Documentary

• The Story of Film: An Odyssey | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £68.83   |  Saving you £-18.84 (-37.70%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This exhilarating documentary sees critically acclaimed director, film critic and curator Mark Cousins embark on an epic journey, in which he chronicles the birth and evolution of the great and popular art form- cinema.

• Battlefield - Manchuria - The Forgotten Victory | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £7.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (22.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Discussing the Soviet victory over the Japanese Kwangtung Army in the Manchurian mountains in World War Two. Features archive footage a political and military review and graphics.

• Bear Grylls - Born Survivor: Bear Eats | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (28.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cast your roast dinners pizzas and fish and chips aside and join British mountaineer and adventurer Bear Grylls on a journey into nature's kitchen. With no succulent leg of lamb fluffy roast potato or chocolate bars in sight Bear must put his prejudices aside and tuck into a whole array of tasty treats in order to survive the most hostile places on earth. Yes it's the juicy bits - this one-off special takes viewers through the prime cuts of Born Survivor. Cue the camel's stomach the elephant droppings the live frogs the goat's testicles the meat from a zebra carcass the water from steaming elephant dung and turtle's blood... all in the name of survival tasty!

• Decade Of Steam - 1960's | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £7.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (119.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The 1960s were to see the end of steam locomotion on the public railway network in Great Britain. This the final part of a series of five 100% archive film programmes traces the last years of main line steam. The cruel blows of the Beeching 'axe' were to see many branch lines destroyed forever and the scrapping of their trains. Main line electrification and dieselization would make even the famous 'Duchesses' 'Kings' A4s' and 'Bulleid Pacifics' redundant. However a small gleam

• Bukowski - Born Into This | DVD | (23/02/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bukowski: Born Into This is the first comprehensive documentary of Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) - international celebrity poet novelist and underground cult icon. Director John Dullaghan spent seven years researching and shooting conducting dozens of interviews with relatives girlfriends and other poets as well as better-known friends like Bono Sean Penn Harry Dean Stanton Barbet Schroeder and Taylor Hackford.

• British Girls Play Nurses | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Baraka / Chronos Boxset | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Baraka: A visually stunning film shot over 13 months in 24 countries Baraka is an overwhelming experience that spans the geographical cultural and social diversity of our changing planet. Set to an atmospheric soundtrack inspired by various rituals and nature itself; the film captures the very essence of man's relationship with the earth both harmonious and catastrophic. Baraka is a journey of rediscovery. It is the power the beauty and the rage of life itself. It is the world we live in. Chronos is the directorial debut of Ron Fricke director of Baraka and cinematographer of Koyaanisqatsi. Originally shot in the largest film format Imax 1570 the film imparts a unique vision of our world - the first non-verbal non-fiction motion picture filmed in time-lapse photography. Presented as a visual symphony in seven movements Chronos embarks on an unprecedented cinematic journey across the worlds of natural beauty and manmade monuments as it explores the essence of time.

• British Railways Volume 6 - Steam in the Midlands | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Centred on Staffordshire and its adjoining counties locos seen include G2 0-8-0 tender engines and their LMS-built successors the 8F 2-8-0s Black 5s Horwich Moguls Fowler tanks Jinties Ivatt 2-6-0s BR Standards and several ex-GWR classes. This programme will bring back many happy memories to those who watched the trains go by in the 1950s and 1960s and will be a revelation of a lost age to those too young to recall those halcyon days.

• Carrier Warfare | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £7.96   |  Saving you £2.03 (20.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It was in the late summer of 1943 that the American Navy launched its operation to drive the Japanese fleet from the central Pacific. The aircraft carrier was to play a crucial role in this success. This fascinating programme tells the dramatic story of the desperate struggle for the Pacific featuring rare archive footage of carriers in action and examines their function in this vital theatre of war.

• K9 Complete Box Set | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  K9 The Complete Collection is TV's Most loved Robot dog K9 blasts back into action via a Space Time Manipulator and arrives in the late 21st Century in a London scarred by Alien Intrusion and Government rule through a Cybernetic Police Force.K9 is a cybernetic construct from the 50th Century and has the appearance of an earth dog both in shape and size. He arrives at the home of Professor Gryffen, a renowned cybernetics and temporal dynamics expert who is working on the Alien Space-Time-Manipulator (STM) which opens a portal to anywhere in space and time. K9 is following a group of rogue Aliens, Jixen Warriors who attack Gryffen and a couple of teenagers; Starkey a homeless rebel and Jorjie, a very capable intelligent young girl. To save them K9 sacrifices himself and explodes, soon followed by his regeneration thanks to a strange alien device implanted in his mainframe. The new look K9 can now hover and fly and has more capabilities than ever before. K9 loses his long term memory and begins a quest to not only protect humanity but to discover more about his time and Space travelling past. The year is 2059 and the Earth has suffered at the hands of natural disasters and the world governments have developed cybernetic technology and replaced human police and security forces with Cybernetic Civil Pacification Corps (The CCPC) who are controlled by the sinister Department .The Department have divisions run by Inspectors who control Public Order and Alien and Paranormal activity.Alongside Gryffens errand boy, Darius the teens are destined to become K9's companions in the battle against repression by the Department and the ongoing intrusion by Alien Life forms.The series features many new and bizarre Alien menaces from beyond Time and Space as well as some evil home grown human adversaries.

• Comic Book Confidential | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hey gang! Check out this comic book movie!!! The only movie with your favourite artists and writers. See Marvel Master Stan Lee brings Spiderman's money worries to life! Hear underground artist Robert Crumb confess why he killed Fritz the Cat! Wonder at congressional hearings from the 1950s ""proving"" the link between comic books and juvenile delinquency! Comic Book Confidential is a funny smart eye popping history that finally gives comic books the respect they deserve.

• Princess Diana - A Day in the Life | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £7.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (28.24%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A public figure from the moment of her engagement, Diana remained the focus of worldwide media throughout her life.Even after her divorce, Diana maintained a high level of popularity. She devoted herself to her sons and to such charitable efforts as the battle against the use of land mines. Diana used her international celebrity status to help raise awareness about this and many other issues.There is unlikely to be such a phenomenon again as that of Diana, Princess of Wales, this extensively researched programme goes behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable people of the twentieth century.Exclusive footage showing the transformation of a shy teenager into one of the most admired woman in the world - Diana, Princess of Wales - including moving images of her last days.

• A Forest Garden Year with Martin Crawford | DVD | (21/05/2009) from £10.89   |  Saving you £5.10 (31.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This easy-to-follow Keyboard DVD tutor will take you step by step from first day exercises to playing along with a professional backing tracks! Includes English audio with subtitles in Dutch, Greek, Italian and Polish.

  Clear pictures and demonstrations along with jargon free commentary to guide you through...

  • Correct posture and playing position
  • Finding your way around the keyboard
  • Reading basic music notation, learning note names and understanding rhythm
  • Playing with ...

  • Hell and Back Again | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    This year's double Sundance-winning documentary by photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old American Marine Nathan Harris.

  • Kylie Minogue - White Diamond | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Kylie: White Diamond

  • Scenic Rail Journeys | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Disc 1: An excursion on Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle a 1300 mile romantic journey through some of the West Coasts's beautiful and historic scenery. Disc 2: The Skeena is a spectacular rail journey from Jasper Alberta to Prince Rupert on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia Canada. Disc 3: The Alaska Railroad. This scenic rail journey take the viewer through some of the most scenic and beautiful places on earth.

  • World War I | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-2.54 (-16.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Meet the heroes relive the tragedies and analyse the critical battles that defined The Great War.

  • British Sign Language Level 1 | DVD | (23/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £58.99

    British Sign Language Level 1 takes you through the complete topics and vocabulary needed for the Level 1 in British Sign Language. It is a 2 disc set which is categorised into Topic A: Meeting People, At Home, People and Animals, Topic B: Using numbers for Age, Time, Money and Calendar, Topic C: Weather, Topic D: Transport, Topic E: Directions, Topic F: Hobbies/Activities and Occupations and Topic G: Refreshments. Throughout the DVD you will find vocabulary sections, story receptive skill practise with and without voice, and question and answer sections to recap on your newly aquired knowledge. Unique to Learn Sign Language Ltd there is also a downloadable workbook which covers detailed information about what BSL is and who uses it, 'Aquisition of Sign Language', what is meant by Deaf/Deaf Culture, BSL features, Sign systems used in schools, sign language etiquette, and Technology/equipment used by Deaf people and Deaf organisations. By working with the British Sign Language Level 1 DVD you will comfortably be able to have basic conversations with Deaf people and you will have the best foundation to progress to British Sign Language Level 2

  • Battlefield - The Battle Of Kursk | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

    In the Summer of 1943 more than 2 000 000 men of the German and Russian Armies and over 6 000 tanks were gathered together near the Russian town of Kursk. The scene was set for one of the war's most crucial engagements the outcome of which would have a vital effect on the overall conflict. This episode brand new to DVD is from the land mark television series 'Battlefield'. Featuring fascinating archive footage from all over the world the programme includes a review of the political and military situation before the battle portraits of leaders and commanders an explanation of weapons and tactics and the story of the battle itself. Vivid graphics place the battle into the context of the war as a whole.

  • War in the Pacific - Hell on Earth 1941-1945 | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Titles Comprise: Pearl Harbour & Guadalcanal: From the shocking surprise attack at Pearl Harbor to the desperate battles at Guadalcanal witness the heroism tragedy firepower and strategy behind two of WWII's most crucial battles. Tarawa & Saipan: The battles to take and hold the South Pacific islands of Tarawa and Saipan were among the bloodiest and shocking of WWII as American forces learnt what it meant to engage an enemy willing to fight to the death. Guadalcanal: See one of the Pacific Theatre'smost terrifying battles up-close and personal through the eyes of its survivors. With battles taking place on land at sea and in the skies above there was nowhere to hide on the island of Guadalcanal. Iwo Jima: It is one of the most iconic images of the past 100 years: the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. Take your place alongside 70 000 U.S. Marines who fought 21 000 entrenched Japanese over eight square miles of death. Okinawa: The last major battle to be fought before war became atomic the battle of Okinawa was crucial in America's final push towards Japan. Witness the landmark battle from the perspective of those who served. Sledgehammer: U.S. Army Private Eugene B. 'Sledgehammer' Sledge's personal experiences of the war in the Pacific became some of the most celebrated memoirs of a frontline soldier ever written. Discover the moving truth behind one man's war.

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