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Conflict in Europe: 1935-1945, Part One
produced by Phil Sheppard, Phil Sheppard Productions (Mona Vale, New South Wales: Phil Sheppard Productions, 2011), 52 mins
The Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations policy of 'Collective Security', failed to deter German and Italian aggression in the 1920s and 30s. Italy invaded Abyssinia; Germany marched into the Rhineland, and later annexed Austria. British Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of Appeasement failed, and Cze...
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produced by Phil Sheppard, Phil Sheppard Productions (Mona Vale, New South Wales: Phil Sheppard Productions, 2011), 52 mins
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The Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations policy of 'Collective Security', failed to deter German and Italian aggression in the 1920s and 30s. Italy invaded Abyssinia; Germany marched into the Rhineland, and later annexed Austria. British Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of Appeasement failed, and Czechoslovakia eventually was seized by Germany. After Hitler invaded Poland, war was declared. Quickly the Germans overran Denmark, Norwa...
The Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations policy of 'Collective Security', failed to deter German and Italian aggression in the 1920s and 30s. Italy invaded Abyssinia; Germany marched into the Rhineland, and later annexed Austria. British Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of Appeasement failed, and Czechoslovakia eventually was seized by Germany. After Hitler invaded Poland, war was declared. Quickly the Germans overran Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and finally France. Hitler's plan to to invade England was thwarted during the Battle of Britain. Children in both Germany and Britain were evacuated from the cities, and the civilian population had to contend with the horror of bombing raids. Hitler turned his attention to Russia, launching Operation Barbarossa. At the same time, the Italians and Germans faced British forces in North Africa. The United States entered the war following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the German advance into Russia ground to a halt just outside Moscow.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Phil Sheppard, Phil Sheppard Productions, Jake Downs
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Phil Sheppard Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Jake Downs
Person Discussed
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, Édouard Daladier, 1884-1970, Francisco Franco, 1892-1975, Pierre Laval, 1883-1945, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Heads of state, Attacks (Battles), Air raids, Nationalism, Invasions, War, World War I, 1914-1918, German-Soviet Nonagression Pact Signed, August 23, 1939, Munich Conference, 1938, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, Battle of Britain, July-October 1940, Blitz, September 1940-May 1941, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Treaty of Versailles, June...
Heads of state, Attacks (Battles), Air raids, Nationalism, Invasions, War, World War I, 1914-1918, German-Soviet Nonagression Pact Signed, August 23, 1939, Munich Conference, 1938, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, Battle of Britain, July-October 1940, Blitz, September 1940-May 1941, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011 by Phil Sheppard Productions
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End of Empire
directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman w...
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directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a persona...
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a personal dimension. Instead of enjoying a brilliant career in Singapore, Colburn witnessed its swift and violent end, as well as the symbolic end of the British Empire. In the 1930s it was widely believed that Singapore was an impregnable fortress. When the well-trained and equipped Japanese invaded Northern Malaya in 1941 shortly after Pearl Harbor, they easily defeated the under-prepared Indian, New Zealand and Australian troops who had joined the British there. When British officials realized Singapore would fall they evacuated the colonials, leaving the Chinese, Indian and Malay populations to fend for themselves. Throughout this Colburn worked as a medical volunteer, cleaning up the bodies left from Japanese bombing. Two British battleships were sunk with nine hundred British sailors lost and the British surrendered after six weeks. Under the Japanese occupation, one hundred thousand prisoners of war were arrested and imprisoned or executed in six weeks. Colburn was taken prisoner by the Japanese and spent four years in horrendous conditions, with almost no food or medicine available. He used his experience as a pharmacist to help his fellow inmates as much as he could. It is estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people perished in captivity. As Prof. Jayathurai says, "Churchill gave up Malaya for the defense of Europe. This was the end of the British Empire; everything after that was borrowed time." College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions, Crest Communications Production, Eva Petryshen
Author / Creator
Guo Fangfang
Date Published / Released
2001, 2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Eva Petryshen
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Invasions, Massacres, Lines of defense, Military maneuvers, Military occupation, Military strategy, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Torture, Civil defense, Japanese invasion of Singapore, February 8-15, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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France Actualites, June 18, 1943
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites, Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1943-06-18, 1943
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Francisco Franco, 1892-1975
Topic / Theme
Artillery units, Military alliances, Athletic events, Shoemaking and repairing, Heads of state, Air raids, Bombardment, Civil defense, Charity, Trains, Apparel, Exchange of prisoners, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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France Actualites, April 7, 1944
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites
Date Published / Released
1944-04-07, 1944
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
Topic / Theme
Funerals, Air raids, Invasions, Athletic events, Manufactured material, Jewelry, Military alliances, Children's play, Circuses, Bombardment, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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France Actualites, May 26, 1944
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1944
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
France Actualites
Date Published / Released
1944-05-26, 1944
Series
France Actualites
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Henri Philippe Petain, 1856-1951
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Military alliances, Blockades, Athletic events, Humanitarian aid, Children, Evacuations, Heads of state, Air raids, Bombardment, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 3, The Goths Ride East
produced by Video Collection International, in Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 3 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 1997, originally published 1997), 51 mins
This documentary, produced by Video Collection International, is about the German invasion of the Soviet Union and Stalin's reactions.
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produced by Video Collection International, in Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 3 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 1997, originally published 1997), 51 mins
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This documentary, produced by Video Collection International, is about the German invasion of the Soviet Union and Stalin's reactions.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Video Collection International, Sir Nigel Hawthorne, 1929-2001
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Entertainment One Ltd.
Series
Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow
Speaker / Narrator
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, 1929-2001
Person Discussed
Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Military maneuvers, Military campaigns, Military discipline, Battles, Air raids, Invasions, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Entertainment One Ltd.
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