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Films set on the United Kingdom home front during World War II (24 P) Pages in category "Films set in the United Kingdom" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes. Available online for downloading; online volumes; The standard highly detailed full coverage of operations. Haswell, Jock, and John Lewis-Stempel. A Brief History of the British Army (2017). Higham, John, ed.
Prince of Wales is alone and is fired on by the two German ships. She manages to inflict damage on Bismarck's bow, but Bismarck returns fire, destroying the Prince of Wales' bridge. Prince of Wales emits a smoke screen behind which to retreat. Bismarck and Prinz Eugen also retreat, but they are shadowed by the cruisers HMS Suffolk and HMS ...
Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes.It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later years of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s.
2013: A Field in England, a psychedelic horror film set in 17th century Monmouthshire (a county of contemporary Wales, but which was not clearly labeled as part of Wales at the time). 2013: One Chance is a British-American biographical film about opera singer and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts
Cast Genre Notes 1927: The Arcadians: Victor Saville: Ben Blue, Jeanne De Casalis: Comedy: The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands: Walter Summers: Documentary: World War I battle reconstruction Blighty: Adrian Brunel: Ellaline Terriss, Lillian Hall-Davis: Drama: Carry On! Dinah Shurey: Moore Marriott, Trilby Clark: Comedy: Confetti: Graham ...
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
In the interwar years, the Northern economy began to be eclipsed by the South – in 1913–1914, unemployment in "outer Britain" (the North, plus Scotland and Wales) was 2.6% while the rate in Southern England was more than double that at 5.5%, but in 1937 during the Great Depression the outer British unemployment rate was 16.1% and the ...