"Director: Peter Batty"

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  • The World at War: The Complete Series [DVD] [Blu-ray]The World at War: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (31/10/2016) from £49.99   |  Saving you £40.00 (80.02%)   |  RRP £89.99

    A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two from its beginnings in Hitler's pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima. Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum and narrated by Laurence Olivier, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. A brand-new High Definition restoration, this is The World at War as it is meant to be seen in its original full screen format with the maximum picture area from the original film materials now visible onscreen. SPECIAL FEATURES: All eight supplementary documentaries made by the World at War production team Making of documentaries Experiences of War: unseen and extended interviews Dolby 5.1 mix (as well as original Mono audio) Image Gallery

  • The World at War: The Complete Series [DVD]The World at War: The Complete Series | DVD | (31/10/2016) from £45.29   |  Saving you £44.70 (98.70%)   |  RRP £89.99

    A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two from its beginnings in Hitler's pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima. Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum and narrated by Laurence Olivier, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. A brand-new High Definition restoration, this is The World at War as it is meant to be seen in its original full screen format with the maximum picture area from the original film materials now visible onscreen. SPECIAL FEATURES: All eight supplementary documentaries made by the World at War production team Making of documentaries Experiences of War: unseen and extended interviews Dolby 5.1 mix (as well as original Mono audio) Image Gallery

  • Fonteyn And Nureyev - The Perfect Partnership [1985]Fonteyn And Nureyev - The Perfect Partnership | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £8.01   |  Saving you £7.98 (99.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn created one of the most memorable partnerships in ballet history. This documentary features clips of the dynamic duo's most popular performances including the pas de deux from ""Le Corsaire"" and ""Swan Lake"" and excerpts from ""Romeo and Juliet"" and ""Les Sylphides"".

  • Whicker's World 2: Whicker's N [DVD]Whicker's World 2: Whicker's N | DVD | (23/05/2016) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

    A broadcasting legend and one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Alan Whicker worked his own brand of quietly incisive journalism for over fifty years. A consummate interviewer with a famously affable, urbane style, his popular, award-winning documentaries continue to be a significant influence to this day. This ongoing series of releases will showcase every programme that Whicker made for ITV, in chronological order. Subjects of his scrutiny in this volume first broadcast in 1969 include cryogenics, media stardom, swinging singles, wage slavery, old age and more as well as an unforgettable encounter with the infamous Haitian dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Editions Included: Immortality Inc. Micromedia Inc. Swingles Inc. Papa Doc: The Black Sheep Tenderlovingcare Inc. Bodysnatchers Inc. Happy-Happy Inc. Carl Gustav Von Rosen: Pugnacious Pacifist

  • Whickers World - Volume 3 [DVD]Whickers World - Volume 3 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £16.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (76.62%)   |  RRP £29.99

    A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker's quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled audiences for the past six decades. This third volume presents a diverse and memorable selection of films made between 1968 and 1980, ranging in topic from the cryonics industry to the Gay Lib movement in America, the modern-day Maharajahs of Rajasthan to the Carib tribe of Dominica. The Road...

  • Birth Of The Bomb / Search For The SuperBirth Of The Bomb / Search For The Super | DVD | (22/10/2005) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (30.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A definitive history of the creation of the nuclear age with gripping archive footage of the most powerful explosions ever witnessed and fascinating testimonies from the men who shaped our future. From the ashes of the Second World War and in a Cold War climate of suspicion and fear the global quest for the ultimate weapon began. Peter Batty's two thrilling and highly acclaimed accounts of this extraordinary story include previously classified military footage and extensive interviews with the men involved in changing the course of history. The unleashing of a terrifying power with horrific implications... Birth Of The Bomb: The making and testing of the first atomic bombs tracing the earliest experiments in Nazi Germany to the establishment of the Manhattan Project in the USA. Search For The Super: The making and testing of the first H-Bomb from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the first full scale test at Bikini in the Pacific.

  • Gehlen - Hitler's SuperspyGehlen - Hitler's Superspy | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (-38.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

    The incredible story of Reinhard Gehlen former head of the West German Secret Service who helped to found the CIA. At the height of the Cold War most of the West's intelligence regarding the Soviets came it was said from Gehlen who infiltrated behind the Iron Curtain more than 5000 secret agents.

  • Battle For Warsaw [1975]Battle For Warsaw | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    The tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives. This documentary traces those tragic events and includes much rare archive material that has only recently come to light as well as remarkable eyewitness accounts from some of the principal survivors.

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