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The Road from Dunkirk 1944

Date released

12 Oct 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/82

NoS ID

100507

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

British and German officers meet to arrange a truce for the evacuation of civilians from Dunkirk prior to the allied attack. Red Cross ambulances transport sick and wounded and the evacuation begins.

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Dunkirk (2017)

Director

Christopher Nolan

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £9.99

Director Christopher Nolan’s fictionalised account of the battle and mass evacuation of over 300,000 Allied troops from the French beaches of Dunkirk at the start of World War II. The story unfolds on...

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Dunkirk evacuation 40th anniversary (1980)

Genre

News report

Dickie Arbiter reports on the reunion of veterans during the 40 year anniversary commemorations of the evacuation of Dunkirk Harbour in France during the Second World War.

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Dunkirk News: original scripts from 1940... (1990)

Dunkirk News: original scripts from 1940, re-broadcast during the fiftieth anniversary of the siege and evacuation of Dunkerque in WW2. News reader: John Wing. [The Library has the complete scripts on...

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Nomad Cinema

Date

19 Jan 2017, 12:30

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The romance of war films - Jennifer Leigh Williamson from Nomad Cinema explains the themes behind their recent screenings at the Imperial War Museum, and explores why audiences still find war films so...

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Evacuation of the BEF

Date released

6 Jun 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/46

NoS ID

098000

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Greatest epic of the war, including BEF Evacuation from Dunkirk. BEF & French troops at British port. Lord Gort back home. Men of the BEF wading out from Dunkirk beaches.

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Evacuation of Dunkirk

Date released

12 Oct 1944

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1486

NoS ID

147970

Story no

4 / 5

Civil population of Dunkirk evacuated prior to the allied assault on the port.

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Gazette Special - War Latest - Dunkirk Evacuation

Date released

3 Jun 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/45

NoS ID

097994

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The BEF return from Dunkirk - including: Weary troops coming down from the line. BEF embarking at Dunkirk. RAF going into action. Navy covering withdrawal. BEF landing at British ports. BEF in London.

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Little Ships set off for Dunkirk (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Seventy Little Ships which took part in the evacuation of British forces from the beaches of Dunkirk fifty years ago are to set off for the French port again this lunchtime. Coastguards say conditions are...

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Dunkirk Heroes Go Back on Tenth Anniversary

Date released

5 Jun 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2010

NoS ID

042407

Story no

8 / 8

Veterans of epic wartime evacuation sail to Dunkirk on tenth anniversary commemoration.

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