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Look at Life: Volume 2 - Military (2010)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 450 minutes), £10.80

Forty-five films from the LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. Digitally restored from the...

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When the Mountains Tremble (1983 Film, Video)

Director

Thomas Sigel; Pamela Yates

Producer

Peter Kinay

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Documentary narrated by a Quichi Indian in Guatemala, who tells both her story and the story of the country as a whole from the military coup in 1954, through the growth of resistance and acts of terrorism...

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Desert Storm: Thunder in the Gulf (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Tells the story of the air war in the Persian Gulf conflict of 1991 as related by the commanders who planned it and the combat pilots who flew the missions. Includes interviews with Major General Buster...

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History of the Red Army (2 Vols) (Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min. each, 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive) each

Traces the history of the Red Army of workers and peasants from its formation during the post-revolution turmoil in 1918 to its development as the world’s most highly equipped standing army. Uses recently...

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Operation Barbarossa: The Russian German War (2015)

Producer

Jerry Lawton

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £12.99

First shown on Canadian television in 1995, a 2-DVD set giving an account of the events that unfolded between the Russians and the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War II. The lives of tens of...

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India - The Struggle for Independence/ The Spanish Conquest of Mexico

Subject

FE; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £10.99

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Bold Peace, A (2017)

Director

Matthew Eddy; MIchael Dreiling

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale Hire, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 89 minutes), $350.00 [Rent $95]

Documentary. In 1948, Costa Rica dismantled their military establishment and intentionally cultivated security relationships with other nations through treaties, international laws, and international...

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To Secret Rosies (2011)

aka: Rosies: The Female Computers of Wwii

Director

LeAnn Erickson

Subject

History; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.00

In 1942 soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human ‘computers’ for the US military. Top Secret...

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India: The Struggle for Independence (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc VAT +p&p)

Looks at the complex mix of political, historical, cultural and military issues comprising the history of India. Includes location footage, archive film, period images, and comment and analysis from Dr David...

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Norman Conquest, The (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Kathleen Burk

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Professor H R Loyn looks at the European and English contexts of the Norman conquest, at the organisations and military strengths of the Normans, and at the personalities involved. He describes the battle of...

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