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WWI, allied troops fighting from trenches, German troops surrender in trench, Ludendorff and Hindenburg discuss movements over map. 1917
WWI, allied troops fighting from trenches, German troops surrender in trench, Ludendorff and Hindenburg discuss movements over map. 1917
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Workers of Britain, city life, military life, soldiers, women and men in arms factories, pilots, bouncing bomb, fighter aircraft
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
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WW1 aircraft and pilots, military funeral of legendary German fighter pilot, Baron von Richtofen
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Wind in the Wires
35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright...
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German invasion of Belgium, mobilisation of british troops in london
German invasion of Belgium, mobilisation of british troops in london
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They Made News, Part 1 - German and British camermen at the beginning of WW2
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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Berlin in colour, 1945
Footage of Berlin, including the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Hotel Adlon, Hitler's bunker, Unter den Linden, rubble women working in the streets, the tram. clearing rubble and repairing bomb damage.
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Spread of communism throughout Europe and Asia, refugees fleeing, Khrushchev, North Korea, people crossing the Soviet border in Germany
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Refuges, walking barefoot on sand, "fleeing communist countries". Meeting relatives in refugees camp, kissing, embracing. Possibly staged. Communists in Asia, North Korea, mass grave, dead bodies....
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VOICED : Still making amends: haunted life for Myanmar's child soldiers
Darkness was falling across the pagoda outside Yangon when a military officer walked up to Su Thet Htoo and gave him two choices: go to jail or join the untold ranks of child soldiers in Myanmar's army
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Battle of Stalingrad, 1942
Soviet forces fight back against Nazi attacks. Snow, casualties; destruction and warfare. 1942.