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Revolution in Russia 1917
Great Depression 1929 - 1936
Spirit of Dunkirk 1940
City Bombing 1940 - 1945
Conflict in the Middle East 1946 - 1948
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Berlin and the Cold War 1945 - 1949
Crisis in Suez 1956
Independence in West Africa 1957 - 1962
War in Vietnam 1966 - 1969
Protest in Northern Ireland 1968 - 1969
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Conflict in the Middle East 1946 - 1948

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This programme shows us how powerful a tool editing can be. Compare the way the British Movietone News tells the story of the famous refugee ship Exodus with the film entitled The Illegals, made to raise money for the Zionist cause. The images of overcrowded refugee ships desperately trying to put ashore, and barbed wire camps, made the British look like Nazis.