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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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The First Half of the Century

Date released

29 Dec 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1073A

NoS ID

016118

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The First Half Century. DESCRIPTION: Movietone briefly reviews the past fifty years, as we move into the second half-century. SHOTLIST: KS. Books displayed on shelf. SCU ‘1900’...

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Field Marshal Montgomery

Date released

11 Sep 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1527A

NoS ID

022595

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, Kg, Gcb, Dso. DESCRIPTION: A film record of the highlights of the great soldier’s career, who, at nearly 71, is going to have a well earned rest....

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Twenty-Five Years of the Royal Air Force

Date released

1 Apr 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

721A

NoS ID

012659

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 25th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. DESCRIPTION: Movietone’s tribute to the proud achievements of a few years, than which, all history shows nothing finer. A look at the men 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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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: 1947 and After

Date released

29 Dec 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

969

NoS ID

014850

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year 1947. DESCRIPTION: A look back at 1947 with its gloom of the economic crisis and the harsh winter weather. The sunshine moments of the Royal Tour of South Africa and...

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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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Articles and Mass Observation Reports

Date

11 Nov 2015, 17:53

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

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This page includes a number of articles on newsreel and cinemagazine history. A number of historical articles appear in the BUFVC publication, Yesterday's News: The British Cinema Newsreel Reader (November...

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