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Four black and white documentaries by John Krish, portraying life in post-war Britain. THE ELEPHANT WILL NEVER FORGET (1953), a poetic farewell to London’s trams; THEY TOOK US TO THE SEA (1961), a poignant...
A 2-DVD set comprising 15 short films made between 1917 and 1951 dealing with US labour history and America’s struggle to ensure a decent life for all its citizens. Contents: 17 DAYS: THE STORY OF...
From the impenetrably euphemistic to the breathtakingly explicit, this intriguing anthology of 16 films takes us through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. All ‘unmentionable...
A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theatre and beyond....
THE ANGER (made in 1963) taps into topics from the 1950s and the early 1960s, such as racism, the Middle East, Cuba, Stalinism, the Atomic bomb, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. The directors of the film -...
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...
This sixth compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information examines the issue of ‘risk’ in our everyday lives. Complimenting the safety messages in Volume Four, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!, the...
The fifth volume in the COI collection, PORTRAIT OF A POEPLE, proudly looks at Britain and its people. Promoting an idealised notion of Britain has often been at the forefront of COI film production: from...
This third compilation of COI films helps paint a positive picture of life in the Services. The films include morale-boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films, which placed...
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN highlights the lives of thirteen eminent women, a mix of saints and sinners, who lived their lives to the full. It celebrates their achievements, exposes their flaws, but also poses the...
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