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Front Line, The (1940 Video)

Director

Harry Watt

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 6 min.

Dover, 15th September 1940: for three months the town has been a frontier target for the Reich but the spirit of the people is undaunted. ‘There was only one hotel left in existence in Dover’, Harry Watt...

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Media Screen Roundup - June 2014

Date

15 Jul 2014, 10:34

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Highlights for this month’s Roundup...

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Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The (3 Parts) (1972 Film)

Director

Jack Kaufman

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Based on the book ‘The rise and fall of the Third Reich’ by William L Shirer, the film uses documentary footage inter-cut with photographs, maps, drawings and posters. 1: The fall of the Weimar Republic...

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Abc News: The Fall of Communism (2002)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 80 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

Presents the history, psychology and ideology of communism and attempts to put into perspective the the reasons underlying the fall of the system—from the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, to independence...

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Butrint: The Rise and Fall of a Mediterranean City

Subject

Archaeology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 25 minutes), $19.95

This film illustrates the rise, fall and resurrection of ancient Butrint-a Mediterranean city uncovered through the pioneering excavations of archaeologists in Albania. In the process, we get a vivid example...

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Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings (1996 Video)

aka: £830,000,000: Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings

Producer

Adam Curtis

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells how Nick Leeson and the executives of Barings, the oldest bank in Britain, lost £830 million. For over two years Leeson, working in Singapore, deceived everyone around him into believing he was a star...

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Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, The (2002 Film)

aka: Padeniye Dinasti Romanovikh

Director

Esther Shub

Subject

FE; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £19.99

This and its companion film THE GREAT WAY are remarkable examples of early historical compilation films. After painstaking research, with Shub examining each frame of available material, they were produced...

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Fall of Berlin, The (1995 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 75 min., 1995 sale: £14.99

A documentary film on the fall of Berlin in 1945, using Russian archive footage. Covers Churchill visiting the Western Front, the American bridgehead on the Elbe at Magdeburg, the Luftwaffe attacking allied...

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Great Way, The (1927 Film)

aka: Veliky Put

Director

Esther Shub

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

This and its companion film THE FALL OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTY are remarkable examples of early historical compilation films. After painstaking research, with Shub examining each frame of available material,...

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Working Safely at Height (2003)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 17 minutes), £265.00

Complacency about working at height can easily lead to accidents. Even a fall from a low height can result in serious injury and permanent disability. This programme shows how to prevent falls through risk...

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