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Hungarian Uprising (2008)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £7.99

On October 25th 1956, many Hungarians attending a peaceful demonstration were fired upon by the secret police - the hated AVH. Hundreds were killed, the incident provoked civil war, and on October 29th the...

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King and the Fool, The (1990 Video)

Director

Yossi Turisky

Producer

Beth Hatefutsoth

The Yiddish Theatre in Moscow flourished during the cultural renaissance that followed the Russian Revolution. Two of the moving forces behind the theatre were Solomon Mikhoels and Benjamin Zuskin,...

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World Revolutions for Students, Series (7 Parts) (2005)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes each), £158 (set) £32.00 (each)

This series of 7 programmes examines the underlying causes and dramatic effects associated with revolutions throughout world history. It explores the revolutionary philosophies and strategies of world...

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Fall of Eagles (2004)

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

The classic1974 BBC dramatisation of the declining years and final collapse of three of the most powerful European dynasties - the Hapsburgs, Romanovs and Hohenzollerns - between the mid-19th century and the...

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Kino-Pravda No. 21 (1925 Film)

Director

Dziga Vertov

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

First anniversary of Lenin’s death. Shot of the factory worker who caught the man who fired at Lenin. Lenin convalescing from the assassination attempt. Recent events: 1918, the counter-revolution starts...

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Christians, The (13 Part Series) (2007)

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £12.00

Bamber Gascoigne charts the history and evolution of Christianity in this 13-part series covering over two thousand years of history. Filmed in 1977 in more than 30 countries, THE CHRISTIANS describes the...

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I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) / Siberian Mammoth (2007)

aka: Soy Cuba

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov; Vicente Farraz

Subject

Film studies; Politics & government; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 230 minutes), £8.99

A 2-disc set. Disc 1 : I AM CUBA, partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to country...

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Putin, Russia and the West (2012)

Producer

Norma Percy; Brian Lapping

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £780.00

This series tells the inside story of how Vladimir Putin, a consummate political operator with a background in the KGB, become a valued ally of the West. After eight years as President of Russia and four...

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People’s Flag, The (5 Parts) (1987)

Director

Chris Reeves

Producer

Lin Solomon

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 300 minutes), £60.00

A series of five programmes offering an alternative socialist history of Britain in the 20th century. Part 1: looks at how the Labour Party developed at a time when the British Empire was still strong. It...

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Great War, The, Series (1964 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £ 99

A definitive history of the 1914-1918 war, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and employing the voice skills of other leading actors including Sir Ralph Richardson (as Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) and...

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