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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era -- like Ernest Hemingway and his friends -- has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a bridge in a cave. Pilar, who is in charge there, has an ability to foretell the future. And so that night she encourages Maria, a young girl ravaged by enemy soldiers..
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Caracremada
"Caracremada" ("Burnface" in Catalan), a nickname given by the Spanish Civil Guard to Ramon Vila Capdevila, reflects about the libertarian resistance against Franco"s regime through the last active guerrilla fighter. In 1951 the CNT ordered the retreat of its militants; however Ramon Vila remained in the woods of inland Catalonia where he restarted the fight operating on his own.
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The Voyage That Shook the World
In 1831 a young amateur scientist, Charles Darwin, boarded HMS Beagle on an epic five-year voyage of discovery. 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Darwins birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book, Origin of Species. The Voyage that Shook the World retraces Darwins journey, exploring the places and discoveries crucial to the formulation of his Theory of Evolution. Filmed in South America, UK, North America, Australia and Europe, The Voyage features dramatic period recreati..
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The Social Network
On a night of autumn in 2003, Harvard undergrad and Mark Zuckerberg , who is a computer programming genius, starts to work out a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming,a global social network and a revolution in communication develop . Only mere six years later, Mark Zuckerberg becomes the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
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United 93
Emotionally-packed and moving fact-based story about the passengers aboard doomed flight United 93 that was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. The passengers on the flight, as a result of a delay on takeoff that placed them behind the planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, are able to learn of the attacks and discern that this is no mere high-jacking. While the real events that caused the ultimate crash of the plane can never be known, the events depic..
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Africans in America America's Journey Through Slavery
The history of African Americans. 1.Africans.in.America.1of4.Terrible.Transformation 2.Africans in America 2of4 Revolution 3.Africans in America 3of4 Brotherly Love 4.Africans in America 4of4 Judgment Day
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B.B. King Live At The Montreux
Live at Montreux 1993 finds the 68 year-old King fronting the B.B. King Blues Orchestra, a fine eight-piece band (trumpet, two saxophones, keyboards, percussion, guitar, bass and drums) that just cooks, whether they are taking on big-band blues like Louis Jordans Caldonia or Kings own 1964 RB classic Rock Me Baby. Versatile and very talented, they are as good as it gets. Tracklist 01. Fanfare 02. Six Pack 03. Two I Shoot Blues 04. B.B. King Intro 05. Let The Good Times Roll 06. When It All Come..
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BBC Sounds Of The 60's
This is an 8 episode series first broadcast in 1995. In similar style to Sounds of the Eighties and Sounds of the Seventies, archive performances are linked by humorous clips from tv shows of the time.
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Western Union 1941
Vance Shaw gives up outlawing and goes to work for the telegraph company his brother Jack Slade leads outlaws trying to prevent the company connecting the line between Omaha and Salt Lake City. Lots of Indian fighting and gunplay.
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Brother's War
The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brothers War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany and the Red Army is fights its way towards Berlin. Churchill is worried about Russias post-war plans for Europe but most not endanger the increasingly threatened alliance between the west and Russian A British military attached to the Red Army discovers a Russian war crime against the Polish government in exile..
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Three Kingdoms Resurrection Of The Dragon
His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest...
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The Time That Remains
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.