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  1. Operation Barbarossa: The Russian German War (2015)

    Producer
    Jerry Lawton
    Subject
    History; Military Science
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £12.99

    First shown on Canadian television in 1995, a 2-DVD set giving an account of the events that unfolded between the Russians and the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War II. The lives of tens of...

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  2. Last Words - The Battle for Arnhem Bridge (2015)

    Director
    Roger Chapman
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £12.99

    An account of The Battle of Arnhem through the testimonies of the British veterans and Dutch civilians who were there. "Last Words" tells the story of the brutal and heroic battle that took place in...

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  3. Decent One, The (2015)

    Director
    Vanessa Lapa
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 96 minutes), $22.69

    On May 6th 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Himmler family home in Gmund Germany where they discovered hundreds of private letters, documents, diaries and photographs. The film makes use of these...

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  4. Turned Toward the Sun (2015)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £6.98

    Documentary about the true-life story of British writer and poet Micky Burn. Born in Mayfair in 1912, his father worked for the Royal family. He became the lover of the communist spy Guy Burgess, and would...

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  5. 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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  6. Royal Navy in the 1940s: The War Years (2014)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

    Compilation of Royal Navy films from the 1940s, including the 947 Royal Naval Review in the Firth Of Clyde with over 100 ships, the combined RAF and Royal Navy Exercises of 1948 and the Combined Western...

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  7. Royal Air Force at War, The: The Unseen Films, 1940 - 1944 (2014)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 329 minutes), £19.99

    This 3 disc collection of 24 training and public information shorts was filmed during the war and includes films on a variety of subjects. There are training films about technical matters (such as how to arm...

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  8. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Three: A Diary for Timothy (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 218 minutes), £19.99

    This is the third and final volume of the British Film Institute’s Dual Format (DVD and Blu-ray) releases that collect the complete directorial output of Humphrey Jennings. It includes the films he made...

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  9. Mussolini: The History of Italian Fascism (2013)

    Director
    Folco Quilici
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £19.99

    Documentary looking into the Italian politician and leader of the National Fascist Party Benito Mussolini and the rise of Fascism in Italy. The DVD features little-seen footage from the Italian...

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  10. War, The (2013)

    aka: War, The: A Ken Burns Film

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £39.99

    Ken Burns’ seven part documentary series film focuses on World War II in a bottom-up fashion, viewing the conflict through the experiences of four quintessentially American towns: Luverne in Minnesota,...

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