Documentary

• Fall and Rise of Britain's Rai | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £29.95   |  Saving you £-9.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This major new documentary tells the story of how the railways of Great Britain met and overcame the challenges of the post industrial era. From the legacy of WWII through the years of neglect and under investment and the trauma of Beeching's cuts to a period of hope and growth epitomised by the Intercity 125. Packed with superbly restored colour and B&W footage. Comprised entirely of archive film from ITN British Movietone News Pathe and British Transport Films. Includes never before released original newsreels unseen since their broadcast in cinemas decades ago. Hours of rare film material rescued from the vaults especially for this series including rushes which were never used in any broadcast or newsreel. Made by the creative team behind the highly acclaimed BBC Railway Roundabout. Highlights include breathtaking footage the steamliner era excellent material on the Blue Pullman coverage of the electrification of the West Coast Mainline British locos in the scrapyards and rare film of Deltics and early diesels.

• Churchill: The War Years 1939-1945 | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Few figures in British history command the admiration and respect of Winston Churchill. Without the war years his contribution to politics history and society would still have been considerable but it was these six years of conflict from 1939-1945 that were the making of Britain's greatest leader. This new DVD documents Churchill's war as it unravels year by year at home and abroad. Sourced from the ITN archives and featuring a wealth of previously unseen footage Churchill's War combines archive pictures and music from one of the most important moments in British history. Featuring newsreels speeches and content from the war archives this programme is a vivid reminder of a man who helped shaped Britain's destiny. This is Churchill's war - as it actually happened.

• Eddie Stobart Trucks And Trailers - Series 3 | DVD | (28/08/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The popular observational documentary series featuring iconic haulage firm Eddie Stobart returns with more action packedadventures featuring their fans' favourite truckers.

• How to Trace your Family Tree in Derbyshire | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Genealogy or tracing your family tree is one of the most popular and fastest growing hobbies. Many people starting out on the road to discovering their ancestors do not know where to go what to ask for and whom to ask. This video has been produced by the and was filmed at Bridge Chapel House in Derby which is the Society's Research Centre and Library. Our friendly experienced volunteers will take you on a tour of the records available and show you how you can use them. Looking at the Census Parish Registers and many other documents and indexes you can build a picture of your ancestors including where and how they lived. As you add names dates and occupations to your family tree the past will come to life.

• The Royal Air Force Collection - Spitfire At War | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £5.53   |  Saving you £4.46 (80.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Spitfire is probably the most famous aircraft ever to fly. Synonymous with power classic looks and a killer instinct the Spitfire could outfly virtually anything Germany and Japan tried to throw against it. Spitfire at War takes a fresh look at the decisions behind the aircraft its design testing complicated manufacture and operational life as well as the attributes that have kept it so popular for 60 years. Stunning new air to air footage including a simulated dog-fight bet

• Hitler - A Journey Through His World | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Join Emmy award winning film maker Bob Carruthers on a journey into the world of Adolf Hitler. The environmental factors which shaped Hitler are explored and assessed in this unique film which retraces the footsteps of Hitler from his first boyhood experiences through the years of struggle in Vienna his Great War adventures the bungled Beer Hall Putsch his triumph over democracy and his final defeat in the ruins of Berlin. Nothing is missed in this brilliant film which produces an incisive insight to the main factors which influenced Hitler - from his violent father to the mesmeric effect of the music of Richard Wagner. Many of the surviving Third Reich sites today are revisited including Hitlers birthplace his family homes the beer halls the monuments to folly which were erected in his name.

• Jay Z - Fade To Black | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £9.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (61.03%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fade to Black is a document of Jay-Z’s self-proclaimed final concert; a grand affair that took place before a sold-out crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November 2003. (But anyone who follows celebrity news knows that Jay-Z was out of retirement and back performing at the Garden just a year later.) Fade to Black is a legitimately powerful record of a truly historic event in the annals of rap. Muttering offhand narration with typical bored, streetwise affect, Jay hails the concert as a momentous occasion for being the first time a hip-hop show was allowed to headline at the Garden. It’s unlikely that the full impact of the live performances will hit home to viewers unfamiliar with Jay-Z and his Roc-A-Fella Records stable of artists. Another frustration is trying to identify the array of visitors who trade raps on Jay’s stage. Included in the star-studded lineup are Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, Pharell, Ghostface Killah, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, and R. Kelly. One unmistakable figure--and we do mean figure--is Jay’s squeeze Beyonce, who raises the temperature and the roof with her skimpy outfit, flowing hair, soulful yowl, and sexed-up dance routine that leaves her boyfriend and the whole of Madison Square Garden slack-jawed with animal desire. Twenty cameras captured the event, and some of the most powerful sequences are sweeping moves across the swirling, blissed-out masses as they lip sync along in perfect unison with Jay-Z’s complex, profane, quick-witted raps. Less effective are intermittent cutaway segments that show the artist in various studio settings working up beats and rhymes. These amateurish home video breaks may give some insight to Jay’s perfectionism and dedication to his craft, but they detract from the visceral power of the beautifully executed performance footage. --Ted Fry, Amazon.com

• The Who - The Who, The Mods And The Quadrophenia Connection | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £14.35   |  Saving you £-1.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ottimo film documentario che ci racconta con dovizia di particolari e testimonianze l'esplosione del fenomeno e della cultura Mod. Footage d'archivio con molto materiale raro, interviste, commenti e recensioni di esperti del settore, ci rivelano la vera storia di una della più entusiasmanti stagioni della musica inglese. La fanno da padrone ovviamente gli Who e il loro fondamentale Quadrophenia e sono molte le loro hits incluse. Tra gli altri artisti presenti: Georgie Fame, Booker T and the MG's, Jam, The Chords.

• The Sinking of Laconia | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £15.63   |  Saving you £5.35 (42.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  On the 12th September 1942 the Laconia - a cruise ship turned troop ship - was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-156 commanded by Werner Hartenstein. She carried a motley crew of women children wounded soldiers and Italian Prisoners of War. Having sunk the ship Hartenstein should have left them to their uncertain fate in the water but instead he made the incredible decision to save as many lives as he could. A true story of unexpected gallantry and humanity in the fog of war.

• We Are Poets | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £20.23   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  We Are Poets bravely flips the image of British youth on its head, as six remarkable teenage poets are chosen to represent the UK at Brave New Voices, America’s most prestigious slam poetry competition. From their inner city lives in North England, to a stage in front of the White House in Washington D.C, the team must prepare for a transformational journey of a lifetime. Intimate, honest and imaginative, We Are Poets is a moving testament to the power of creativity, community and the dynamism of young people.

• On The Road | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £14.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (37.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Filmed between 1924 and 1926 The Open Road is a travelogue following a motor journey between Land's End and John O'Groats.

• Alan at Highgrove | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Prince of Wales takes Alan Titchmarsh on a tour of Highgrove House - his own personal retreat and family home. Prince Charles gives a remarkably informal and candid interview about the outlet for all his gardening aspirations, offering a rare insight into a royal passion. The Highgrove estate has become synonymous with all things organic, and Alan finds out from Head gardener Debs Goodenough and her team what inspired the beliefs of the most hands-on Royal gardener in history. Celebrating 30 years of Royal gardening at the estate, the documentary features excerpts from a performance of The Highgrove Suite, commissioned by His Royal Highness and composed by Patrick Hawes. Alan at Highgrove is the first truly in-depth and insightful exploration of this unique, dramatic, fun and enchanting garden; but it's more than just a look back at the garden's development. This one-off special is about unearthing the enduring spirit of one man's vision to connect with our past and preserve our landscape for future generations.

• Upside Down - The Creation Records Story | Blu Ray | (09/05/2011) from £7.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (130.94%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The definitive film about Creation Records one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels.

• Ford GT40 The Story | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £12.89   |  Saving you £7.10 (55.08%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The history and development of the Ford GT40 (so called as its aerodynamic profile was only 40 inches tall) a Le Mans winner for the blue oval marque which has gone on to become a revered classic sportscar. Featuring archive and contemporary footage of the original model in action as well as a look at the latest model on road and track.

• South Africa Walks with Julia Bradbury | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £12.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (54.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The complete BBC series of South Africa Walks With Julia Bradbury. Julia has previously presented Wainwright Walks Railway Walks and Coast to Coast and having tackled these treks across the UK she embarks on a truly grand adventure... in South Africa. She sets out on four very different walks - the Garden Route the Drakensburg mountain range the Kruger National Park and the Augrabies Falls at the edge of the Kalahari Desert - that will explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country' Julia is a regular visitor to the 'Rainbow Nation' but this is her chance to go far beyond the normal tourist destinations to a series of increasingly remote locations. But these are all walks that any reasonably adventurous walker could embark on and they offer a fresh and very personal perspective on a friendly and fascinating country that is so often misunderstood.

• World War I: The Great War | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £13.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (10.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Yet, it was more than just a war between nationals. It was a war between what was and what was to be. The 'old world' was dying and the 'new world' had yet to be born. People of all classes saw it was some great cleansing fire that would accelerate this battle and lead to a better world. But when it was over, more than men had died in the mud of the battlefields; the naive dreams of progress, along with the innocence of the pre-world war, faith in God and hope in the future all died in the tr...

• The Devil And Daniel Johnson | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a stunning portrait of a musical and artistic genius who nearly slipped away. Director Jeff Feuerzeig exquisitely depicts a perfect example of brilliance and madness going hand in hand with subject Daniel Johnston. As an artist suffering from manic depression with delusions of grandeur Daniel Johnston's wild fluctuations numerous downward spirals and periodic respites are exposed in this deeply moving documentary. The Devil and Daniels Johnston artfully melds current footage vintage performances home movies and dozens of recorded audiotapes from Daniel's life. Testimony from supportive friends and a deeply committed family adds a rich layer to his personal history but it is Daniel's poetic songs interwoven through out the film that tell their own passionate haunting and truly unforgettable story. Now in his mid 40s Daniel Johnston has grown into a prolific visual artist. His expressions have earned him worldwide recognition and critical praise producing international exhibits where he continues to sell his vibrant and intimate sketches. He has recorded over ten full-length albums and his supporters have included Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain who was often seen wearing a Daniel Johnston t shirt Matt Groening The Butthole Suffers Sonic Youth noted Minutemen/FIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt David Bowie Tom Waits Beck The Flaming Lips and an ever-growing international cult audience.

• Sean O'riada - Saoirse? | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £14.39   |  Saving you £-5.40 (-60.10%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The Gael Linn film Saoirse? (Freedom?) depicts the Irish struggle for independence in the years 1919 to 1922 - as recorded by the newsfilm camera operators of the time - and the part played in the political events of those years by leaders, on all sides, such as Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Michard Mulcahy, Tomas MacCurtain, Terence MacSwiney, Sir James Craig, King George V, David Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead and Winston Churchill.

• Mafia's Greatest Hits | DVD | (10/12/2012) from £17.53   |  Saving you £12.46 (41.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  'The Mafias Greatest Hits' is based upon exceptional access to the FBI's previously secret files on the Mafia. It aims to uncover the extraordinary truth behind some of the Mafia's most notorious killers. The FBI wants to reveal how: they didn't realise the extent and scope of the Mafia and its organisation until 1963 - and then started to try and actively combat it, they realised that many of the crimes which they were trying to solve before that date (and thought of as 'racketeering') were ...

• Aerial Britain - The West Highland Way | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £7.58   |  Saving you £5.41 (71.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Take an aerial look at the West Highland Way and the scenery it boasts.