US woman combat photographer Lee Miller's despatch from the Siege of St Malo, in August 1944 during World War 2. An Interactive CD-ROM of her complete file of photographs, documents and manuscripts presented using re-photography and contemporary interviews. A unique and moving document accompanied with a DVD featuring a contemporary response by modern film makers.
The real story of William Shakespeare is more enthralling than a great many of his legendary plays. He was a wild Warwickshire country boy who made his fortune in London by exchanging the hoe and the plough for quill and parchment. This is as romantic a tale as anyone could wish to hear. Embark upon our Shakespearean journey, to see for yourself the landscapes and locations that influenced the world's greatest dramatist.Whether you're a fascinated follower of Shakespeare's plays, or a student of English studying for exams, this programme will inspire, enlighten, educate and most important of all, entertain you. There's everything you need to know about Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Twelfth Night, and without doubt, and whole lot more besides.
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BBC DVD is proud to announce a brand new series of collectable DVDs reliving the most unforgettable and significant stories of modern life in Britain since 1946. This was a year of great contrasts from the joy of the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana to the loss of the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew the violence in Belfast Brixton and Toxteth and assassination attempts on Reagan The Pope and The Queen. Music included on the DVD is from Echo and The Bunnymen Bucks Fizz Shakin'
Hell-bent on starving the British into surrender Hitler's U-Boats prowled the Atlantic in packs like hungry wolves - sending ships supplies and thousands of men to a watery grave. Stealthy and undetected the German submarines of WW2 were unparalleled in the ability of 'sneak attack'. Their goal was to destroy merchant shipping bound for the British Isles with essential supplies and bring the country to the brink of starvation and total collapse - allowing an easy Nazi invasion. This new DVD release contains spectacular footage of operation U-Boats detailed graphics and additional featurs including a gallery of U-Boat types and in-depth 'Tech Specs
Pilgrimages are as old as mankind. The mystical and spiritual nature of a pilgrimage holds an eternal, mythic appeal to the imagination of many people. Every year millions of pilgrims of all nationalities, young and old, set out on these voyages of the soul. The twelve documentaries in the Pilgrimages of Europe collection are experiential journeys to some of the most sacred routes and holy places throughout Christian Europe. Each half-hour documentary, richly filmed, looks at the spiritual, ...
Enjoy your own private tour of the Stiching Stoom Festival: an annual celebration of steam-driven machines that takes place in Almere Holland.
Come fly the very friendly skies and join stewardesses Jenny Francis Evelyn and Anne who all take customer service to new heights when they are both on and off duty. Swinging in Switzerland romancing in Rome or cavorting in Copenhagen for these girls it's all in a day's work... or should that be in a day's pleasure
Based on an English academic's memoir on stalking and being stalked, Unrequited Love is a dazzling digital film essay on cinema and absence, on Hitchcock and Antonioni, on cinema and cities. It is a story of waiting, self-delusion, panic, fear of violence, and of modern technologies which define the urban stalker as they do the new terrorist. Their methods duplicate: both are irrational and targeted. Stalking operates in the borders between normal love and pathological fantasy, and wants noth...
Sit and relax in a mountain chalet gazing into the distance while outside it snows and snows. Enjoy the peaceful ambience created by snow falling viewed from the warmth and comfort of a log cabin with the accompaniment of classical music.
With memorable and unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction Armchair Thriller became a massive hit for Thames Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its trademark ghoulish razor-sharp cliff hangers and iconic theme tune (by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay) this haunting anthology series was an immediate success its eerie disturbing and downright scary tales regularly attracting over 15 million viewers. Each of its ten stories is a gripping exercise in compelling television showing ordinary people plunged into extraordinary situations. For many this series remains a high-watermark of dramatic television and its many frightening and spooky moments are remembered by viewers nearly thirty years after its original transmission. In Fear Of God a journalist finds his life is in danger when he investigates the death of a woman who was involved with a religious cult.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, head of the Chinese government, has firmly rejected proposals by the communists that they and the nationalists should join forces to fight against the Japanese invaders. With Japanese troops currently occupying parts of the country, Generalissimo Chiang considers that the threat of a communist takeover is more dangerous Chiang does not trust Tse-Tung, who calls his troops 'The National Rocovery Guard'. Under the cloak of fighting a patriotic war, Mao and his red...
Award winning feature documentary Buddah Wild, directed and presented by award winning film maker and actress, Anna Wilding, is a beautiful and moving film that is a refreshing and entertaining synthesis of Eastern and Western culture, without a nibble of Hollywood cheese. Buddha Wild explores our lives as we strive to live at one with nature, our environment and explores what really goes on behind the monastery doors, through a group of remote monks adapting to the Western world. This engaging movie touches on hot-button issues like the roles of women, racism, politics, the environment and celibacy in a monk’s daily life. Special Features: Unreleased interviews. Includes director's commentary and an appearance by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Britney Spears: Live From Las Vegas
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We are all too aware of how quickly time passes by and we are always looking for new and interesting ways to help relive our most cherished memories again and again. Fortunately the art of scrapbooking has evolved to make this possible because it really is the most evocative of crafts capturing the essence of a single moment in time for you your family and friends to enjoy and what's more leave a record of what life was like in the 21st century for future generations. With a few basic supplies and a little know-how you too can create amazing journals of family life from the distant past right up to the present day as An introduction to scrapbooking demonstrates the skills you need plus lots of ideas to help you get started creating these very personal masterpieces. But the best news of all is the fact that scrapbooking has no set rules no wrong or right way you're the author of your own creation and you can make a scrapbook for any event of your choice in any way that you please.
Too travel on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway through the very heart of the National Park is one of Britain's finest Railway experiences along a line which for more than 150 years has stood tribute to the engineering skills of George Stephenson. War department tender locomotive 'Dame Vera Lynn' and No. 80135 are captured in action before joining the Lamborn Tank No. 5as she travels the steep climb to Goathland. Historic trains delightful villages and stations and stunning scenery all combine to make the North Yorkshire Moors Railway an unforgettable experience.
Simply Painting: Bennevina Mountain
Three fascinating films documenting the major tours of Dylan's life are brought together for the first time on DVD. In this new box set you also get 9 exclusive postcards and the CD soundtrack to Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years. An essential item for any Bob Dylan fan! Bob Dylan 1975-1981 Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years: Director Joel Gilbert reveals these monumental periods of Bob Dylan's life and music through insider portraits exclusive photos concert footage and visits to Rundown Studios the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio the Vineyard Church and San Francisco's Fox Warfield Theatre. Interviews include: Boxer Rubin ""Hurricane"" Carter folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott violinist Scarlet Rivera bassist Rob Stoner Pastor Bill Dwyer and rock reporter Joel Selvin. Bob Dylan World Tours 1966-1974: Barry Feinstein was the exclusive tour photographer on Bob Dylan and The Band's legendary 1966 and 1974 world tours. Feinstein and director Joel Gilbert chronicle these epic Bob Dylan tours with 150 selections of Feinstein's finest portraits. Includes visits to Big Pink Woodstock the scene of Dylan's 1966 motorbike accident and Greenwich Village. Interviews include D.A. Pennebaker rock journalism godfather Al Aronowitz and Dylanologist AJ Weberman. Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour The Home Movies: Drummer Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band and captured on film what became known as ""the tour that changed rock n' roll forever"". The booing crowds the scathing reviews the stomping feet the infamous catcall of ""Judas!"" Director Joel Gilbert updates this release with new exclusive interviews with Charlie Daniels Johnny Rivers Trini Lopez and soundman Richard Alderson.
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