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  1. Nazi Seizure of Power, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    Gordon Randall
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers: Hitler’s early career; Weimar weakness; who supported the Nazis and why; establishment intrigues; consolidation of Nazi power and the purge of the SS in summer 1934. Filmed on location in Munich...

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  2. Outbreak of the First World War, The (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Centres on an interview with Professor Fritz Fischer and the debate surrounding his thesis that a general war was planned by the leadership of Germany to prevent the growth of Slav power. This offers an...

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  3. Revolution of 1688, The (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers: James II and his subjects; motives of William and the English conspirators; risks and uncertainties, luck and planning, reasons for the success; the outcome - how ‘glorious’? Presented by Dr R...

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  4. Unification of Italy, The (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Looks at the reasons for the creation of a unified, secular state which few appeared to want. Emphasises the disunity of Italy in term of class, economics and politics and stresses the importance of...

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  5. American Independence 1776 (1987 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Filmed on location in Philadelphia, looks at why the revolt of 1776 took place in what was an apparently a solid British community. Covers: Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine; the ‘Declaration of...

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  6. Staging Roman Comedy: Pompeian Painting and Plautus (1987 Video)

    Director
    Ian Thompson
    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 37 min., £38.00 (inv p&p +VAT)

    Using both traditional scholarship and an interpretation of ancient wall paintings, the video describes the type of contemporary stage on which Roman drama was first performed, documents the full-scale...

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  7. Dissolution of the Monasteries, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers: England’s monastic past; the religious orders on the eve of the Reformation; the royal attack; how and why it succeeded; reactions, aftermath and survival. Presented by Professor J J Scarisbrick.

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  8. English Civil War, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers: why and how the war broke out; to what extent it was ‘limited’ and why it lasted so long; why the king lost; consequences. Presented by Dr R Clifton.

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  9. Scramble for Africa, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Thompson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Covers: Why partition of Africa occured when it did and so rapidly; ‘informal’ versus ‘formal’ trade, influence and rule; imperialism; Africa’s colonial legacy. Presented by Dr I R Smith.

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  10. Unification of Germany, The (1986 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Coves: the myth and reality of Bismarck’s role; the economic and diplomatic pre-conditions; unity achieved under Prussia; consequences for Germany and Europe. Presented by Dr R J V Lenman.

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