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David Niven stars in this gripping drama about a war hero who finds himself facing disgrace and ruin in a military courtroom...

Major Carrington (David Niven) won the Victoria Cross at Tobruk and has devoted his life to the British Army, but his wartime heroics have caused deep resentment amongst certain senior officers who did not see action - especially his base commander Colonel Henniker (Allan Cuthbertson).

So when money goes missing from his barracks' safe - and Carrington is found in a potentially compromising situation with Captain Alison Graham (Noelle Middleton) - his enemies seize the chance to destroy him.

Hauled before the court, Carrington admits to taking the money - but still pleads not guilty. His C.O. is willing to lie under oath to discredit him. Now he must rely on his disturbed wife Val (Margaret Leighton) to clear his name - not knowing that she has her own reasons for wanting to see him found guilty...

"Good courtroom drama with a few plot surprises" – Halliwell's Film Guide

"Niven (is) masterly" – Radio Times Guide to Films

"David Niven gives a fine central performance... a powerful drama" – TV Times Film and Video Guide

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The inspired true-life story of Violette Szabo.

Virginia McKenna and Paul Schofield star in this moving and dramatic story of Violette Szabo - who volunteered to be parachuted into France as a secret agent to re-organise a shattered Resistance group.

Her mission successful, she joins the Resistance, harrying German reinforcements for the Normandy front where she stays until captured by the Germans and handed overto the Gestapo. A cruel and prolonged interrogation fails to make her betray her comrades, and is consequently deported to Germany.

In the horror and squalor of Ravensbruck concentration camp, Violette's spirit remains unbroken, even though she learns that she is to be executed by an SS firing squad for espionage...In-depth Review/Gallery of this Dvd & Movie.

• Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Schofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Maurice Ronet
• Based on: Novel by R.J. Minney
• Screenplay: Vernon Harris and Lewis Gilbert
• Produced: Daniel M. Angel
• Directed: Lewis Gilbert

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The inspired true-life story of Violette Szabo.

Virginia McKenna and Paul Schofield star in this moving and dramatic story of Violette Szabo - who volunteered to be parachuted into France as a secret agent to re-organise a shattered Resistance group.

Her mission successful, she joins the Resistance, harrying German reinforcements for the Normandy front where she stays until captured by the Germans and handed overto the Gestapo. A cruel and prolonged interrogation fails to make her betray her comrades, and is consequently deported to Germany.

In the horror and squalor of Ravensbruck concentration camp, Violette's spirit remains unbroken, even though she learns that she is to be executed by an SS firing squad for espionage...In-depth Review/Gallery of this Dvd & Movie.

• Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Schofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Maurice Ronet
• Based on: Novel by R.J. Minney
• Screenplay: Vernon Harris and Lewis Gilbert
• Produced: Daniel M. Angel
• Directed: Lewis Gilbert

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Scotland's castles - buildings of treachery romance war and peace - play an important part in the country's history. In this fascinating series featured in a three DVD box set enjoy a whistle-stop introduction to Scotland's great castles and explore Edinburgh Castle, Eilean Donan Castle, Castle Levin, Glamis Castle, Fort George, Stirling Castle, Caerlaverock Castle, Fyvie Castle, Castle Fraser, Kinloch Castle and Culzean Castle.

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Peter Latham

This video guide visits the castles built by King Edward I at Flint, Rhuddlan, Conwy, Caernarfan, Harlech and – Beaumaris together with Welsh castles which were captured by the English during their advance through Snowdonia. The story begins with Edward's advances from Chester and ends with details and dates of building of each castle.

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Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett
Tony Richardson

12 PAGE BOOKLET WITH EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM TONY RICHARDSON’S ‘LONG DISTANCE RUNNER – A MEMOIR’ AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM RICHARD WILLIAMS’ ‘THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT’ - TRAILER

The Charge of the Light Brigade was an infamous battle in the Crimean War, considered one of the greatest military blunders in history and immortalized in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The ill-conceived expedition to the Crimea was marked by an incredible lack of strategy and planning, inadequate weapons, camouflage, food, health care and communications. In the final battle, all the soldiers had to protect them was their courage and blind faith. As Tennyson put it: Ours is not to question why/Ours is but to do and die. The film is a classic dissection of the pointlessness of war and the horrors inflicted on the common man who goes to fight in the name of his country.

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This DVD is based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulkes and stars Oscar Winner Cate Blanchett. This is a wartime love story, both beautifully shot and brilliantly played by an all-star cast.

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August Diehl, Dolores Chaplin, Devid Striesow, Karl Markovics, Martin Brambach
Stefan Ruzowitzky

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Film based on the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is a womaniser who likes to drink and gamble. He also happens to be the best counterfeiter in Berlin. Suddenly, his luck runs out when he's arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow). Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon's exceptional skills are soon noted and he is transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen where Herzog, on a secret mission, awaits his arrival. Hand-picked for his unique talent, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the programme, Operation Berhard. The group of forgers, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger (August Diehl), is given luxury barracks for its assistance. However, Adolf refuses to use his skills to help the Nazis and wants to do something that will scupper their secret operation. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.

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Thomas Vaughan

In the years between 1854 and 1856, Britain fought its only European war between the ending of the Napoleonic conflict in 1815 and the opening of the Great War in 1914. Although eventually victorious, this was a hard war fought with little skill and filled with great loss. Indeed the Crimean War became infamously known for military and logistical incompetence, perhaps most aptly epitomised by the near annihilation of the British Light Brigade. Arguably the only bright light in this sorry tale was the work of Florence Nightingale, a nurse who almost single-handedly drastically cut mortality rates for the British wounded.

The Crimean War had begun as a quarrel between Russian Orthodox monks and French Catholics over who had precedence at the holy sites in Jerusalem and Nazareth, but soon turned into a full scale "Clash of Empires". This superb documentary marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Crimean War. Celebrated historian Thomas Vaughan expertly tells this compelling story and reports on the lessons to be learned.

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Richard Harris and Sir Alec Guinness star in this sweeping, handsomely-mounted epic drama recounting the battle which raged between the monarchy and a commoner over the very soul of Great Britain.

In 17th-century England, ambitious country gentleman Oliver Cromwell (Harris) dared to challenge the political oppression and corruption which besieged his nation. Watching his power being usurped by a commoner, King Charles I (Two-time Oscar-winner Guinness) springs to challenge his adversary. One man will become absolute ruler; the other will be executed. Rousing battle sequences, excellent lead and supporting performances from Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin and Timothy Dalton, make CROMWELL an outstanding historical drama in the tradition of Braveheart.

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This all-time classic film stars British favourites Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave and details the true story of how the British, desperate to shorten the length of the War, propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart.

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Starring: Vivien Leigh, Conrad Veidt
Director: Victor Saville

Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt star in this dashing spy thriller set in Sweden during the First World War.

Spring 1918. The supposedly neutral country of Sweden has been heavily infiltrated by spies from France, Britain and Germany. In Stockholm, high society is alive with intrigue, espionage and murder. No one is who - or what - they claim to be.

Madeleine Goddard (Vivien Leigh) runs an elite fashion boutique - a job that often takes her to Paris. She is also a high-ranking German spy. Vying for her affections are an English secret agent and the charming aristocratic German deserter Baron von Marwitz (Conrad Veidt).

When her spy cell appears to have been compromised, Madeleine is sent to Paris to discover the fate of other agents. As her affair with von Marwitz deepens, she must decide which is more important to her... love or duty.

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Main Language: German
Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround
Sub Titles: English, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Turkish
Dubbed Language(s): German
Disc Format: DVD 9
Theatrical Trailer
Featurette
Directors Commentary

The 200-minute "Director's Cut" version of the movie not only has several major scenes restored that were not in the theatrical release but also has been digitally remastered with significantly improved sound (new sound effects have been added) and anamorphic picture. (The six-hour TV version has yet to be released.) Here, the viewer can watch the movie in the original German, with or without subtitles, or in an English dubbed version that uses the voices of many of the original cast. On the utterly engrossing commentary track, director Wolfgang Petersen and star Jürgen Prochnow talk animatedly and in great detail about every aspect of making this epic story--from model shots using Barbie dolls to meeting the Captain of the original U-boat. This is one of the most consistently rewarding commentaries on disc. Also included is a five-minute featurette that promotes this new version.

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Main Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo
Sub Titles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish

Das Boot is presented on two discs, with no breaks where the original TV episodes started and finished. The default language option is German with optional English subtitles. For those constitutionally allergic to subtitles there is also an alternative English-language dub, voiced by many of the original cast (including Prochnow). Sound is adequate stereo or Dolby 5.1, and the anamorphic widescreen is good for the murky green underwater shots. Unlike the theatrical version, though, there is no commentary.

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THE DAY WILL DAWN (1942) (Dvd scans added and July 14 back in stock for less than a tenner!)

Russell Palmer

Claimed to be the first picture of 'actual warfare ever to be made in natural colour', DEFENDERS OF TE FAITH was made by American Russell Palmer, a committed Nationalist and shot entirely in colour making it possibly unique amongst all film records of the Spanish Civil War. From extraordinary air-to-air action footage of the Nationalist 'Flying Turkeys' squadron strafing enemy trenches and tanks, to rare film of the Spanish Foreign Legion and Moor Units, and from coverage of the assault on Castellon to Nationalist armoured cars and tanks at the Front, this truly extraordinary film reveals the war as it her never been seen before.

THE SPANISH EARTH is Ernest Hemmingway's own, powerful and evocative account of the siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. The film looks at the devastating effect of the siege on Madrid's population, its fine architecture and magnificent palaces, and examines the fight to save the city, with genuine combat footage and a look at a raging tank battle to prevent the rebels from cutting Madrid's supply lines. Beautifully filmed and with extensive use of original Spanish folk music, no other documentary comes close to capturing the fierce spirit of those turbulent times.

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Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi, Diane Baker & Ed Wynn
George Stevens

George Stevens' epic screen adaptation of one of the most moving documents to emerge from World War II - the diary of the thirteen year old Jewish girl - Anne Frank.

To escape the horrors of Nazi Persecution, Otto Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) hid with his wife (Gusti Huber) and their two daughters, Anne (Millie Perkins) and Margot (Diane Baker) in a disused Amsterdam attic for two years. Also hiding with them were Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan (Lou Jacobi and Shelley Winters), their son Peter (Richard Beymer) and a dentist, Mr. Dussel (Ed Wynn).

In her daily journal, Anne recorded the trials and tribulations of the people around her trying to live a normal life in the cramped confines of the tiny attic, whilst under the constant threat of discovery by the Gestapo. The strain and the almost unbearable tension of their situation is skillfully conveyed in this remarkable and poignant, triple Oscar winning movie.

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Lutz Becker

The renowned German filmmaker, Lutz Becker, directed The Double Headed Eagle as a means of allowing Germans to understand and come to terms with the historical phenomenon that was Hitler. It is a dramatic documentary, tracing the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party through the social chaos of the Weimar Republic. The programme shows how the Nazis provoked, manipulated and exploited this chaos between 1918-1933.

Their victims were the vast majority of the politically uncommitted democratic sections of society. The film highlights a disintegrating society and reveals parallels with contemporary social and political problems. By demonstrating these parallels Puttnam's film makes Hitler's rise more understandable and in many ways more chilling.

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Main Language: German
Available Audio Tracks: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1
Sub Titles: English
Hearing Impaired: English
Disc Format: DVD 9
The Making Of Downfall
Cast And Filmmakers Interviews
The Historical Personalities And Their Actors Biographies
The Bunker A Virtual Tour
Shooting In Russia Behind The Scenes Look With Production Crew Commentary
About Shooting Behind The Scenes Look With Directors Commentary

Charting the final days of World War II in Nazi Germany, DOWNFALL shows what went on in the bunker where Hitler (Bruno Ganz), his secretary (Alexandra Maria Lara), and a few close colleagues waited for their inevitable demise...more info.

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Sub Titles: English
Hearing Impaired: English
Disc Format: DVD 9
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Charting the final days of World War II in Nazi Germany, DOWNFALL shows what went on in the bunker where Hitler (Bruno Ganz), his secretary (Alexandra Maria Lara), and a few close colleagues waited for their inevitable demise...more info.

Downfall 2 Dvd Set now here with dedicated Downfall page and all the scans of everything from the Dvd set.

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Main Language: German
Available Audio Tracks: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1
Sub Titles: English
Hearing Impaired: English
Disc Format: DVD 9
None

Charting the final days of World War II in Nazi Germany, DOWNFALL shows what went on in the bunker where Hitler (Bruno Ganz), his secretary (Alexandra Maria Lara), and a few close colleagues waited for their inevitable demise.

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DUNKIRK (1958) UK DVD - RELEASED 2017 - NOW IN STOCK (JULY 2017)

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Screen legends, Richard Attenborough and John Mills lead a sterling cast in this poignant dramatisation of Operation Dynamo - one of the most significant events of WW II where the British army attempt to rescue their own forces from the coast of occupied France in 1940.

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The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is Britain's largest and most spectacular military music event, a stirring feast of Massed Bands, Pipes and Drums unrivalled anywhere else in the world. Staged in the historic surroundings of Edinburgh Castle, it attracts an annual viewing audience in excess of 100 million people.

For years, the BBC has faithfully recorded this unique event and now all the very best performances are available for the very first time on one exclusive DVD.

A full hour and a half long, this video includes unforgettable performances by the proud Scottish regiments from 'A Scottish Soldier' to 'Scotland the Brave'. The Fanfare, Massed Pipes and Drums, Massed Bands, the Argyll Broadsword, the haunting lament from the 'Lone Piper', international guest bands and the world-famous 'Finale' - they're all here.

The DVD draws upon the BBC film archive, as well as including previously unavailable Movietone newsreel footage of the very earliest tattoos.

FEATURING: THE GRENADIER GUARDS • THE QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDERS • THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS • THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS • THE CORPS OF DRUMS, ROYAL MARINES • THE MASSED BANDS OF THE ROYAL MARINES • THE BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS AND GORDON HIGHLANDERS • THE BLACK WATCH • THE BAND OF THE LIGHT DIVISION • THE BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS GUARDS • THE QUEENS COLOUR SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE and more...

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Since 1815, the Gurkhas have served the British Crown with pride and the fiercest loyalty, from the Northwest Frontier of India to The Falkland Islands and beyond.

The Gurkha is the ultimate infantryman - fit, tough, fearless, disciplined, aggressive and deadly in hand-to-hand combat. More than anything else, the Gurkha is famous for his Kukri knife, a wickedly sharp blade some 15-18 inches long and ideal for use in close quarters combat.

Witnessing a Gurkha attack is an unforgettable experience, according to the British Officers who have fought beside them. The sound of their whirling Kukri blades, mingled with the sounds of gunfire, the screams of the wounded and the chilling sound of the Gurkha battle cry is a truly terrifying thing to hear.

Gurkhas is the inside story of the Gurkhas from 1815 to the last days of British rule in Hong Kong, with historical footage of the Gurkhas in action in the First and Second World Wars, plus interviews with both serving Gurkhas and their commanding officers and extensive film of Gurkhas on combat training manoeuvres.

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To be a Royal Marines Commando takes something special. Recruits have to pass the longest infantry training course in the Western world.

Royal Marines Commandos takes you inside the world of this elite fighting force as seldom before, following Marines through training and on both Arctic and Jungle exercises, including anti-sniper and ambush manoeuvres.

This DVD also tells the story of the Royal Marines, from their earliest days stationed abroad the British Fleet as sharpshooters and landing parties through their first use as commandos during World War Two right up to the Falklands. Today, their present role is as fast reaction elite troops ready to fight anywhere at a moment's notice...

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As the Union Jack finally descended on former colonies all over the world after the Second World War, Communist, Nationalist and religious guerrilla forces saw their chance. The British Empire was leaving a dangerous power vacuum in its place. The war to succeed the British had begun...

EMPIRE WARRIORS focuses on four key wars fought at the end of Empire. It features original archive and news footage together with dramatic reconstructions of key events, while former soldiers, terrorists, politicians and intelligence specialists offer vivid, first hand accounts of the last wars of Empire...

KENYA - THE HUNT FOR KIMATHI: Fuelled by drugs and bound to service by grotesque black magic ceremonies, the Land and Freedom Army - or the Mau Mau, as they came to be called - slaughtered blacks and whites alike in a bloody revolt that shook post-war Kenya. For the British authorities, hunting down their charismatic religious leader Dedan Kimathi was the top priority...

ADEN - MAD MITCH AND HIS TRIBAL LAW: Although the British had already agreed to leave Aden within two years, Arab nationalist groups wanted to be seen to actively drive them out. In June 1967, 22 British soldiers were killed - betrayed by Arabs they'd considered friends. Despite the timidity of the then Labour government, Lt. Colonel Colin 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell and his Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders smashed the local revolt with an iron fist...

MALAYA - THE INTELLIGENCE WAR: In 1948, Communist groups from within Malaya's Chinese immigrant population unleashed a campaign of terror in Britain's richest colony. The fight went on for 12 years - long after Malaya had achieved independence - with Special Branch waging a uniquely effective intelligence war against the Communist Guerrillas.

PALESTINE - THE JEWISH WAR: As boatloads of Holocaust survivors fled Europe looking for a homeland in Palestine, the British authority there tried to keep an uneasy peace between Jews and Arabs. They found themselves the targets of Irgun and the Stern Gang - two Jewish terrorist cells intent on driving the British out - and capable of some of the most audacious acts of terrorism the world had yet seen…

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Hitler's plan to loot a treasure-laden Greek island is under way. A prison camp is built where the inmates dig up priceless artworks under the eye of the Austrian commandant Major Otto Hecht (Roger Moore). Zeno (Telly Savalas), the island's resistance leader and Eleana (Claudia Cardinale) scheme to defeat the occupiers. Leading a group of freedom fighters, they clash with the Nazis as they try to save the lives of condemned prisoners and to locate the treasure hidden in the mountain-top monastery.

• Actors: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Stefanie Powers
• Directors: George P. Cosmatos

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Patricia Hodge, James Fox
Michael Samuels

The Backroom Story of Thatcher's War- A Play Once Deemed Too Controversial To Produce...
Magnificent performance from the stellar cast, news clips highlights the major events and a dramatic behind-the-scenes story of a government at war, this is the play once deemed too controversial to produce.

In 1982, Margaret Thatcher's government sent British forces to war to regain the Falkland Islands from occupying Argentinian troops. Four years later, the BBC commissioned a play on the conflict, only for playwright Ian Curteis's work to be shelved, amidst claims it had been deferred because of the imminent General Election.

20 years later, the play was finally produced: a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher and her government faced the biggest crisis in foreign affairs for a generation. Beginning with the mute reactions and American indifference to the early Argentinian manoeuvres, we follow the story through to cabinet resignations and UN resolutions as the crisis develops and the Task Force is deployed.

As the task force nears the Falkland Islands, war becomes a distinct possibility. The tension increases as backroom manoeuvrings between Thatcher's government, the military , the Americans and the Argentinians only lead to a breakdown in diplomacy with an inevitable conflict. As a war Cabinet struggles to direct military strategy thousands of miles from the battleground the anguish and drama intensifies, and a steadfast but emotional Prime Minister takes each mistake, tragedy and success to heart...

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Disc One - Goose Green 1982: The fight at Goose Green in May 1982 was the most famous battle of the Falklands War, which saw British and Argentine troops struggle for control of the Falkland Islands. In the wake of the shock Argentine invasion, Britain sent a hastily assembled Task Force to the South Atlantic charged with the job of restoring British sovereignty. The Argentine positions at Goose Green were thought to pose a threat to the British advance across the Islands and troops from the Parachute Regiment were sent to deal with it. After 12 hours of bloody fighting, the Argentine position was finally overrun and the British advance on the capital Port Stanley could continue. Moving pictures were beamed back to Britain of the aftermath of the battle, bringing home the stark realities of combat - a sobering reminder amid the political rhetoric and jingoism.

Disc Two - The Fall Of Port Stanley: June 1982 saw the final battles of the Falklands War. For the servicemen of the British Task Force, the campaign to defeat a determined enemy had been difficult and costly, but now the capital Stanley, the final prize, lay within their grasp. This programme tells the story of the drive to liberate Stanley, during which battles such as those at Tumbledown and Mount Longdon found their way into the pages of British military history. Featuring computer animated 3D graphics that clearly illustrate strategy, tactics and the ebb and flow of the battles, the programme draws on extensive archive footage. Also featured are atmospheric battle recreations, new location footage and expert comment and analysis.

Disc Three - The Falklands War: It is twenty five years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. Within three days, a British task force had been mobilised and was on its way to the South Atlantic on a mission to restore the islands to British control. Soon, harrowing images that demonstrated the terrible realities of war were being beamed back to the United Kingdom. This programme is a powerful record of a war that cost more than a thousand lives. It features remarkable archive footage of the fight for the Falkland Islands, atmospheric battle reconstructions and 3D animated graphics that provide a unique perspective on famous battles such as Goose Green, Tumbledown Mountain and Wireless Ridge. 'The Falklands War' also features the memories and recollections of British and Argentine servicemen who went to war in the South Atlantic twenty five years ago. Featuring expert analysis and contributions from: Alex Manning, Military historian, HMS Sultan - Major General Julian Thompson, Brigadier, 3 Commando, 1982 - Reverend David Cooper, Padre, 2 Para, 1982 - David Collett, 'A' Company Commander, 3 Para, 1982 - Tim Spicer, Operations Officer, Scots Guards, 1982 - Barry Griffiths, Platoon Commander, 3 Para, 1982 - Captain Stuart Russell, Corporal, 2 Para, 1982 - Richard Lane, Operations Officer, HMS Coventry, 1982.

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At the end of the First World War, nearly two million soldiers were missing, presumed dead.

Almost 90 years later, the once-bloody battlefields of Northern France and Belgium have given way to rolling countryside, and are surrendering their secrets. Beneath the farmlands lie the unknown and the unclaimed dead...

This DVD follows the dedicated team of archaeologists, forensic experts and historians known as No Man's Land as they seek to find, recover and identify the fallen of the Great War. Each episode in this complete five-part Discovery Channel series focuses in riveting details on one archaeological dig at the site of a single significant battle of the Great War.

From the Belgian town of Ypres - where the team discover evidence of the very first trenches of the conflict - to the infamous German stronghold at Serre in Northern France, join the fascinating search using the latest battlefield archaeology and forensic techniques to recover and piece together the identity of those lost in the maelstrom of a long ago war. Other battlefields visited are Loos, the site of a hellish underground battle in 1915, Beaumont Hamel on the Somme and Passchendaele, where in 1917 the battlefield was transformed into a vast sea of liquid mud that swallowed up so many lives...

In remembering the past, Finding the Fallen aims to honour those who gave their lives in the war that was meant to end all wars.

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Released in the UK with the Daily Mail as a promo Dvd in card pic. slv..

With an all star cast, including cinema giants David Niven and Leslie Howard, this movie was filmed in 1942 and tells the incredible story of the Spitfire, it's invention and development, and how it helped to win the Battle of Britain the previous year...more on this film.

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Released in the UK by Showbox Home Entertainment.

This classic 1942 British film tells the true story of how Spitfire designer R.J Mitchell and his test pilot Jeffrey Quill developed the warplane whose technological superiority helped to win the Battle of Britain. The film features two of Britain’s best-loved stars: Leslie Howard (who tragically went missing in action after this film was made) as Mitchell and David Niven as Quill. ‘One of the classic aviation films of all time’ – Flypast. ‘Wartime British cinema at its best’ – Flyer...more on this film & now out-of-print dvd.

First of the Few
• Starring: David Niven, Leslie Howard, Rosamund John
• Director: Leslie Howard

More Details: here on dedicated First of the Few page

Photo Gallery. Frontline footage. 5 isolated music tracks. Collector's booklet.

Universally acclaimed as one of the finest documentary series ever made about the Great War, Channel 4's THE FIRST WORLD WAR is a powerful, original and truly comprehensive account of the conflict.

It places the war in a truly global military context as never before, exploring many of the little known campaigns, battles and actions as well as the better known conflict on the Western Front.

The series combines previously unseen footage from newly accessible archives in Central and Eastern Europe with exclusive film of many of the battlefields as they are today, studies of key participants and weaponry, and diary entries and letters home from soldiers, officers and commanders.

All eleven episodes are included on this definitive DVD collection.

THE FIRST WORLD WAR is based on the best-selling book by Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University and Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow.

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Jack Leustig

The amazing story of American's original inhabitants has been crystallized as never before into a powerful epic event on 3 discs. The insight actor/filmmaker and series host/executive producer Kevin Costner brought to his Dances with Wolves serves as a springboard to this thrilling chronicle, filmed at actual locations from the jungles of Central America to the Canadian Arctic. A cast of star voices and state-of-the-art computer recreations bring this rich, untold history to vivid, moving life.

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• Running Time: 1 hr 29
• Certificate: Parental Guidance
• Number of Discs: 1

Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill, Skip Homeier
Samuel Fuller

Loosely based on the novel by John Brophy, Fixed Bayanets! tells the story of a rag-tag regiment of veterans left behind to fight a rearguard action for a retreating platoon during the Korean War. Amongst the motley crew of men is Corporal Denno (Richard Baseheart, La Strada): wetter behind the ears than most and unable to bring himself to shoot an enemy soldier. However as one by one of his colleagues fall, he must step up and take responsibility for those who are left.

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