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• Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £14.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THERE IS A CLASSIFIED AMERICA WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO SEE From Academy Award® winning writer/director, Oliver Stone, and co-written by historian Prof. Peter Kuznick, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th Century. From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and the fall of Communism, this in-depth, surprising and totally riveting series demands to be watched again and again.

• The True Glory | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £6.92   |  Saving you £13.07 (188.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The True Glory is widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made. Co-directed by the legendary Carol Reed this feature length film was produced by the Allied military during 1944 and 1945 as a permanent visual record of the campaign in Europe and covers all the major engagements. Compiled from the pick of over six and a half million feet of film it includes some of the most devastating and memorable images of war ever captured on camera - and it won a well

• Hearts And Minds | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £13.94   |  Saving you £6.05 (43.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a documentary about the conflicting attitudes of the opponents of the Vietnam war using archival footage as well as their own film and interviews. A key theme is how the attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped to create and prolong this bloody conflict. The film also endeavours to give voice to the Vietnamese people themselves as to how the war has affected them and their reasons why they fight the United States and other Western powers while showing

• The Atomic Bomb Movie | DVD | (18/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Trinity And Beyond - Atomic Bomb Movie

• Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The BBC, sceptical about the British appetite for extended documentary programmes, edited Ken Burns' epic 17-hour history Jazz back to around 12 hours. That's what's presented in this box set of the series, and while the flow of the original is preserved, so are its idiosyncrasies. The film dwells at length on early jazz, particularly on its origins in New Orleans, and there's a good deal of absorbing history here. On the other hand, in suggesting that the important work of jazz was done by 1975, Burns gives us cause to question how much of his earlier research is awry too. There isn't much here to reflect the brimming vitality of post-1960s jazz, and many listeners and musicians have been enraged by Burns' neglect of such pivotal figures as Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker--all players whose work responds vigorously to the question that Burns thinks nobody can answer: "Where are the modern equivalents of Armstrong, Ellington, Parker and Coltrane?" Armstrong and Ellington are the touchstones of Burns' film, providing the narrative thread around which the stories of other major figures turn, among them Bechet, Basie, Goodman, Parker, Miles Davis and Coltrane. Burns also finds populist mileage in the politicisation of jazz, making dramatic capital out of racial divides that most jazz players, black and white, have ignored. The fact is that almost all jazz players, regardless of race, have felt like outsiders. Despite such distractions, Jazz is the longest jazz documentary yet produced, and it's rich in musical examples and classic, rare and unseen footage. Even when working with simple stills, Burns uses seductive camera work and Keith David's epigrammatic narration to maximum effect. There's plenty to enjoy here, but viewers should be aware, as Joshua Redman points out in Musicians' Views in our Ken Burns' Jazz shop, that Burns' film is an often compelling perspective on jazz, not a definitive study. --Mark Gilbert

• The True Glory | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The True Glory is widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made. Co-directed by the legendary Carol Reed (Odd Man Out, Oliver!), this film was produced by the Allied military during 1944 and 1945 as a visual record of the campaign in Europe. It covers the major engagements from D-Day to the fall of Berlin, including Omaha Beach, the Falaise Gap, Caen, Arnhem, the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge. Compiled from select footage from over six and a half million.

• Nukes In Space - The Rainbow Bombs | DVD | (03/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

• Simon Wiesenthal | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £55.33   |  Saving you £19.66 (35.53%)   |  RRP £74.99

  The Collection of 8 Simon Wiesenthal DVD's including Genocide and The Long Way Home both of which are Oscar Winners for Best Documentariy Features.