-matic - HEFVL) Sale (VHS - retail), Videocassette. U-matic. col. 13 x 30 min (HEFVL). Videocassette. VHS. 6 x ? min (retail).

Part 14: The 77-day siege of US Marines at Khe Sanh which intensifies anti-war sentiment in America. The day-by-day drama of the most widely debated battle of the Vietnam war. Part 15: The Tet Offensive as...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bloody Battle for Tarawa

Date released

20 Dec 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

759

NoS ID

012942

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bloody Battle for Tarawa. DESCRIPTION: The engagement at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands proved to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war. When the US Marines closed the beach-head at...

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Opium (2011)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £10.00

Opium is a drug with two faces. It causes violent disputes, wars and crime, but can make life worth living for those with terrible illnesses. Before opium was synthesized into heroin, medical use of the drug...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: According to Plan

Date released

12 Nov 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

701A

NoS ID

012508

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: According to Plan - Middle East. DESCRIPTION: First pictures of the new advance in the Middle East. The Battle of El Alamein, under the leadership of General Montgomery, men from all...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle for the Salient

Date released

8 Jan 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

814

NoS ID

013337

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle for the Salient. DESCRIPTION: News of the fighting in and around the Rundstedt salient was still rather scarce, when this captured film of the German push reached Britain. The...

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