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Pantelleria Occupied (First Pictures)

Date released

24 Jun 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1285

NoS ID

038737

Story no

3 / 4

Dramatic pictures show actual landings as island surrenders after worst bombardment in history.

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The Fleet Shows Its Might

Date released

30 Sep 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/79

NoS ID

102562

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

At a critical time in British history, the Home Fleet stages a momentous exercise in the Western Approaches.

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Norman Conquest, The (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Kathleen Burk

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Professor H R Loyn looks at the European and English contexts of the Norman conquest, at the organisations and military strengths of the Normans, and at the personalities involved. He describes the battle of...

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Officers and Cadets of Swedish Training Cruiser Visit HMS Victory and And Nelson

Date released

5 Dec 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

251

NoS ID

139242

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Wars of the Roses, The (199 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Traces the political and military course of the period in English history known as Wars of the Roses, from its roots in the early 1400s to the final battle on Bosworth field 80 years later. Includes a...

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Battle of Rorke’s Drift, The (1996 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min.

Uses re-enactments, dramatised eye-witness accounts, period images and photographs to tell the story of the handful of British Redcoats who successfully defended Rorke’s Drift against more than 4000 Zulu...

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Marines’ City March

Date released

23 Sep 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

543

NoS ID

141809

Story no

1 / 11

Extras

1 commentary sheet

First time in history.

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Gas Attack (2002)

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 164 minutes), £12.99

This programme traces the history of gas and chemical weapons in the First and Second World Wars.

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The Sky Their Stage

Date released

27 Jun 1932

Series name

Pathe Super Gazette

Issue no

32/51

NoS ID

089976

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Enormous crowds see and cheer RAF pageant ‘greatest ever’ in history of aviation.

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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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