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  1. Dear Uncle Adolf: The Germans and Their Fuehrer (2011)

    Director
    Michael Kloft
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.95

    More than any other documents, it is the personal, private letters written by the German people to Adolf Hitler that provide the most intimate details of the Third Reich. A treasure trove of more than...

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  2. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume One - The First Days (2011)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 211 minutes), £19.99

    The first ever compilation of films all Humphrey Jennings’ films. Widely considered one of Britain’s greatest documentary filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been critically acclaimed for films which...

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  3. 40s Britain: Skills for Britain (2011)

    Director
    Kay Mander; Adele Carroll
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 133 minutes), £16.33

    A collection of Kay Mander’s wartime training films. ONE CONTINUOUS TAKE (2001) A biography of Kay Mander, her life and work. Produced and directed by Dr. Adele Carroll. TRANSFER OF SKILL (1940) Craftsman...

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  4. Keep Calm and Carry on: News Reports from the British Home Front 1939-1945 (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 482 minutes), £19.99

    Compilation of newsreels from the Second World War reporting on the activities on the Home Front. Among the eight hours’ worth of material are items on the evacuation of children, air raids, gas mask...

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  5. Rosie Newman’s Britain at War in Colour (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 121 minutes), £19.99

    Filmed and edited by socialite and amateur filmmaker Rosie Newman, this 1946 documentary shows members of the armed forces engaged in training exercises as well as fascinating shots of life on the Home...

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  6. Home Front Britain with Jim Carter (2011)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Ruby Grierson; Jack Lee; Brian Desmond Hurst
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 270 minutes), £19.99

    The six-part documentary series, Home Front Britain With Jim Carter, looks at the British home front during World War II. Presented by British actor Jim Carter, the series explores the archives of British...

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. To Secret Rosies (2011)

    aka: Rosies: The Female Computers of Wwii

    Director
    LeAnn Erickson
    Subject
    History; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.00

    In 1942 soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human ‘computers’ for the US military. Top Secret...

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  10. They Filmed the War in Colour (2010)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

    This DVD features two feature-length documentary films, using only rare colour footage shot during the Second World War which offers a new and vivid perspective on the conflict. Using footage from public...

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