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Beat the drum
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Friends
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Dylan Walsh Nip/Tuck
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Lenin... the train
Maart 1917. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog rijdt een verzegelde trein met Russische emigranten, onder leiding van Vladimir J. Lenin, vanuit Zürich naar Sint-Petersburg. De triomfantelijke intocht gaat alle verwachtingen te boven.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
first lady of the world
Dramatized television play with Dutch subtitles about the achievements of Eleanor Roosevelt in the period 1945-1948. The film tells the story of her acceptance of the U.N. position, her work behind the scenes, her relationship with friends and relatives, and her victory in 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The film ends with original footing on ER and an after-word by her grandson Curtis Roosevelt.
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In quest of peace
the story of Dwight D. Eisenhower
This film is the story of an ordinary, small town Kansas boy who became one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century. Dwight D. Eisenhower grew up in a crowded family in Abilene. In celebration of the centennial of his birth, In Quest of Peace explores the life and spirit of a man the world knew as Ike. From early days in Kansas at the turn of the century ... to West Point ... a stellar military career highlighted by his role as Supreme Allied Commander of Europe during WW II ... two term...
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The Nations of the Northeast
A documentary view of the first contact between Europeans and Native Americans, told from a Native American perspective. Includes a good overview of the remarkable Native American union, the Iroquois Confederacy
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The Marshall Plan's European Film Unit
Bull's Eye for Farmer Pietersen, part 1. The Marshall Plan at Work Series in Holland, part 2. Your Eighty Dollars, part 3. My Trip Abroad, part 4. ERP in Action No. 4, part 5. ERP in Action No. 11, part 6. One-Two-Three, No. 4, part 7. One-Two-Three, No. 8 (incomplete), part 8
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Illusions of news
In this four-part series Bill Moyers examines the impact on democracy of a mass culture, much of whose basic information comes from the media, public opinion polls, public relations and image-making. The focus of this film is on the power of deception and its influence on some main events in American history. The question is if the American people are so used to political lies that they can no longer do without. Bill Moyers concludes that harsh realities are too often covered up by comfortable lies...
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Leading questions
In this four-part series Bill Moyers examines the impact on democracy of a mass culture, much of whose basic information comes from the media, public opinion polls, public relations and image-making. Bill Moyers discusses how advertisement influences the public mind and behavior in America. Surveys are often used to find out how the American public feels and thinks. This film deals with the power of both surveys, advertisement and political campaigns. Bill Moyers concludes that the public mind is...
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Postwar hopes, cold war fears
The 1950s were a decade of prosperity and optimism, but also of fear and anxiety. The Iron Curtain, the fall of China and the Korean War, generated a deep suspicion of leftist opinions, leading to the Red Scare. Bill Moyers explains that the pressure to conform was strong in this period and ironically divided America.
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The truth about lies
In this four-part series Bill Moyers examines the impact on democracy of a mass culture, much of whose basic information comes from the media, public opinion polls, public relations and image-making. The focus of this part is on American media as an entertainment business rather than a news business. It is seen as a profit making organization in the service of American politicians. The focus is on how realistic descriptions are neglected and how the media is dominated by images people want to see....
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The terminal
Als Viktor Novorski vanuit Oost-Europa een bezoekt brengt aan New York, wordt in zijn land een gewelddadige coup gepleegd waardoor hij niet terug kan, maar ook niet toegelaten wordt in de Verenigde Staten
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Mijn neef in Canada
This film was made for the Dutch Government Information Service, with the support of the Canadian government. The first five minutes of the film give an overview of all the positive aspects of Canada: space, availability of land, affluence. The remainder of the film shows twenty-nine Dutch immigrants who tell the viewer how easy it was to adapt to Canadian life. The commentator stresses the continuity with life in the Netherlands and the film leaves an overall rosy impression, which is exactly what...
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Bob Fosse Cabaret
In het Berlijn van 1930 treedt de Amerikaanse zangeres Sally Bowles regelmatig op in een nachtclub en ontmoet allerlei totaal verschillende mensen. Met twee van hen begint zij een relatie, wat leidt tot een zwangerschap
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Mr. Sears' catalogue
Explores how the Sears catalogue, giving readers a sense of urban life and a vision of middle class splendors, reflected the changes of the time and became a symbol for the national ambitions and dreams of a sprawling country. Contains biographical information on Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck
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Harry S. Truman
This documentary combines interviews, archival footage and photographs to chronicle President Trumans legacy. From dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to the creation of NATO, and from his stunning upset of Dewey in 1948 to the Cold War era of Korea and McCarthys witch hunts, here are the defining moments of his life and presidency
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