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Battle of Arnhem, The: September 1944 (1967 Film)

Director

R L Schuursma

Producer

Jan Boon; Ernest Bresser; Anthony van Sanne

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An analysis of events leading up to the battle, of the actual fighting and of the factors responsible for the Allied defeat. Based on authentic film material, photos and sound recordings from British, German...

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Russian Front 1941-1945, The (4 Parts) (1997)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale

Tells the story of the war on the Easter Front in World War 2, the outcome of which was crucial in the struggle to defeat Nazi Germany. Includes historical analysis by Professor John Erickson, graphics and...

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True Glory, The (1945)

Director

Garson Kanin; Carol Reed

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.00

Uses the actual voices of British and American soldiers as commentary to describe the campaign from D-Day, in Normandy to the fall of Berlin, including the Falaise Gap, Caen, Arnhem, the liberation of Paris...

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Great Commanders, The (6 Parts) (1993)

Director

Phil Grabsky

Producer

Phil Grabsky

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 270 minutes), £40.00

Looks at the lives and achievements of famous military personalities to investigate the nature of leadership. Filmed on location and illustrated with material from international archives and museums, each...

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Crusade in Europe (6 Parts) (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. 6 x 75 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive) each part

Volume 6: ‘Overunning Germany’: Allies succeeded in dividing the German armies and capturing 350,000 German troops and the battle for Berlin had begun. General Jodl signed the surrender documentation 7...

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War in the Air (2 Parts) (1954 Video)

Producer

John Elliot

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 196 (2-video pack), 224 min (2-video pack)., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) each

Television documentary series on aerial warfare 1935-1950, broadcast as 15 half-hour programmes, with material selected from nearly 12 million feet of Allied and enemy film footage, emphasising the role of...

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Newsreel History of the Third Reich (4 Parts) (2007)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (4 x 60 minutes), £10.99 each

4 separate DVD compilations which use German newsreel footage to give a fascinating insight of how Goebbels’s Ministry of Propaganda portrayed World War II to the German people.

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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Black History: From Civil War Through Today (2008)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £39.99

DISC 1 IN THE BEGINNING The Civil War - A vivid dramatization of the war which shaped the social landscape for black Americans for centuries to come. The Plantation System - A stark portrayal of plantation...

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