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  1. Whatever the Penalties (2016)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 66 minutes), £13.00

    This short film tells the story of an almost forgotten gathering of conscientious objectors in World War One. They represented a small minority who defied the 1916 Military Service Act - the law that...

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  2. War & Peace (2014)

    aka: War and Peace

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £65.00

    This DVD features four short films specifically designed to assist teachers in delivering dynamic lessons on the ethics of war and peace. The films are: JUST WAR, HOLY WAR, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION and...

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  3. Watford’s Quiet Heroes (2014)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30), £13.00

    The stories of three men who refused to fight in WW1, and society’s attitudes raising questions about patriotism, politics and religion. The film and additional material are suitable as an educational...

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  4. Day the Country Died - A History of Anarcho-Punk (2006)

    Subject
    Music; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

    With the birth of punk rock came a popular interest in anarchism. While the early punk scene used anarchist imagery for its shock value, the band Crass went on to lead the Anarcho-Punk movement - taking the...

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  5. Bringing the War Home: On the Road with Wide Eyes Open (2005)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 12 minutes), £18.00

    Short film by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) about the touring exhibition of empty boots & shoes which has opened eyes and stirred emotions. Why? Because this footwear was actually worn by...

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  6. Sadler Story, The (1986)

    Subject
    History; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £10.00 (+p&p)

    Jack Sadler was born in 1887 and died in 1960. During that time, the Tyneside pacifist lived through two World Wars, and refused to fight in either of them. His principled stand led to his imprisonment as a...

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  7. Romeo I Julia (1969 Film)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet

    Director
    Jerzy Zitzman
    Distribution
    No archive copy or distributor found (3/2007).

    Animated film using paper cut-outs. The film is a satirical comment in favour of pacifism. Romeo and Juliet are children of feuding families who duel with modern implements of war including bombs and tanks....

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  8. How I Won the War (1967)

    Director
    Richard Lester
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 111 minutes), £19.99

    Lieutenant Goodbody enthusiastically leads his troops in a series of dreadful debacles on the battlefields of the Second World War, before receiving orders to install a cricket pitch behind enemy lines. A...

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  9. Magician, The (1964)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), £18.80

    Short Polish anti-war and prize-winning film. Playing children are lured by the ‘magician’ who gives then guns and teaches them war games. As trained cannon fodder they are marched away, while others...

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  10. Hell on Earth (1931)

    aka: Niemandsland

    Director
    Victor Trivas; George Shdanoff
    Subject
    History

    The story of five men, an Englishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Russian Jew, and a Black American who meet on the battlefield of World War I. Setting aside their prejudices, they refuse to kill each other and...

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