The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals form The Household Cavalry, Britain's most senior army regiment and the Queen's official bodyguard. One week they could be on horseback, escorting the Sovereign down the Mall, the next patrolling downtown Basra in their tanks.
This DVD follows the fortunes of the men of The Household Cavalry and tells their stories of war and ceremony. Offering an unprecedented and unique insight behind-the-scenes, the series details their ceremonial and military duty as well as their 350 year history
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REACH FOR THE SKY
Daily Mail Promo Dvd (1956)
- Dvd Region: 2 Pal (UK & Europe)
- Certificate: U
- Running Time: Approx. 136 minutes
- Audio: English, Mono
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 B/W
Release Date: 2008
Subtitles: English HOH
Released in the UK with the Daily Mail as a promo Dvd in card pic. slv.. Licensed & distributed by Granada Ventures Limited.
This is the remarkable true story of Douglas Bader, a pilot in the RAF who overcomes every obstacle to prove his worth. He is a young and ambitious pilot who,
after a plane crash, is badly injured. Although doctors expect him to die, he survives but loses both his legs.
As his colleagues prepare for his horror and his devastation, they find instead a determination in him, which refuses to be changed by the accident. He re-enters
the RAF where he is determined to continue his career as a pilot.
- Actors: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Paterson, Alexander Knox
- Based: on the novel by Paul Brickhill
- Screenplay: Lewis Gilbert
- Producer: Daniel M. Angel
- Director: Lewis Gilbert
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REACH FOR THE SKY
Official Dvd (1956)
- Dvd Region: 2 Pal (UK & Europe)
- Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, PAL, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Certificate: U
- Running Time: Approx. 136 minutes
- Audio: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
B/W
Release Date: 2003
Released in the UK by ITV DVD.
This is the remarkable true story of Douglas Bader, a pilot in the RAF who overcomes every obstacle to prove his worth. He is a young and ambitious pilot who,
after a plane crash, is badly injured. Although doctors expect him to die, he survives but loses both his legs.
As his colleagues prepare for his horror and his devastation, they find instead a determination in him, which refuses to be changed by the accident. He re-enters
the RAF where he is determined to continue his career as a pilot.
- Actors: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Paterson, Alexander Knox
- Based: on the novel by Paul Brickhill
- Screenplay: Lewis Gilbert
- Producer: Daniel M. Angel
- Director: Lewis Gilbert
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REIVERS & THE MAKING OF THE BORDERS
UK Dvd (2008)
- Running Time: 2 hrs 15
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 2008
Subtitles: No
Region: 0 (All Regions)
The story of the Reivers is one of survival, stealth, treachery, ingenuity and deceit, vividly brought to life on this DVD.
From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. As a consequence of near-constant conflict between England and Scotland, Borderers suffered unimaginably at the hands of marauding armies, who ravaged the land, destroying crops, slaughtering cattle, burning whole settlements and killing indiscriminately. Forced by extreme circumstances, many Borderers took to reiving to ensure the survival of their families and communities. This television series is set in some of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes in the British Isles. Here in the Borderlands, the names of the fighting families are constant reminders of a turbulent past. If your name is one of these, this is your story.
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RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI
Daily Mail Promo Dvd (1988)
- Dvd Region: 2 Pal (UK & Europe)
- Certificate: 15
- Running Time: Approx. 97 minutes
- Audio: English, Mono
Aspect Ratio: 4:3, Colour
Release Date: 2008
Released in the UK with the Daily Mail as a promo Dvd in card pic. slv.. Screenlife Establishment.
As the wheels of war grind to a halt, a group of starving British and Australian POWs are sent by the Japanese on a gruelling journey to Japan, in a
final attempt for victory. In the midst of rebel raids and allied air attacks there seems to be a glimmer
of hope of escape,,,
Return from the River Kwai
- Starring: Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott, Christopher Penn, George Takei, Nick Tate, Timothy Bottoms, Michael Dante, Richard Graham, Etsushi Takahashi,
- Screenplay: Sargon Tamimi, Paul Mayersberg
- Based: Book Return from the River Kwai by Joan and Clay Blair, Jr
- Director of Photography: Arthur Wooster
- Music: Lalo Schifrin
- Japanese Theme: Composed and produced by Kitaro
- Executive Producer: Daniel Unger
- Produced: Kurt Unger
- Director: Andrew L. McLaglen
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RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI
Official Dvd (1988)
- Format: Full Screen, PAL
- Language: English
- Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Odyssey Video
- DVD Release Date: 24 Feb 2003
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Aspect Ratio: 1:33, Colour
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Trailers
About The Film
About The Stars
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections
Released in the UK by Odyssey Video.
As the wheels of war grind to a halt, a group of starving British and Australian POWs are sent by the Japanese on a gruelling journey to Japan, in a
final attempt for victory. In the midst of rebel raids and allied air attacks there seems to be a glimmer
of hope of escape,,,
Return from the River Kwai
- Starring: Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott, Christopher Penn, George Takei, Nick Tate, Timothy Bottoms, Michael Dante, Richard Graham, Etsushi Takahashi,
- Screenplay: Sargon Tamimi, Paul Mayersberg
- Based: Book Return from the River Kwai by Joan and Clay Blair, Jr
- Director of Photography: Arthur Wooster
- Music: Lalo Schifrin
- Japanese Theme: Composed and produced by Kitaro
- Executive Producer: Daniel Unger
- Produced: Kurt Unger
- Director: Andrew L. McLaglen
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR
UK Dvd (1995)
- Running Time: 5 hrs 00
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 2
Production Year: 1995
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Charles Kuralt
Carol L. Fleisher
The Revolutionary War is a powerful portrait of the epic war and rebellion that forged a nation and the American character. Before this war began, America was simply a gathering of thirteen separate colonies with no common religion, heritage or ambition. The war became a six-year saga of military manoeuvring and political intrigue of shifting loyalties and passionate ideals, of fear and courage in an unpredictable struggle for freedom that teetered on the bring of disasters.
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RRING OF CASTLES
UK Dvd
- Running Time: 1 hr 24
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 1
Subtitles: No
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Peter Latham
None Listed
During the great castle building era, which lasted from the 11th to the 15th century, many castles were established throughout South Wales. This video visits 18 sites of which 6 of the larger castles are described in detail.
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ROMMEL
UK Dvd (2007)
- Running Time: 2hrs 11mins
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 2007
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was the most famous and celebrated German military commander of the Second World War. He was revered by the Germans, respected by the Allies and nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' for his tactics in the Western Desert - and yet he would die in secret disgrace.
Rommel is the most detailed film biography of the German commander ever made. It follows his military career through the Great War to his daring tank assaults during the Blitzkrieg of 1940 and success with the Afrika Korps. The story of this fascinating, complex and tormented man is told through original wartime archive film, newsreels and exclusive interviews...more details
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ROSS KEMP IN AFGHANISTAN
UK Dvd (2008)
- Running Time: 3 hrs 45
- Certificate: 15
- Number of Discs: 2
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Ross Kemp
John Conroy
IN THIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES ROSS KEMP JOINS HIS FATHER'S OLD REGIMENT, 1 ROYAL ANGLIAN AND TRAVELS TO BRITAIN'S FRONTLINE IN HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, TO EXPERIENCE FOR HIMSELF THE BRITISH ARMY'S FIGHT AGAINST THE TALIBAN.
Filmed during the summer of 2007. Ross dodges the bullets to witness and endure the worst fighting British troops have suffered for over fifty years. Candid and brutally honest, this series is the first on UK television to
show in detail what our soldiers are doing to win peace in this war torn land.
Extraordinary battle scenes show us in close up the brutality of war. Off the battlefield we find out what a soldier's life is like and why they continue to fight this fanatical enemy. And with exclusive footage, we tell the stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, along with powerful and moving interviews from relatives bereaving the loss of their sons.
This hard hitting and thought provoking series of 5 programmes is Ross's most difficult assignment to date.
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RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
UK Dvd (2000)
- Running Time: 2 hr 02
- Certificate: 15
- Number of Discs: 1
Subtitles: Yes
Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Feuerstein, Guy Pearce, Bruce Greenwood, Dale Dye, Anne Archer, Blair Underwood & Ben Kingsley
William Friedkin
Behind the Scenes Featurette. Cast & Crew Interviews. Director's Commentary.
Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson deliver electrifying performances in this 'tense, superbly-directed and top-drawer drama' about what happens when the rules that command a soldier become the rules that condemn him.
Colonel Terry Childers (Jackson) is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.
Directed by Oscar-winning director William Friedkin and co-starring Guy Pearce, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, Rules Of Engagement is 'a magnificent movie you must see.'
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SAS - BEHIND IRAQI LINES
UK Dvd
- Running Time: 1 hr 30
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 1
Subtitles: No
Region: 0 (All Regions)
This is the story of Britain's elite Special Air Service and their harrowing ordeal during the weeks before the Gulf War.
Four days after the first SCUD missiles fell on Israel and weeks before the official start of the Gulf war, 8 members of Britain's SAS entered Iraq in secret. With many fearing a nuclear retaliation from Israel, their mission was to find and destroy the source of the missiles being fired. But the operation went spectacularly wrong. The SAS force was discovered and attacked. Some of the men were killed while others tried to escape by walking 200 miles across the Iraqi desert. Essentially abandoned, the men were left to fend for themselves, deep inside Iraq.
For the first time, retired USAF General Charles Horner reveals why the men of the Bravo Two Zero Patrol were sent on their perilous mission and surviving members of the team, Cpl. Chris Ryan and Sgt. Andy McNab, recall their harrowing ordeal.
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SAS - THE REAL STORY
UK Dvd (2005)
- Running Time: 3 hrs 16
- Certificate: 12
- Number of Discs: 2
Production Year: 2005
Subtitles: Yes
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
The SAS has always shrouded itself in secrecy. Its men regularly undertake some of the most dangerous missions imaginable in war zones around the world. But the world's finest elite fighting force prefers to operate strictly out of the spotlight.
Now, Channel 4's highly acclaimed SAS - THE REAL STORY penetrates that veil of secrecy for the first time to offer an unrivalled insight into the true combat history of the regiment.
As never before, this unique DVD reveals the hidden history of the SAS from its formation in the North African Desert in WWII to its highly secret operations in the jungles of Malaya and Borneo. It reveals 'the hidden wars' fought by the SAS in Oman in the 1950s and 1970s, undercover operations in Northern Ireland and missions previously shrouded in secrecy in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Bosnia and the Yemen.
The Iranian Embassy Siege operation is followed in detail as is the notorious 'Bravo Two Zero' mission and other less-well known operations during the 1991 Gulf War, taking the story up to the war in Afghanistan and the brutal hand-to-hand fight in the caves of Torah Borah.
These dramatic events are recounted using vivid battle recreations, rare archive film and even the private 'home movies' and photographs of SAS personnel, while ex-SAS veterans provide their own graphic first hand accounts of what it was like to undertake covert missions in places as diverse as Malaya and Northern Ireland.
Further fascinating insight into the secret world of the SAS is provided by Denis Healey, who deployed them while Defence Secretary, Tony Geraghty, author of Who Dares Wins, and Adrian Weale, author of Secret Warfare.
For the first time this is the real story of The SAS.
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SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS - BEHIND ENEMY LINES
UK Dvd (2004)
- Running Time: 3 hrs 00
- Certificate: 12
- Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 2003
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Eddie Stone, Andy McNab
Britain's Special Air Service is the special forces regiment upon which all others are based. Its men comprise some of the most skillful, highly trained and motivated soldiers in the world. They will be expected to perform the most difficult and hazardous military missions - and to win through against the odds. This is how the SAS does it...
In wartime, the primary role of the SAS is intelligence gathering. Small specialist teams go behind enemy lines to secretly gather information for future offensive operations.
Using ex-SAS men, SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS: BEHIND ENEMY LINES is a vivid and detailed recreation of a typical mission. Inserted by boat, a four man patrol set up an offensive Observation Post close to an enemy base. Their mission: to gather intelligence and to 'take out' a maverick General. After a daring sniper attack, the team must break for their extraction point but experience almost constant close contacts with enemy forces. As casualties mount, escape seems almost impossible.
SAS veteran Eddie Stone explains his patrol's weaponry, combat options, evasion and survival tactics. From surviving interrogation to emergency battlefield medicine, they provide the closest insight yet into what it's like to be an SAS man fighting to survive behind enemy lines...
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SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS - GUARDIANS AGAINST TERROR
UK Dvd (2003)
- Running Time: 2 hrs 57
- Certificate: 12
- Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 2003
Subtitles: No
Region: 2
Eddie Stone, John McAleese
Britain's Special Air Service is the Special Forces regiment upon which all others are based. Its men comprise some of the most skilful, highly trained and motivated soldiers in the world. Now ex-SAS sergeant Eddie Stone (SAS - Are You Tough Enough?) reveals how the SAS performs close protection missions - and lethal counter-terrorist hostage rescue assaults.
Using ex-SAS men, SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS: GUARDIANS AGAINST TERROR is a vivid and detailed recreation of a typical close protection mission. A four man SAS team is assigned to protect an uncooperative British Minister on a foreign state visit. At first the team's meticulous planning pays off, but they are overruled on security by local forces. When the Minister and foreign leaders are kidnapped and held hostage, the team must don their 'Black Kit' and launch a rescue mission...
On the mission, Eddie Stone is joined by John McAleese, MM, a real-life veteran of the Iranian Embassy assault team and a man with over twenty years' experience of providing close protection services to both British Prime Ministers and members of Royalty.
Together, they reveal both the secrets of successful close protection and the SAS techniques for hostage rescue.
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SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS - SABRE SQUADRON
UK Dvd (2005)
- Running Time: 3 hrs 00
- Certificate: 12
- Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 2003
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Eddie Stone
Britain's Special Air Service is the Special Forces regiment upon which all others are based. Its men comprise some of the most skilful, highly trained and motivated soldiers in the world. Now ex-SAS sergeant Eddie Stone (SAS - Are You Tough Enough?) reveals what it takes to be an SAS man and how the skills possessed by SAS soldiers enable them to accomplish even the most difficult and hazardous military missions.
The SAS is made up of four Sabre Combat Squadrons. Each of these is comprised of four specialist Troops - Air, Boat, Mobility and Mountain. Together they enable the SAS to tackle any mission virtually unaided. A Sabre Squadron essentially possesses the combined skills of a small army in a unit of less than one hundred men.
Using ex-SAS men, SAS SURVIVAL SECRETS: SABRE SQUADRON is a vivid and detailed recreation of a typical mission calling upon all four Troops of the Squadron. The Squadron must capture and extract a wanted war criminal from his residence in a hostile country...
At every stage of the mission, combat and tactical options are explored, along with a detailed look at the equipment being used including the Gemini assault craft, 'Pinkie' Land rover and 'Gimpy' General Purpose Machine Gun.
Eddie Stone and his team also reveal the extraordinary qualities every SAS soldier must possess, by reviewing the rigorous Regiment selection and training regime.
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SCHOOL FOR SECRETS
UK Dvd (1946)
Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (Fullframe)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG
Studio: DD Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 2006
Run Time: 102 minutes
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SCIENCE AND THE SWASTIKA
UK 2 Dvd Set (2004)
- Running Time: 3 hrs 20
- Certificate: Exempt
- Number of Discs: 2
Production Year: 2004
Subtitles: No
Region: 2 (UK & Europe)
Saskia Baron, Paul Sen, Fisher Dilke
When the Nazis took over Germany, German science was the best in the world. It was never the same again...
From early progress in cancer research to triumphs in aviation, German scientists have been among the greatest in the world. This four-part series examines the devastating effect Hitler's Nazi regime had on the scientific progress of the country.
SCIENCE AND THE SWASTIKA investigates how biology, medicine, physics and aviation fared during the 'Thousand Year' Reich. While some scientific work was carried out to morally repugnant ends, many German scientists actually did 'good science', rigorously conducted in a dispassionate and rational way.
From finding out how the role of the doctor changed in Nazi Germany to discovering the story of the man behind the nuclear programme and his failure to build the atom bomb, to the 'killing machine' of German medical science during Nazi rule and the horrific use of prisoners-of-war as crash-test dummies, SCIENCE AND THE SWASTIKA uncovers a troubling legacy, which demands us to continue to question our understanding of science and the moral responsibilities of scientists.
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