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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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Adoulotoi Sklavoi (1946 Film)

Director

Vion Papamihalis; Marios Ploritis

Feature film. On the eve of World War II in Athens, a group of young people have established a theatrical group, planning to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The outbreak of war, however, changes...

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Now It Can Be Told (2014 Video)

aka: School for Danger

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

Studies the work carried out during World War 2 by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents who were trained to assist resistance groups in their fight against Hitler. Two actual British agents, Captain...

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Memoirs of Women Who Went to War, The (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 58 minutes), £10.00

Eye-witness accounts by women who contributed to the British war effort during World War 2. Includes the Royals, the WAAF, the WRNS, the ATS, the WVS, the AFS, Air Raid Wardens, Civil Defence, Women’s...

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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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Home Front Through Home Movies, The (1998 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Five 20-minute programmes using amateur film footage together with eyewitness accounts to show ways in which ordinary people filmed everyday life in Britain and Germany during the war years 1939-45: 1) The...

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Classic Collection, The (9 Parts)

Subject

Education; Media studies; Sociology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes each), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

The ‘inside story’ of eight classic sociological studies. Steve Taylor discusses with author of each study the origins, methodology and content of their study, and reflects on its significance at the...

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