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Film & TV
Sarah Bernhardt's Leg
The 'Divine Sarah' had her right leg amputated on February 22nd, 1915.
'Let My People Go!'
Hollywood offers a new version of the Exodus story, the West’s most enduring political narrative.
Premiere of Gone With the Wind
The much-loved film first appeared in theatres on December 15th, 1939.
History on TV: The Great War
Taylor Downing looks at the making of the pioneering television series that launched BBC2 and marked the 50th anniversary of the First World War.
Game of Thrones: Does Fantasy Fiction Beat Period Drama?
The strangeness of the past can be evoked more effectively in pick and mix fantasies than in those novels, films and TV dramas that aspire to realism, argues Suzannah Lipscomb.
Hollywood Accused
Roger Hudson tells the story behind a gathering of glamorous movie stars in Washington DC in October 1947.
Chariots of Fire
The Oscar-winning film is re-released ahead of the Olympic Games.
The Olympics on Film
London 2012 will be the biggest television spectacle ever. Taylor Downing reflects on the extraordinary links between the Olympics and the moving picture throughout their histories.
Were the first 3-D films Nazi propaganda films?
Kathryn Hadley reports on the recent discovery of two 3-D Nazi propaganda films. Released in 1936, they were decades ahead of the boom in 3-D films in the American film industry.