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February 17, 2010
Short film describing the role of one of William I’s Domesday commissioners.
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February 08, 2010
A documentary re-creation of the 1951 Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition
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December 16, 2008
This is an impressive display of US military might. Landing craft take marines to the beach who then storm ashore. Since the 19th century France had ruled Vietnam. During the Second World War ...
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September 29, 2008
Henry explains how important letters were. The post is good on the whole. He explains that soldiers like descriptions of ordinary daily life. He also explains that long letters can also be used as ...
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July 25, 2008
This clip shows trainee Tommies digging trenches, probably in England in 1915. The clip closes with instruction on rifles and a machine gun. The film shows troops training before being sent to ...
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July 25, 2008
Short film describing the attitude of an Irish Catholic to causes of the English Civil War.  This is the third of five clips filmed to illustrate the range of opinion on ...
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May 26, 2008
The film opens with the title showing the end of British rule in India. It then moves to ceremonies of independence in India and Pakistan. The commentary is very positive about British rule and ...
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April 15, 2008
The clip opens with a student rally in the main sports stadium of the university. We see a range of banners and protesters. The voice over outlines the reasons for discontent with US policy and ...
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April 13, 2008
Commentary over actual footage of aerial attacks on Hitler’s West Wall coastal defences before and after D-Day. Dramatic scenes include the shooting down of a Luftwaffe plane, the destruction of ...
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April 13, 2008
Henry explains what to do if your trench is taken and you are taken prisoner. He tells us that it is often not clear that an enemy is surrendering so surrendering prisoners might be killed. The ...
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April 12, 2008
The film starts with US helicopters preparing the mission and scouting ahead. We then see US tanks and troop carriers heading off on patrol. There is then a break and we move to a scene in which ...
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April 12, 2008
The film opens with printing presses turning out the first uncensored newspapers for 20 years. People are shown reading them enthusiastically. We then see shots of central Prague as the commentary ...
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April 12, 2008
The clip starts with an impressive street protest with banners and hundreds, possibly thousands, of young people taking part. They are mostly young students. South Vietnamese troops and police ...
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April 12, 2008
In the clip we see a small border checkpoint. Gradually more and more refuges come across the border with minimal checks. Some come as they are, others are laden with bags or drive carts. The ...
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April 12, 2008
In the film we see Soviet tanks and troops in the streets of Budapest, Hungary’s capital. Small groups of people stand around looking. A column of tanks and trucks is then filmed from a car ...
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April 12, 2008
Film starts with scenes of aircraft bombing a town. It then becomes clear that these are U.S. aircraft doing the bombing. The town is in fact Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. The commentary is ...
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April 12, 2008
The film is a round up for French audiences of events in the Korean War late in 1950. We see US tanks moving through a devastated town and then troops in action. The scene then shifts to show ...
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April 12, 2008
The film is a round up for French audiences of events in the Korean War late in 1950. We see US tanks moving through a devastated town and then troops in action. The scene then shifts to show ...
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April 12, 2008
The film is a round up for French audiences of events in the Korean War late in 1950. We see US tanks moving through a devastated town and then troops in action. The scene then shifts to show ...
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April 12, 2008
The clip opens with the arrival of Stalin to triumphal music. The leaders sit down at the table and the Soviet voice over starts.  Towards the end of the war, the leaders of the ...
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