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Year to Remember, A: The 1930s

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

This three disc DVD set features Pathe footage taken from across the 1930s, giving an insight into the decade leading up to World War II. In a world reeling from the Great Depression, the decade was...

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History Through the Newsreel: The 1930s (4 Parts) (1976 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

1: Introduces the four-part series with a short summary of the social context of the British newsreels, including photographs of contemporary cinemas and figures for cinema attendances, followed by a...

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Earl Marshal Thanks the Newsreels

Date released

9 Mar 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2298

NoS ID

044285

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

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

Duke of Norfolk outlines Coronation plans to big gathering of newsreels and press.

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Leningrad Communications Restored

Date released

26 Jan 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1347

NoS ID

039023

Story no

5 / 6

Latest film report from Eastern front show Leningrad offensive in preparation, liberation of Taganrog, Mariupol and many other towns. Report includes pictures captured German newsreels giving graphic review...

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Call to Arms, A: Propaganda and Rearmament in the 1930s (1985)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £60.00

Examines the selling of rearmament in Britain prior to the advent of World War 2. Traces the story of British rearmament and sheds new light on the methods by which the Government used the newsreels to...

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Soviet Newsreel Nos. 11-12 (February 1943) (1943 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An example of the newsreels that the Soviet Union produced during the Second World War. They normally contained four or five items showing how the people were, in various ways, contributing to the...

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News Reels Aid Allies, Says Sir John Reith

Date released

18 Mar 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

944

NoS ID

037182

Story no

2 / 7

Minister of Information, guest at CEA annual dinner, praises war-efforts of newsreels.

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Images of America 1937-1939 (1996)

Producer

Peter Bell

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £60.00

Illustrates the various ways in which British newsreels on the eve of World War 2 presented propaganda concerning the USA’s international role. Drawing on the archives of Gaumont British, British Movietone...

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Images of the Soviet Union at War 1941-1945 (1990)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £60.00

Explores the role played by the British newsreels in creating and reflecting the growth of pro-Russian feeling in Britain during the second world war. When the Soviet Union was attacked by the Germans in...

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Competition Trailer

Date released

4 Jun 1951

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2179

NoS ID

151992

Story no

7 / 7

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