Subgenre Sampler
History: 406 Films to Buy & Rent
Complete and Utter History of Britain, The (TV Series) (1969)
- Dir. Maurice Murphy
Feat. Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- A comedy sketch show created by future Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones, which depicts various events in British history as if…
This is New Zealand (1969)
- Dir. Hugh MacDonald
- A long–awaited DVD release of the landmark three camera/three projection spectacle, produced by the National Film Unit for the New Zealand…
National Geographic - 125 Years (1966-2012)
- A commemorative boxset featuring the new anniversary documentary, 'Exploring New Frontiers: National Geographic at 125 years', plus a further 11…
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
- Dir. Kon Ichikawa
- Ichikawa produced this 'definitive' sports documentary from the output of over a thousand cameras to capture the fascinating human element behind the…
Culloden (1964)
- Dir. Peter Watkins
- A groundbreaking documentary depicting the famous battle in 1746 between the English loyalists and Scottish Jacobites.
Re–enacting this…
Crisis (1963)
- Dir. Robert Drew
- Tense account of a key battle in the American Civil Rights movement with President Kennedy locked in a tense negotiation with Alabaman Governor…
Mein Kampf (1961)
- Dir. Erwin Leiser
- Based on the infamous diary of Adolf Hitler, this is an impressive, prudent chronicle of his life, from his formative years through the horrors of…
David and Goliath (1960)
- Dir. Richard Pottier, Ferdinando Baldi
Feat. Orson Welles, Ivica Pajer, Hilton Edwards
- Orson Welles plays King Saul in this adaptation of the biblical story about the unsuspecting shepherd David who is foretold to be the future King by…
Primary (1960)
- Dir. Robert Drew
- Landmark documentary captures the charismatic JFK as he contests the Wisconsin Democratic Primary with Hubert Humphrey.
One of the first films of…
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Clifton James, John Mills, Leslie Phillips…
- Absorbing war drama based on the true story of a man hired to imitate General Montgomery in order to hoodwink the Germans before the North Africa…