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A Second Front

Date released

24 Nov 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1120

NoS ID

038060

Story no

5 / 5

Reinforced British Army in Western Desert wins brilliant initial successes in sweeping offensive.

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Keep Calm and Carry on: News Reports from the British Home Front 1939-1945 (2011)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 482 minutes), £19.99

Compilation of newsreels from the Second World War reporting on the activities on the Home Front. Among the eight hours’ worth of material are items on the evacuation of children, air raids, gas mask...

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Dunsinane (2011 Radio)

Series

Drama on 3

Director

Roxana Silbert

Producer

David Ian Neville

Radio drama. As sequel to Macbeth, its narrative is formed by the events following the defeat of Macbeth by Malcolm and an English army in the Battle of Dunsinane. In Greig’s version, Lady Macbeth is known...

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Gulf War second phase (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview (with an unidentified British army commander or politician?) on what the second phase of the war in the Gulf will consist of and the expected numbers of Iraqi deaths. Male interviewer not identified.

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Village Life: Arborfield (1987)

Mike Matthews this week visit the village life of Arborfield and Arborfield Cross. It lies 5 miles South of Reading on the A327 in Berkshire. The village has a long association with the Royal Electrical and...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Books and Articles

Date

13 Apr 2016, 16:29

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

This is a collection of some of key books and articles on British newsreels and cinemagazines.  The BUFVC publications can be ordered here. A fuller bibliography that includes essays, newspaper articles,...

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Allies Hurl Nazis over the Maas

Date released

1 Nov 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1427

NoS ID

039348

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

British Second Army rolls back enemy right flank and secures Antwerp for use as port.

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Monty’s Men Get Seaside Leave

Date released

9 Jul 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1498

NoS ID

039632

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Famous Belgian holiday resort is now leave camp for British Second Army.

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Consecration of Land Dedicated to British Commonwealth of Nations Men Who Fell in Greece

Date released

7 Feb 1946

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1262

NoS ID

065004

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

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French Battlefront Brevities

Date released

20 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/58

NoS ID

100434

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

British troops using Vickers guns and British mortar crew in action on the Normandy front. New British tank, the Cromwell, is seen on the battlefield. Montgomery is seen visiting battle areas at Caen, with...

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