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History of the ‘Wasa’ (1981 Film, Video)

Director

Anders Wahlgren

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An account of the salvaging and subsequent conservation of the warship ‘Wasa’ and its contents which sank in Stockholm harbour in 1628. Some dramatic reconstruction using actors illustrates the events...

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Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, The (1927)

Director

Walter Summers

Producer

H. Bruce Woolfe

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £19.99

Originally released in 1927 to great acclaim and popularity, The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands is a recreation of two key battles faced by the Royal Navy in the early days of World War One. The...

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Sinking of the Belgrano, The (2004)

Subject

Archaeology; History; Military Science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 54 minutes), £12.99

An investigation into the sinking of the Argentinian battleship General Belgrano which was torpedoed by a British submarine during the Falklands War of 1982. Controversy still surrounds the incident since it...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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