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Journey Together (1946 Video)

Director

John Boulting

Subject

History

Distribution

Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 92 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Originally produced as a public information film, this semi-documentary shows trainee pilots, bombers and navigators receiving instruction in England and America before going on their first bombing mission...

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Terrible Price, The - Gresford 1934 (2006)

Director

Martin Smith

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £15.99

A documentary about the Gresford (Wrexham) mining disaster of 1934. Shown on the 70th anniversary of the disaster on BBC in Wales only, this film tells the story of a man-made tragedy which cost the lives of...

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Stonehenge: A Journey Back in Time (1998 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £12.95 (inclusive) - English Heritage

Shows how Stonehenge was built by using reconstructions and re-enactments, together with three-dimensional computer graphics. Presents an overview of the various theories about its origin and purpose....

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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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Finding the Fallen (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 308 minutes), £19.99

The series follows the team of archaeologists, forensic experts and historians known as No Man’s Land as they seek to find, recover and identify the fallen of the Great War. Each of the 5 programmes in the...

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500 Nations (2006)

Director

Jack Leustig

Producer

Kevin Costner

Subject

Anthropology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 390 minutes), £29.99

An eight part American television documentary series which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and...

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Heathrow - The Early Years (2006)

Subject

Aviation; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £14.99

Three films capturing the earliest days of Heathrow airport, released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the airport’s opening in 1946.

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Hitler’s Olympia - The Nazi Olympics 1936 (1936 Video)

aka: Olympische Spiele

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w. 204 min., 1995 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

In 1935 Leni Riefenstahl was approached by the president of the German Olympic Committee to make a film of the 1936 Berlin games, which were being staged by Goebbels as a giant propaganda exercise. Using 44...

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Zulu Wars (1997 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 151 min (2-video pack)., 2000 sale £19.99 (inclusive)

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Astronaut’s View of Earth, An (1999 Video)

Subject

Geography; Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Footage of the earth from space, including an ‘earthrise’ from the moon and a full circle of the earth taken from a space shuttle orbiting 180 miles above the earth. One can see coral reefs, entire seas,...

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