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The role of the commissioners
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UK National Archives
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 8:50 PM
Short film describing the role of one of William I’s Domesday commissioners.
Festival in London
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UK National Archives
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 1:36 PM
A documentary re-creation of the 1951 Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition
British news film showing US marines landing at Da Nang 1965
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UK National Archives
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Tue, Dec 16 2008 10:04 AM
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 Japan had taken over Vietnam. At the end of the war the French wanted to rule Vietnam but Ho Chi Minh, ...
The longer the letter the better
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Mon, Sep 29 2008 6:47 PM
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 toilet paper! He also points out that soldiers often get bad news. He then explains censorship and h...
British soldiers digging trenches 1915
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Fri, Jul 25 2008 12:27 AM
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 the western front in 1915. They are all volunteers, persuaded to join up by Lord Kitchener's famo...
Why did people go to war in 1642? Irishman: Thomas Murray
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Fri, Jul 25 2008 12:13 AM
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 the causes of the English Civil War in 1642. This is the actor’s own interpretation of specific documentary evidence o...
End of rule in India 1947
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Mon, May 26 2008 6:54 AM
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 then goes on to hope for the best that India and Pakistan will prosper. Despite this apparent hope, th...
British news report on protests at Berkeley 1967
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UK National Archives
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Tue, Apr 15 2008 12:26 AM
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 why students dislike California governor Ronald Reagan. This British news film was shot in 1967. It w...
Special Invasion
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Sun, Apr 13 2008 10:50 PM
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 coastal defences, carpet-bombing and allied weapons and other supplies being brought ashore by tanks ...
Will hold up the photograph
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Sun, Apr 13 2008 10:13 AM
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 thing to do is to hold up a photograph of family or sweetheart. He talks of rumours of false surrenders...
Operation Twinkletoes, Vietnam 1969
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:34 AM
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 dead Viet Cong fighters are pulled from tunnels. An American officer goes on to tell the camera how di...
The Prague Spring 1968
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:32 AM
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 tells us that the people want more reform than Czech leader Dubcek is proposing, and also warns that...
South Vietnamese uprising 1965
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:25 AM
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 face them. We see further shots of the protesters in very large numbers. Troops then move in using stick...
A border crossing between Hungary and Austria 1956
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:19 AM
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 scene then shifts to a local official building being used as a shelter for the refugees. Conditions are e...
Hungary 1956
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:17 AM
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 travelling in the opposite direction. In 1956 the people of Hungary elected a new leader called ...
Korean War 2 (Korean)
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:11 AM
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 in Korean but it is not hard to see the way in which the story of US aggression is being told. There...
Korean War 1 (French)
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:10 AM
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 thousands of civilian refugees fleeing the fighting on boats or in makeshift settlements. Suspected commu...
Korean War 1 (French)
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:10 AM
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 thousands of civilian refugees fleeing the fighting on boats or in makeshift settlements. Suspected commu...
Korean War 1 (French)
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UK National Archives
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:10 AM
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 thousands of civilian refugees fleeing the fighting on boats or in makeshift settlements. Suspected commu...
Krimskaya Konferentsia (main) Yalta Conference (alternative)
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Sat, Apr 12 2008 10:02 AM
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 Big Three powers Churchill (Britain), Roosevelt (USA) and Stalin (USSR) met in Teheran in 1943 and then in Yal...
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