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Red Menace, The (2010)

Director

R. G. Springsteen

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $12.49

A classic dramatised anti-communist propaganda film, made in 1949. When a down-on-his-luck ex-G.I. named Bill goes to town to beef about being the victim of a land sale swindle, the commies who overhear him...

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Il Dottor Churkill (1941 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A cartoon portraying Churchill as a Jekyll and Hyde figure. In the vaults of the spooky Bank of England Churchill mixes solutions of democracy, fraternity and liberty to produce a concoction which turns him...

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Old Father William (1918 Film)

Producer

Lancelot Speed

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Cartoon, drawn by Lancelot Speed, which looks forward to the peace that is to come. Old Father William is accosted by a young man who wants to know the secret of his serene and secure old age. The answer is...

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Hans Westmar, Einer von Vielen (1933 Film)

Director

Franz Wenzler

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

This feature film is derived from the book ‘Horst Wessel’ by Hans Heinz Ewers and is typical of early Nazi attempts at entertainment films. It was eventually released under the title HANS WESTMAR because...

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Ufa: Myth and Reality (1995 Video)

Director

Erwin Leisner

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

out of distributin, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 45 min.

A history of the Universum Film AG (UFa), an influential film production company in Germany. Part 1 covers the period from its founding in 1917 to 1932 and includes excerpts from films including BOMBEN AUF...

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Storm over Asia (1928 Video)

aka: Potomok Chingis-Khana

Director

Vsevolod I Pudovkin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Set in Mongolia under the rule of British occupational forces, tells the story of a young trapper who appears to be the long-lost descendant of Genghis Khan. The people plan to set him up as Prince Genghis...

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Hitchcock at War (1944 Video)

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25, 31 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Two propaganda films made by Alfred Hitchcock for the Ministry of Information at the Welwyn Studios with French cast and crew. The films were made quickly (both were shot between 20 January and 25 February...

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Men Who Filmed for Hitler, The (1983 Video)

Director

Hans-Günther Stark

Producer

Tony Stratton-Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 83 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Stories behind Third Reich newsreel footage, as told by Hitler’s personal cameraman, Walter Frentz, and other film makers working under the Nazi regime. Four hundred of the 1200 cameramen put into the...

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December 7th (2012)

Director

John Ford; Gregg Toland

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £12.99

John Ford and Greg Toland’s docudrama about the December 7th 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbour was made at the behest of the American military, and then censored by the War Department for being too...

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Soviet Influence, The: From Turksib to Nightmail (2011)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 163 minutes), £19.99

In the early 1930s, a small number of Soviet propaganda films were shown in Britain that excited filmmakers such as John Grierson, Paul Rotha and Basil Wright - luminaries of the British documentary film...

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