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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – All Quiet on the Western Front

May 16, 2014
9 mins read
1

Taylor Downing revisits one of the most famous anti-war films ever made. All Quiet on the Western Front is a double Oscar-winning

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WAR ON FILM – The Longest Day

April 17, 2014
11 mins read
6

Taylor Downing takes a look at how 1960s Hollywood dealt with one of the most important days of the Second World War.

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Modern/War on Film/WWII

WAR ON FILM – Overlord

March 21, 2014
12 mins read

Taylor Downing remembers Stuart Cooper’s ground-breaking 1975 World War II film. Stuart Cooper’s film Overlord (1975) is the only feature film ever

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – Dr Strangelove

February 20, 2014
12 mins read

Taylor Downing delves into the weird world of Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War black comedy. After making his First World War epic Paths

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War on Film/WWI

War on Film: Paths of Glory

February 6, 2014
10 mins read
1

Taylor Downing revisits Stanley Kubrick’s breakout movie dealing with the controversial topic of execution for cowardice in the First World War.

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – The Cruel Sea

November 29, 2013
9 mins read
2

Taylor Downing reviews a WWII naval epic based closely on Nicholas Monsarrat’s famous novel. In 1951 Nicholas Monsarrat published his fourth book

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – School for Secrets

September 20, 2013
7 mins read

Taylor Downing reviews a film that made heroes of behind-the-scenes science boffins. The word ‘boffin’ became widely used during the Second World

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – The Man Who Never Was

August 15, 2013
8 mins read

Taylor Downing continues his series on great war movies by reviewing a vintage classic about a masterpiece of deception. On 10 July

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – The Dam Busters

April 12, 2013
8 mins read

Marking the 70-year anniversary of the actual raid, Taylor Downing reviews the classic war movie The Dam Busters At 7.30am on 17

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War on Film

WAR ON FILM – The First of the Few

March 15, 2013
7 mins read
1

In the second of his new occasional series, TV producer and historian Taylor Downing reviews a wartime Spitfire classic. On 16 August

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