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  1. Sorrow and the Pity, The (2017)

    Subject
    French studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 260 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary whcih covers the period between 1940 and 1944 during which France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Includes archive footage, interviews from 1969 with a German officer and...

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  2. 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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  3. Is There a Right to Disobedience and Resistance? (2013)

    Subject
    Law; Philosophy; Politics & government

    Birkbeck School of Law’s 2013 Annual Lecture. Professor Costas Douzinas examines the legal right to resistance in the context of recent social upheavals and protest movements, from the Arab Spring to...

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  4. Taskafa: Stories of the Street; Estate, A Reverie (2013)

    Director
    Andrea Luka Zimmerman
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 177 minutes), £12.99

    Ta kafa: Stories of the Street (2013) is a film about resistance and co-existence told through the lives of the street dogs of Istanbul featuring text and readings by the late artist, novelist and poet John...

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  5. 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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  6. Last Mitterand, The (2005)

    aka: Promeneur du Champs de Mars, Le

    Subject
    French studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

    A dramatised film based on the writing of Francois Mitterand’s memoirs, providing a glimpse of his life, times and legacy. The old man is dying from prostate cancer and knows he doesn’t have much time to...

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  7. Partisans - War Behind the Lines (2000 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Uses archive footage to highlight the importance of the organised civilian groups who fought military actions or performed acts of espionage, sabotage, disruption and protest against occupying forces. Looks...

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  8. Resistance! (1996 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Surviving French Resistance fighters and wartime Special Operations Executive agents tell the the story of their work in Occupied France, leading to the Liberation of Paris.

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  9. No Ordinary People (1995 Video)

    Director
    David Hinton
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Celebrates the experience of the courageous French Resistance in World War 2. Acts as a reminder of how ordinary people can be transformed by the extraordinary events of war.

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  10. Weisse Rose, Die (1995 Multimedia)

    aka: White Rose,the

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    The White Rose was a group of students in Munich who organised resistance activities against the Hitler regime. The CD-ROM contains original pictures, images and audio recordings detailing the events,...

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