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Arctic Extreme: 118 Days in Captivity of Ice
directed by Pavol Barabas, 1959-; produced by K2 Studio (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2008), 57 mins
Crossing the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada through the North Pole has remained the last, almost impossible dream of Arctic explorers. This is the true life story of four polar explorers who tried to make this dream come true using only their own strength and without any aircraft support. These explorers reach...
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directed by Pavol Barabas, 1959-; produced by K2 Studio (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2008), 57 mins
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Crossing the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada through the North Pole has remained the last, almost impossible dream of Arctic explorers. This is the true life story of four polar explorers who tried to make this dream come true using only their own strength and without any aircraft support. These explorers reached the North Pole in 75 days. From that moment on, the expedition was fraught with continuous return drift, large areas of open water,...
Crossing the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada through the North Pole has remained the last, almost impossible dream of Arctic explorers. This is the true life story of four polar explorers who tried to make this dream come true using only their own strength and without any aircraft support. These explorers reached the North Pole in 75 days. From that moment on, the expedition was fraught with continuous return drift, large areas of open water, and extreme weather fluctuations. You will no doubt be drawn into this unbelievable story that only a polar explorer can tell.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
K2 Studio, Matej Landl, 1963-
Author / Creator
Pavol Barabas, 1959-
Date Published / Released
1998, 2008
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Speaker / Narrator
Matej Landl, 1963-
Topic / Theme
Explorers, Travel, Arctic circle, Climate and the Environment, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008 Cinema Libre Studio
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The Flying Scotsman: The Night Mail
directed by Andrew Young, fl. 2013 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2013), 1 hour 25 mins
The Through West Mail, probably best known of all Australia's night mail trains, left Sydney nightly for its 289 mile run, and was steam hauled until 1967 when all steam operations out west ceased forever. On the Queen's birthday weekend of 1989, this spectacular long gone steam event was recreated--but this time...
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directed by Andrew Young, fl. 2013 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2013), 1 hour 25 mins
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The Through West Mail, probably best known of all Australia's night mail trains, left Sydney nightly for its 289 mile run, and was steam hauled until 1967 when all steam operations out west ceased forever. On the Queen's birthday weekend of 1989, this spectacular long gone steam event was recreated--but this time with an added attraction never seen in the train's 100 years of regular running. The recreation of the Night Mail was hauled by the wor...
The Through West Mail, probably best known of all Australia's night mail trains, left Sydney nightly for its 289 mile run, and was steam hauled until 1967 when all steam operations out west ceased forever. On the Queen's birthday weekend of 1989, this spectacular long gone steam event was recreated--but this time with an added attraction never seen in the train's 100 years of regular running. The recreation of the Night Mail was hauled by the world-famous 4472 Flying Scotsman and Australia's famous C-38 Class Pacific 3801; and triple-heading for part of the journey was the S Class Suburban Tank 3112.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rowland Kennington, fl. 2013, Michael Muter, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Andrew Young, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Rowland Kennington, fl. 2013, Michael Muter, fl. 2013
Topic / Theme
Railroad trips, Trains, Postal services, Steam trains
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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A Jewish Journey
directed by David Charap (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 2001), 59 mins
This film focuses on a group from a Jewish congregation in New Jersey who journey to eastern Europe in search of their Jewish past. No one expected a light-hearted vacation, but each felt it was important to make this connection to their Jewish heritage. Trips such as theirs have become big business in Czechoslova...
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directed by David Charap (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 2001), 59 mins
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This film focuses on a group from a Jewish congregation in New Jersey who journey to eastern Europe in search of their Jewish past. No one expected a light-hearted vacation, but each felt it was important to make this connection to their Jewish heritage. Trips such as theirs have become big business in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. Tour guides, travel agents, hotels, souvenir vendors and the like are profiting from the interest in the Holoc...
This film focuses on a group from a Jewish congregation in New Jersey who journey to eastern Europe in search of their Jewish past. No one expected a light-hearted vacation, but each felt it was important to make this connection to their Jewish heritage. Trips such as theirs have become big business in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. Tour guides, travel agents, hotels, souvenir vendors and the like are profiting from the interest in the Holocaust. Even "Schindler's List tours" are proliferating. Yet despite such commercialism, this pilgrimage was deeply meaningful for the group we follow. As they visit the Old Jewish Cemetery, the ghetto of Terezin, the Tahani Synagogue in Budapest, and the extermination camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau - the impact is more searing than they anticipated. Many come away with a deeper commitment to the state of Israel and to their own identity as Jews. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
David Charap
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, International travel, Internment camps, Jewish people, Museums, Synagogues, Tourist attractions, Travelers, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, World History, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Private Film Library: With A Camera At The Eastern Front
directed by Karl Höffkes, 1954- (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008, originally published 2008), 54 mins
Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Emb...
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directed by Karl Höffkes, 1954- (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008, originally published 2008), 54 mins
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Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Embedded journalists' in the fighting troops of WW II integrated journalists reporting from the front line of the course of a campaign are...
Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Embedded journalists' in the fighting troops of WW II integrated journalists reporting from the front line of the course of a campaign are not an invention of the present.
One of the film journalist was Goetz Hirt-Reger.He was trained in Berlin to film reporter and ordered as a soldier to the Eastern Front. Here he made spectacular, partly color films from the advance on Moscow, the battles of Orel, the tank battle of Kursk, the Kuban bridgehead and at the front of the Dnieper. He filmed the defenses of friendly Romania on the Black Sea, joined a raiding patrol against the Soviet lines and witnessed the bloody battle in the area of Kischinow and Jassy, where some 250,000 German soldiers fell, or fell into Russian captivity.
What hardly anyone knew Hirt-Reger filmed the entire period with two cameras. With one camera, he filmed the official recordings, with his private, he held what was in the 'Deutsche Wochenschau' not shown: the uncluttered life of German soldiers in a bloody war.
One of the most important film treasures from the 3rd Reich.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Karl Höffkes, 1954-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Nordic World
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Cold weather, Military life, Military maneuvers, Military medals, Military personnel, Prisoners of war, Road conditions, War, German Invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, Climate and the Environment, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Nordic World.
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Royal Journey
produced by National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 52 mins
A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in...
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produced by National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada), 52 mins
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A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Regina and visits to Calgary and Edmonton. The royal train crosses the Rockies and makes stops in several small towns. The royal couple...
A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Regina and visits to Calgary and Edmonton. The royal train crosses the Rockies and makes stops in several small towns. The royal couple boards the HMCS Crusader in Vancouver and watches Native dances in Thunderbird Park, Victoria. They are then welcomed to the United States by President Truman. The remainder of the journey includes visits to Montreal, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia and Portugal Cove, Newfoundland.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Film Board of Canada
Date Published / Released
1951
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Person Discussed
Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Topic / Theme
International relations, Heads of state, Travel, Royalty (Social class), Family and Culture, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 1951 National Film Board of Canada
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They Chose China
directed by Wang Shui-Bo; produced by Claude Bonin, National Film Board of Canada and Arte France (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2006), 53 mins
It is January 1954. The Korean War is over. Captured UN soldiers held in POW camps are free to return home. Those who refuse repatriation to their homeland are transferred to a neutral zone and given 90 days to reconsider their decision. Among them are 21 American soldiers who decide defiantly to stay in China. Ba...
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directed by Wang Shui-Bo; produced by Claude Bonin, National Film Board of Canada and Arte France (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2006), 53 mins
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It is January 1954. The Korean War is over. Captured UN soldiers held in POW camps are free to return home. Those who refuse repatriation to their homeland are transferred to a neutral zone and given 90 days to reconsider their decision. Among them are 21 American soldiers who decide defiantly to stay in China. Back in the United States, McCarthyism is at its height. Many Americans believe these young men have been brainwashed by Chinese communis...
It is January 1954. The Korean War is over. Captured UN soldiers held in POW camps are free to return home. Those who refuse repatriation to their homeland are transferred to a neutral zone and given 90 days to reconsider their decision. Among them are 21 American soldiers who decide defiantly to stay in China. Back in the United States, McCarthyism is at its height. Many Americans believe these young men have been brainwashed by Chinese communists through a new form of thought control. But what really happened? Featuring never-before-seen footage from the Chinese camps as well as interviews with former POWs and their families, They Chose China tells the fascinating stories of these forgotten American dissidents. With the Cold War fading into memory, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shuibo Wang (Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square) aims his camera on this astonishing story. In They Chose China, we meet and begin to understand a group of courageous men who fought for and then cut ties with the USA.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Claude Bonin, National Film Board of Canada, Arte France, Wang Shui-Bo
Author / Creator
Wang Shui-Bo
Date Published / Released
2006-04-05
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Speaker / Narrator
Wang Shui-Bo
Topic / Theme
Expatriates, Communism, Prisoner of war camps, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, War and Violence, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by the National Film Board of Canada
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