In the years 1938-41 nearly 20 000 European Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai China where most would spend almost a decade in exile. The emigration to Shanghai was for most refugees a last resort to find a safe haven at a time when borders around the world were closed to the desperate Jews of Europe.The little-known story of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai is presented through the recollections of four former refugees - Fred Fields Ernest Heppner Illo Heppner and Siegmar Simon - and through a collage of evocative archival materials: personal and published writings by refugees relief reports and secret documents illustrated with rare home movies photographs newsreels and propaganda films.This remarkable archival material reveals a lost world - when Shanghai was the Far East's most illustrious city. Extraordinary images of refugees and uncommon views of Chinese life create a compelling vantage point for understanding and experiencing this story of survival.
Covering an area which constitutes a large proportion of the British Isles Scotland has an equally large variety of railways. Over this system from the late 1980s up to today British Railways diesel locomotives of classes ranging from 08s to 55s have been recorded for posterity and are to be seen in this programme. Nowhere will you find such a contrast in scenery. We go from the industrial and commercial railways and commuter routes of the Lowland belt to the vast emptiness of the Far North and West Highland routes with their glorious mountains and fascinating traffic patterns.
In The Mountains Of The Moon: Introduced by Astronaut Charlie Duke. After man walked on the moon more questions had to be answered. This DVD contains such exciting features such as the standup spacewalk traversing lunar soil with the lunar rover the launching of a subsatellite and more.
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Starring Sacha Baron Cohen Ali G Aiii is a 100 minute compilation of the highlights of Da Ali G Show including 30 minutes of previously unseen and uncensored material. Also making his DVD debut courtesy of Kazakhstani television we introduce Borat. New footage includes Ali G in the U.S with NASA and the National Rifle Association and features Paul Daniels and Peter Stringfellow in interview. Also on this DVD the most memorable moments from Da Ali G Show - interviews with guests Gail Porter Mohammed Al Fayed Jarvis Cocker Ali G at the Cannes Porn Festival and much more.
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The rollicking adventures of Robin Hood in the long running TV series starring Richard Green as the titular green tight-clad hero. Includes the complete first series with the following episodes: The Coming Of Robin Hood The Moneylender Dead Or Alive Friar Tuck Maid Marian A Guest For The Gallows The Challenge Queen Eleanor Checkmate The Ordeal A Husband For Marian The Highlander The Youngest Outlaw The Betrothal The Alchemist The Jongleur The Brothers The Intruders The Sheriff's Boots Errand Of Mercy The Vandals Richard The Lionheart Ladies Of Sherwood Will Scarlet The Deserted Castle The Miser Trial By Battle Children Of The Freewood The May Queen The Wanderer The Byzantine Treasure Secret Mission The Inquisitor Tables Turned The Traitor The Thorkil Ghost The Knight Who Came To Dinner The Wager The Prisoner.
Where the rails went the nation grew and nothing symbolizes that irresistible growth like the smoking metal giants of the age of the steam. The saga of those rails unfolds through this collection of films which offers a seldom seen look at America's Railroads at the very apex of their might.
Menu ideas that are quick and simple to prepare and enjoyable to eat for those days when you just don't know what to cook. There are thirteen different meals to choose from whether it is an Italian meal a Summer Lunch or a fun meal for the boys.
Joel Soler's intimate and ironic portrait of the Iraqi dictator. The film features extensive undercover footage from inside Iraq that captures a portrait of Saddam Hussein that is surreal unique and darkly humorous. Through a mix of inventiveness luck courage and persistence Soler witnesses and recorded things that few westerners - or even Iraqis - have seen: risking his life in the brutal circumstances that existed under Saddam's iron rule. Uncle Saddam includes interviews with m
The German Luftwaffe entered World War 2 in 1939 employing the Messerschmitt Bf-109 as its main day fighter. 1941 saw the introduction of the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 over the English channel. This programme covers the operations of the Bf-109 in its role on all fronts to 1942 and the early missions by the Fw-190 over France and England.
An invaluable guide to exploring the wealth of places and cultures that China has to offer.
In November 1922, Howard Carter and his backer, Lord Carnarvon, make an extraordinary discovery in the Valley of the Kings, the sacred burial ground of the pharaohs, near Luxor: the tomb of the frail young king, Tutankhamen. But the rumour of an ancient curse, of impending grief and disaster, threatens to mar their triumph... A stellar cast - including Tom Baker, Eva Marie Saint, Robin Ellis, Wendy Hiller, Raymond Burr and Harry Andrews - feature in this lavish HTV drama, filmed on location in Egypt and based on Barry Wynne's bestselling Behind the Mask of Tutankhamen. A small army of over 70 actors and technicians travelled to the Valley of the Kings to make the film, but this stunning, highly authentic production - allocated a budget of over two million pounds - was not without its own drama; the most frightening in a series of on-set incidents saw Ian McShane, originally cast as Carter, narrowly escaping serious injury when his car plunged over a 40ft cliff, leaving several cast and crew members feeling decidedly uneasy about the legend of an ancient curse!
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