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Library of 20th Century Newsreels, The (1997 Video)

aka: 20th Century Newsreels

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 203 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Film footage from British Movietone newsreels of events which made history in the 20th century. Covers a large number of stories world-wide, from the Boer War and Queen Victoria’s funeral through the...

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Isoroku Yamamoto, Grand Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy (197 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 60 min.

A portrait of the man who planned the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1971 and the forced the USA into World War 2 - a man with many personal eccentricities and above all a compulsive gambler. In...

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World War II: Sources and Analysis (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

Personal views of what World War 2 was like for those who fought or lived and worked on the Home Front. Draws together personal letters, photographs, official documents and personal views. Case studies cover...

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Breaking the Codes (1999 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col/b&w. 145 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) (pair)

Uses archive footage and interviews to relate the story of how the codes of the German fleet were cracked during World War 1. Examines codebreaking in World War 2: Bletchley Park - Station X - where the...

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Spies: Wartime Espionage / Infiltration and Assassination (1995 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 202 min., 1997 sale: £16.99 (inclusive)

Made with access to intelligence sources and case files from around the world, and using archive film and interviews with intelligence personnel, follows intelligence operations surrounding World War 2: how...

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Statue of Liberty, The: Building a Colossus (2001)

Director

Corin Watson

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), $139.99

It is the symbol of freedom the world over. a "Modern Colossus" to represent America to the world. But the Statue of Liberty was a French invention, a result of the vision of 19th century artist Frédéric...

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They Filmed the War in Colour (2010)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

This DVD features two feature-length documentary films, using only rare colour footage shot during the Second World War which offers a new and vivid perspective on the conflict. Using footage from public...

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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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Greatest Speeches of All Time Vols 1,2 and 3 (2006)

Subject

English language and literature; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £17.99 each vol

Three separate DVDs each containing original footage of some of the most important and well-known political speeches of modern time by US presidents, politicians, world leaders and supporters that...

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