Mr Kafka
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Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market...
Distant Voices, Still Lives
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Set in "a world before Elvis, in a Liverpool before the Beatles", Terence Davies' film "Distant...
Roger Corman recommended The Rules of the Game (1939) in Movies (curated)
Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973 by Various Artists
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There was something in the air in the urban corners of late '60s Japan. Student protests and a...
folk rock world
Spitfire's Forgotten Designer: The Career of Supermarine's Joe Smith
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The Supermarine Spitfire was a classic design, well known for its efforts in defending British...
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister
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London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is...
history politics
Iowa Class Battleships
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The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of...
The Lost Continent: The BBC's Europe Editor on Europe's Darkest Hour Since World War Two
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In THE LOST CONTINENT BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream, a noble...
The Tin Ring: Love and Survival in the Holocaust
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Zdenka Fantlova's peaceful life was changed forever when she was sent to Terezin concentration camp....