Asunder

Jul 10, 2016

1h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

Esther Johnson’s film uses local archive footage to convey the story of Sunderland's involvement in the First World War, from the men who fought in the fields to those who stayed behind to work in the region’s shipyards and munitions factories.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Blanche Pictures

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Kate Adie

Self - Narrator (voice)

Alun Armstrong

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Hunt For the Lost Superfleet

Jun 15, 2020

The Battle of the Falklands, between a Royal Navy task force and five German cruisers, was one of the most dramatic and bloodiest sea conflicts of World War I. When the smoke cleared, four of the German ships had sunk, including the flagship and pride of the German fleet, the SMS Scharnhorst. For decades, none of the downed vessels were ever found. Now, more than 100 years later, maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound and his team are searching for the ships and the secrets they hold. It's a race against time and the raging South Atlantic Ocean.

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Coal

Mar 6, 2025

CHARBON depicts how Europe was built on fossil fuels over the past 100 years. And how it was torn apart by wars that were the result of these same fossil fuels. During 3 trips to Ukraine, Italy and Iraq, filmmaker Manu Riche explains how he and his French-German family are inseparably connected to the fate of the Iraqi filmmaker and refugee Hayder Helo.

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The Necessary War

Feb 25, 2014

In a single documentary to mark the 100-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War, Sir Max Hastings presents the argument that although it was a great tragedy, far from being futile, the First World War was completely unavoidable.

6.4

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator

Jan 20, 1962

No overview available.

8.7

Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre

Oct 29, 2023

No overview available.

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Ferraty

May 31, 2016

No overview available.

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Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

Oct 1, 2018

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.

8.0

Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre

Oct 26, 2025

No overview available.

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The New Amazon

Feb 1, 1915

This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a generous lick of paint for a Mississippi steamship.

7.5

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Feb 28, 2017

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men who changed the shape of the world at that time and forever, but perhaps the actual events happened in a way different from that narrated in the history books…

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Gallipoli: The Untold Stories

Apr 26, 2005

This program provides, through 1st hand accounts & contemporary films & photographs, a rare insight into what really happened. Together with meticulously researched stories, it provides a unique analysis of the Gallipoli campaign, including never-seen before interviews with the last 10 Gallipoli Anzacs, rare film footage showing the beach & trenches at Gallipoli.

7.1

Gallipoli

Mar 18, 2005

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, acclaimed director, Tolga Ornek, traces the personal journeys of Australian, New Zealand, British and Turkish soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak.

5.0

Newspaper Train

Nov 15, 1942

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

8.0

The Phoney War

Aug 27, 2019

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

10.0

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger

Apr 15, 1998

102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger (Swedish: 102 år i hjärtat av Europa) is a Swedish documentary film from 1998 directed by Jesper Wachtmeister. It consists of an interview by the journalist Björn Cederberg with the German writer, philosopher and war veteran Ernst Jünger (1895-1998). Jünger talks about his life, his authorship, his interests and ideas. The actor Mikael Persbrandt reads passages from some of Jünger's works, such as Storm of Steel, The Worker, On the Marble Cliffs and The Glass Bees.

7.4

14-18: The Noise & the Fury

Nov 11, 2008

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0.0

The King of Ukraine

Oct 24, 2018

An outlook on Wilhelm von Habsburg, an aristocrat who wanted to become the King of Ukraine and thus became an early fighter for the independence of Ukraine after World War 1.

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The Millionaires' Unit

May 24, 2015

A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.

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Red Cross Dogs

Dec 30, 1914

Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.

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