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Winston Churchill Documentaries

Synopsis
A pack consisting of a four Golden Age TV documentaries, 13 hours of audio recordings of speeches & broadcasts, including all his World War II broadcasts in their entirety, packed into 58 MP3s, plus a 105 digital image photo gallery. The four TV programmes are:

BIOGRAPHY (CBS): WINSTON CHURCHILL (43 Min., B&W)
The pioneer of all TV biography documentary series goes beyond its usual standard-setting treatments in reverence of the life of this great man. Narrated by Mike Wallace.
MEN IN CRISIS: CHURCHILL VS. GOERING (1964, 21 Min., B&W)
Edmund O’Brien narrates an installment of the definitive "opponent vs opponent" documentary series which explores the decisive confrontation between the chief of the German Luftwaffe, Air Marshal Herman Goering, and the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for air supremacy over England and the crushing of British defences in preparation for a thwarted invasion.
PORTRAITS OF POWER: WINSTON CHURCHILL - PART 1 (24 Min., Colour) & PART 2 (24 Min., Colour)
Two episodes of this esteemed television series, based on the book ‘Portraits of Power’ by Harrison Salisbury, who appears in and wrote these episodes, produced in part by The New York Times. Narrated by Henry Fonda.
Language
English
Country
United States
Subjects
History; Media studies
Keywords
archive television; biographies; Churchill, Winston Spencer (1874-1965); World War II; radio broadcasts

Distribution Formats

Type
CD-ROM

Type
DVD
Format
Region 0 NTSC
Price
$48.70
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
112 minutes
Year
2010

Distributor

Name

MediaOutlet.com

Email
service@prosperohouse.com
Web
http://www.mediaoutlet.com/ External site opens in new window
Address
PO Box 1432
Bayonne
NJ 07002
USA
Notes
Specialises in US archival moving image and sound material, particularly vintage radio and public service films and broadcasts that have been digitally restored. Formerly known as Earthstation.com. Sale on multi-region DVD or CD.

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