Documentary

• Beowulf And The Angelo-Saxons | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-5.89 (-45.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Miraculously preserved over the centuries its artistic importance was unrecognized until an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) revealed its unity and multi-dimensional structure. Beowulf is now regarded as the most important manuscript the Anglo-Saxons have handed down to us of immense linguistic as well as poetic value. This program sets out to trace the origins of the tribes that brought this epic into being the war-like Norsemen from Sweden Denmark and Germany who were to conquer and settle regions of a more clement and fertile island that would become known as England named after the tribe of the Angles. Using 3-D animation location footage archive materials and interviews the Beowulf epic is examined in the light of the civilization that created it. It investigates their religious beliefs as well as their everyday life and suggests that old as the poem is it may have roots in an even more ancient fertility cult.

• Faust | Blu Ray | (20/08/2012) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Winner of the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2011. Russian screenwriter and director Alexander Sokurov's fifteenth feature film tells the story of scholar Heinrich Faust, a man with a great hunger for knowledge. Heinrich is not pleased with his mundane life, but when allured by Mephistopheles he becomes enchanted by a woman named Margarete. A wandering, philosophical and in-depth study of character about a man who makes a life-altering compromise for the sake of knowledge.

• Waking The Titanic The True and Tragic Story of the Aldergoole 14 of Whom Only 3 Survived Docudrama with Extra Bonus Material | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £10.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (19.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story of RMS Titanic has been told in grand style many times: the monumental 'unsinkable' ship, the scarcely-believable hubris of its owners and the dreadful events of 1912. Waking The Titanic is something new - a living history told on a small, but no less poignant human scale.Fourteen young people - ranging in age from 17 to 32 - from the poor community of Addergoole in county Mayo set about making plans to emigrate. Through stylised re-enactments, the docudrama recreates a joyous trip to the next town to buy a new hat for the voyage 'because the ladies of America are well-dressed'; the wedding of a young couple prior to the voyage; the young shop girl measuring a child's finger with a piece of string so she could send a ring back to her from the States; the brother reading his sister's tealeaves, and warning her not to get on the boat; a fare sent from America that was spent on a new cow, thereby saving a life, and the day that fourteen excited people left the only world they knew in search of a dream.Focusing on the drama of anticipation prior to the fateful voyage the story of the Addergoole 14 and what happened to them on the Titanic is told using detailed accounts handed down to family members from the people of the time and interviews with the descendents of those who survived.This is no mere retelling of the Titanic story. This is a unique account of hope and the loss suffered by the people of a tiny west of Ireland village whose sons and daughters went in search of a better life only to be subsumed by the tragic destiny of the world's greatest ship.Only 3 of the party of 14 survived the sinking.Across the Atlantic, the story also abides - embodied in the lives of 96 direct descendents of the survivors - whose voices provide both the core and the epilogue to this tale.

• What is Beauty? (Matthew Collings) | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Artist and writer Matthew Collings returns for a thoughtful and visually ravishing exploration of the subject of beauty in art. Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder, or is there something more universal we can say about it? Collings takes the viewer on a sumptuously illustrated tour of 10 of his favourite beauty experiences from the history of art. The works of art he chooses each illustrate one of the timeless principles which he believes underpin and explain the rush of pleasure we ge...

• Steaming Around Britain | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £17.79   |  Saving you £12.20 (40.70%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The London and North Eastern Railway '(The L.N.E.R.)' was the major railway serving the Eastern area of Great Britain, with its lines covering East Anglia, Yorkshire, Northumberland and the Scottish coast through to Aberdeen. Filmed over many years, this majestic legacy demonstrates the fascination of steam power and allows us to enjoy again Steam in Britain on L.N.E.R. Lines. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway '(The L.M.S.)' was the largest of the four railway companies formed in 1923....

• British Railways Volume 1 - Waterloo Sunset | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £4.75   |  Saving you £8.24 (173.47%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The last years of steam on the former L&SWR main lines from Waterloo to Salisbury Bournemouth and Weymouth are recalled in this superb all-colour programme filmed between 1958 and 1967 which provides wonderful memories of Britain's last steam-worked main line. Among locomotive classes seen in the films are both rebuilt and unrebuilt Bulleid Pacifics of all three types BR 'Standard' 4-6-0s 2-6-0s and 2-6-4Ts Maunsell Moguls and 0-6-0s H15 and S15 4-6-0s Bulleid 0-6-0s Ivatt and BR 'Standard' 2-6-2Ts an M7 0-4-4T and a 'USA' tank. Former GWR 'Hall' and 'Grange' 4-6-0s put in appearances as does an outside cylindered ex-GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank. Previously available in VHS format.

• The Royal Scotsman | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-2.98 (-29.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Explore the aristocrat of trains which represents the very apotheosis of rail-borne lavishness. Nine carriages in imperial purple livery with open observation terraces carry just 36 passengers in the lap of luxury. We journey along some of Britain's least used rail lines and through some of Scotland's most breathtaking scenery. Mountains lochs and forests provide an ever changing backdrop to this journey aboard the Royal Scotsman.

• Steaming Around Britain | DVD | (01/09/2009) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The North WestThe history of British Steam in the North West of England focusing on: West Coast Main Line in the 60s Settle and Carlisle in the 60s East Lancashire Railway Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Isle of Man Settle and Carlisle preserved and modern freight The North EastThe history of British Steam in the North East of England focusing on: Newcastle and Sunderland in the 60s Teeside and York in the 60s Keighley and Worth Valley Railway North Yorkshire Moors Railway National Railway Museum, York Teeside Freight The MidlandsThe history of British Steam in the Midlands focusing on: Wolverhampton to Princess Risborough in the 60s Lickey Incline in the 60s Severn Valley Railway Midland Railway Centre Barrow Hill Roundhouse Great Central Railway Lickey Incline – Modern Midland Mainline London and The South EastThe history of British Steam around London and the South East of England focusing on: London Stations in the 60s Redhill to Ashford in the 60s Bluebell Railway Kent and East Sussex Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway North Norfolk Railway The Channel Tunnel The South WestThe history of British Steam in the South West of England focusing on: Axminster to Exeter in the 60s Weston-Super-Mare to Fowey in the 60s West Somerset Railway Paignton and Dartmouth Railway South Devon Railway Bodmin and Wenford Railway Steam around Dawlish China Clay Tra ScotlandThe history of British Steam in Scotland focusing on: Fife in the 60s Larbert to Aberdeen in the 60s West Highland Line in the 60s Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway Strathspey Railway Fort William to Mallaig West Highland Line and modern traction WalesThe history of British Steam in Wales focusing on: Shrewsbury to Barmouth in the 60s South Wales in the 60s Llangollen Railway Ffestiniog Railway Snowdon Mountain Railway Talyllyn and Welshpool Railways Aberystwyth to Barmouth including Vale of Rheidol South Wales Coal Traffic Southern EnglandThe history of British Steam in Southern England focusing on: Southampton to Bournemouth in the 60s Somerset and Dorset in the 60s Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Mid-Hants Railway Swanage Railway Swindon and Didcot Railway Museums Isle of Wight The Class 59s – Foster Yeoman and ARC

• Minding The Monsters | Blu Ray | (12/11/2012) from £10.32   |  Saving you £14.67 (58.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Jeff Dunham's 'Minding the Monsters' brings together your favorites-- Walter, Peanut, Bubba J, Jose Jalapeno... On a Steek!, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist as you've never seen them before! Enter the ultimate haunted house where Walter transforms into something grumpier than he already is! Watch Bubba J rise from the dead! Meet Peanut's alter geo, The Purple Avenger of the Night, and his spicy sidekick! And witness Achmed literally dressed to kill in an outfit that would terrify the most ter...

• Guerilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The documentary looks at the frenzy surrounding the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst.

• Legends Of The Witches | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An underground cult-classic since it was first released in 1969 Malcolm Leigh's 'Legend of the Witches' now receives its first-ever release on DVD. Featuring Britain's self-proclaimed 'Chief of Witches' Alexander Sanders and his coven this shocking - originally - X-rated film documentary recorded in detail previously hidden magic rites and rituals. It shared the secrets of the initiation; divination through animal sacrifice; ritual scrying; the casting of a death spell; and the c

• 10 Pack: Rail freight (including Rail Freight Today 1, Rail Freight Today 2, Rail Freight Today 3, Rail Freight Today 4, Rail Freight Today 5, Rail Freight ... Rail Freight Today 9, Rail Freight Toda | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• History's Mysteries - Bigfoot And Other Monsters | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £8.60   |  Saving you £7.38 (131.55%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nearly every society and culture has stories of ""monsters"" beasts that are said to populate the remote regions. Some are familiar like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Others like mermaids have been categorically dismissed whilst others have been found! We now know that there are squid that reach lengths of 100 feet or more. The Komodo Dragon has deadly saliva a nasty disposition and a bright orange tongue. Every time wemove to dismiss a tale of some extraordinary beast the st

• The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was the first modern war in Europe. It took place at the dawn of a new era marked by huge advances in infantry and artillery weaponry. The ineptitude of the French commanders contrasted sharply with the brilliance and professionalism of the Prussian generals. The final stages of the war would see the French capital besieged by Prussian troops and eventually throw France into a state of civil war. This programme features dramatised re-enactments expe

• British Campaigns: D-Day Heroes | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £6.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (37.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  D-Day Heroes focuses on the fiercest fighting on D-Day with the pick of combat footage from archives around the world film of the battlefields today and vivid chilling first hand accounts from Normandy veterans. As well as combat on the beaches D-Day Heroes features many of the perilous support operations where despite often terrible losses Allied troops somehow managed to seize their objectives. It was their heroism and self-sacrifice which ultimately made D-Day a success.

• Rebuilding Coventry | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £18.37   |  Saving you £-6.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Coventry, known as the birthplace of the British motor industry and one of the major manufacturing centres of the industrial Midlands, suffered terrible German bombing during the Second World War. This culminated in a devastating raid in November 1940. Hundreds of people died and thousands of homes and buildings were completely destroyed. Rebuilding Coventry tells the story of how the city rose phoenix-like from the ashes. Using both amateur and professional footage spanning from 1948 to 1980, these short films have been researched, narrated and produced by Zara Healy from the University of Lincoln's School of Media. The production is collaboration between MACE and the School of Media at the University of Lincoln and is one of a series 9 DVD titles celebrating the screen heritage of the Midlands. It has been made possible by the generous financial support of EM Media through the UK Film Council's Digital Film Archive Fund. Look back at memorable milestones in the city's history, including a visit from the Queen as a young Princess to the War Memorial Park. The development of Coventry's new Cathedral, the Broadgate development and the Precinct are all documented. The building of local landmarks like the Coventry Baths, the Ring Road and Walsgrave Hospital can also be seen. The story of Coventry's flourishing car industry, once the envy of the world, is highlighted, featuring the production lines at Jaguar, Standard Triumph and Chrysler. You can relive memories of when celebrities like Douglas Bader, Bill Haley and Morecambe and Wise visited Coventry and, for the first time ever, the story of Coventry's first Woman Lord Mayor, Pearl Hyde, is told using archive film. The DVD also includes a short film, 'About MACE', a behind the scenes look at the work of MACE and the services they provide. DVD PAL. Running Time: 65 mins Ratio: 16:9 (Archive 4:3) Colour/Black and White Optional Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing

• Isandlwana Zulu Battlefield | DVD | (30/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1879 the Colonial Government of Natal ordered a British army led by General Lord Chelmsford and equipped with the most modern weaponry to invade the Zulu Kingdom. Overconfident and contemptuous of his Zulu adversaries Lord Chelmsford believed that his biggest problem would be in bringing the Zulus to battle. Shortly after crossing the Buffalo River the British column set up camp in the shadow of a Sphinx shaped hill called Isandlwana. The following day Lord Chelmsford with over half his force went in pursuit of what he believed to be the vanguard of the Zulu army.

• John Virtue - London | DVD | (14/05/2018) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Artist John Virtue spent twenty years in rural isolation as a landscape painter first in the North of England and then Devon. In 2002 he responded to a request from the National Gallery in London and decided to move to the capital and paint the city itself. The project took over two years to complete; this film follows the artist at work from Greenwich to Trafalgar Square; and includes witnesses such as Lord Rothschild Frank Auerbach and Charlie Gillet. 'A deeply intriguing... marve

• Tyneside Through The Ages | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £7.27   |  Saving you £8.72 (119.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robson Green introduces this new DVD with the words: Tyneside was once seen as the engine room of Great Britain with such great industrial revolutions as Stephenson and the railways to the River Tyne and its impressive ship and gun making. Narrated by Jane Jermain this programme takes you on a journey through time on Tyneside charting the many changes it has seen over the years including the latest architectural additions such as the Gateshead Millennium Bridge the Angel of the Nor

• Fanaa | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Zooni( Kajol) a blind Kashmiri girl sets out to find life. Rehan ( Amir Khan) is the ever boisterous 'tourist guide' flirtatious full of fun. Set in the breathtaking Valley of Kashmir and in Delhi they fall in love. Rehan wants to show this blind girl all the beauty of the Kashmir Valley through his eyes but Rehan has another side to his life a darker more serious side. One that can consume them both...