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  1. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

    Director
    Peter Jackson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £9.99

    Using state of the art technology to restore original archival footage which is more than a 100-years old, Jackson’s film brings to life the people who can best tell this story: the men who fought in the...

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  2. Culloden; The War Game (2016)

    Director
    Peter Watkins
    Producer
    Peter Watkins
    Subject
    History; Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 69 minutes + 46 minutes), £19.99

    This edition contains newly remastered HD versions of Peter Watkins’ controversial films originally broadcast by the BBC. CULLODEN (1964) reconstructs the famous battle in the style of contemporary...

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  3. Forever Vigilant? Technology and the Rise of Boundless Warfare (2014)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies; Technology

    A University of Bath Public Lecture Podcast. Professor David Galbreath’s inaugural lecture asks whether the evolution of technology requires nations to be forever vigilant in the face of a new type of...

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  4. Nuclear War in Britain: Home Front Civil Defence Films (2012)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 284 minutes), £24.99

    A compilation of public information films made by the British government between 1951 and 1987, many of which have not been available for public viewing for many years. The DVD includes the following films:...

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  5. Nuclear Scare Stories of the Cold War (2004)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £12.99

    A compilation of chilling civil defence films from the 1950s and 1960s, instructing American citizens how to survive if a nuclear war broke out.

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  6. Science and the Swastika (2004)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 9200 minutes), £16.99

    Series looking at how the Third Reich adapted the tenets of science to its own ends. Narrated by Sebastian Faulks. 07/04: The Good German:

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  7. War Game, The (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 130 minutes)

    Few films have caused as much controversy as Peter Watkins’ THE WAR GAME, a drama documentary made for BBC TV in 1965 about a ‘limited’ nuclear attack on Kent. Blending fiction and fact to create a...

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  8. Life in the Trenches (1999 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w./col. 55 min., 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive)

    Explains what it meant to live and fight on the Western Front, from the innocent patriotism of Kitchener’s Army to the war-weary anger of the war poets. Uses contemporary film footage and photographic...

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  9. Decision to Drop the Bomb (1996 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 85 min., 1997 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    The events surrounding President Harry S Truman’s decision in August 1945 to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a decision for which he accepted full responsibility and which stirred enduring controversy.

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  10. One Minute to Midnight: The Real Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1996 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    Examines the events of the 15 days in October 1962 when Cold War tensions brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Recalled by the surviving principals and participants from all sides, including an...

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