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<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Actor Richard Todd presents this documentary on the iconic Elstree Studios, where many classic English films were made between 1927 and the programme's recording in the 1950s. As well as relating the history of the studios, situated near the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, the documentary features footage from over 40 films made there, including the first feature film produced in the studios, 'The White Sheik' (1927), and Alfred Hitchcock's 'Blackmail' (1929).<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Journalist David Frost, best known for his interview with the disgraced Richard Nixon, enjoys a more cordial conversation with the English playwright, Noel Coward. Coward was one of the great literary figures of his generation, enjoying success, not only in his primary field as a playwright, but as a composer, actor, singer, director and all round wit. Recorded at the Mayfair Theatre in September 1968, five years before Coward's death, the conversation between the two men touches on current affairs, Coward's life and his views on art and success.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>All ten episodes of the documentary series which details the most significant cultural events and technological advancements of the 1960s. Being the decade which saw the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, the end of the African-American civil rights movement, the space race and the Vietnam War, the 1960s were a period where great changes were taking place around the world. The episodes are: 'The World On the Brink', 'The Assassination of President Kennedy', 'The War in Vietnam', 'The British Invasion', 'The Times They Are A-Changin'', 'The Space Race', 'Television Comes of Age', 'Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll', '1968 a Monumental Year' and 'Long March to Freedom'.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Box Set</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Documentary directed by Peter Morley, commissioned in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977. The film looks back at the Queen's time as monarch following her coronation in 1953, making use of archive footage including a royal visit to Canada and the US in 1976, to recall the highs and lows of a quarter of a century which saw many social, political and technological changes.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Remastered</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Director Michael Apted's ground-breaking documentary series, begun in 1964, follows the lives of 14 seven-year-old children, returning every seven years to chart their progress. Initially viewed as an interesting social experiment to discover whether children's lives are predetermined by their backgrounds, the programme developed into something broader and deeper. In this seventh edition, twelve of the children, Tony, Bruce, Sue, Jackie, Suzy, Paul, Simon, Nick, Andrew, John, Lynn, and Neil have reached middle-age and, after all the ups and downs that life has thrown at them, seem to be content with the way their lives have turned out thus far.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Documentary record of the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, narrated by Laurence Olivier. The only feature-length document of the coronation to be filmed in Technicolor, the programme offers a glimpse into the pomp and ceremony of the occasion and approaches the event with a celebratory air. As well as footage of the ceremony itself, held at Westminster Abbey, coverage of the subsequent procession through London, with the streets lined with thousands of spectators, is included. Castleton Knight directs and produces, with music from Guy Warrack.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Margot Fonteyn leads the Royal Ballet in this 1960 showcase which was filmed at the Royal Opera House. The footage includes three performances in which Michael Somes partners the prima ballerina, comprising Stravinsky's 'The Firebird', Act II of Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' and Henze's 'Ondine' for which choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton specifically created the title role for Fonteyn.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>