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End of Steam, The: The Story of Dr Beeching’s Railway Cuts (2012)

Subject

History; Transport

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £11.99

This documentary, composed entirely from colour archive footage, looks at the effects of the railway cuts implemented according to the recommendations in Dr Richard Beeching’s reports, The Reshaping of...

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Feeding the Nation (2011)

aka: Yesterday’s Farm: East Anglia and Beyond

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £11.99

At the outbreak of World War I, farming was on the brink of ruin. By the 1960s, it was thriving once more. Events in Britain and beyond changed agricultural life. After half a century of debts, economic...

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Here was the News 1960: Part 1 (2009)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.50

In 1959, the launch of Anglia Television brought regional news to television sets for the first time. This DVD presents a selection of local news items, from flooding to fashions. The headlines of 1959 and...

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