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  1. 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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  2. Sorrow and the Pity, The (2017)

    Subject
    French studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 260 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary whcih covers the period between 1940 and 1944 during which France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Includes archive footage, interviews from 1969 with a German officer and...

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  3. Silence de la Mer, La (1949)

    Director
    Jean-Pierre Melville
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £19.99

    The debut film of Jean-Pierre Melville, Le SILENCE DE LA MER is a landmark in French films about World War II, made shortly after Melville himself was demobilised from the Resistance and based on the novella...

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  4. Interview with Eugene Ionesco, An (1961)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 30 minutes), £110 [University rate]

    Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994), the Romanian-born French dramatist, speaks at length about his childhood, his studies, the type of theatre he enjoyed in his youth, his original personality, and his constant need...

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  5. The Noose Tightens (Mix to )

    Date released
    17 Jul 1944
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1396
    NoS ID
    039231
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    War advances towards German soil. Enemy faces dreaded fact as Allies battle victoriously on all fronts. Latest Normandy pictures show British and American advance along 100 mile front. French military court...

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  6. Plenty (1985 Video)

    Director
    Fred Schepisi
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 119 min.

    Feature film adapted by David Hare from his stage play in which a courageous and impulsive young Englishwoman returns home after fighting in the French Resistance to encounter the apathy of post-war England.

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  7. Sweet France (1992 Video)

    Director
    Mogniss H Abdallah; Ken Fero
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., £20.00 (hire) £30.00 (sale)

    Traces the experiences of the Arab community in France from the Algerian Revolution to the uprisings by Arab youg across the country in recent years. Although unemployment is a national concern, people...

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  8. Secrets of War (2011)

    Director
    Alan Beattie; Charles Proser
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1300 minutes), £18.00

    This award-winning series explores lesser-known aspects of the twentieth century’s major conflicts, offering insights into the hidden world of covert operations. Based on information that had been only...

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  9. Paris

    Date released
    25 Sep 1944
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    177
    NoS ID
    156329
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The inside story of the FFI. Paris prepares to rise against the Nazis; on the surface, however, all is quite. Then the underground organization rises up, tears down posters erects barricades. Monsieur...

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  10. Samuel Beckett: As the Story was Told (1996)

    Director
    Seán Ó Mórdha
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £195.00

    Biography of dramatist Samuel Beckett. Part 1 covers his formative years, his ill-fated love affair with his first cousin, the death of his father, his service with the French Resistance. Beckett had settled...

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