Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Military History on Film and Television: Wallace's Rising to the Boer War |
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1 | (44) |
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Wallace's Rising (1297--1304) |
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2 | (2) |
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2 | (2) |
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The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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The Napoleonic Wars (1799--1815) |
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5 | (4) |
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Kolberg (also known as Burning Hearts) (1945) |
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5 | (2) |
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The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) |
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7 | (1) |
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7 | (2) |
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The Texas Revolution (1835--1836) |
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9 | (7) |
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Davy Crockett and The Last Command (1955) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (1) |
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (2) |
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The Crimean War (1854--1856) |
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16 | (3) |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) |
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16 | (1) |
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) |
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17 | (2) |
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The American Civil War (1861--1865) |
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19 | (8) |
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The Andersonville Trial (1970) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Custer and the Indian Wars |
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27 | (3) |
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They Died with Their Boots On (1942) |
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27 | (1) |
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Sitting Bull (1954) and Custer of the West (1967) |
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28 | (1) |
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Son of the Morning Star (1991) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (2) |
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Geronimo and the Apache Resistance, 1851--1886 (1988) |
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30 | (1) |
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Geronimo and Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) |
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30 | (2) |
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British Colonial Wars in Africa |
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32 | (5) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution (1898--1901) |
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37 | (4) |
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38 | (3) |
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The Anglo-Boer War (1899--1902) |
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41 | (4) |
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``Breaker'' Morant (1980) |
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41 | (4) |
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Military History on Film and Television: World War I |
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45 | (22) |
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45 | (2) |
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The Battle of the Somme (1916) |
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45 | (1) |
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The Lost Battalion (1919) |
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46 | (1) |
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Films in the Time between the World Wars |
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47 | (5) |
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (2) |
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World War I Filmed in Hindsight |
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52 | (15) |
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52 | (2) |
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
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54 | (3) |
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World War One (1964--1965) |
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57 | (1) |
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Johnny Got His Gun (1971) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996) |
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62 | (2) |
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The Lost Battalion (2001) |
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64 | (1) |
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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003) |
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64 | (3) |
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Military History on Film and Television: World War II |
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67 | (80) |
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Contemporaneous World War II History Films |
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68 | (16) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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``Why We Fight'' Film Series |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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The Purple Heart and Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) |
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77 | (2) |
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) |
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79 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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The Battle of San Pietro (1944) |
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80 | (1) |
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The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) |
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81 | (2) |
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They Were Expendable (1945) |
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83 | (1) |
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Your Job in Germany (1945) |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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World War II History Films of the Cold War Era |
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84 | (10) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) |
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86 | (1) |
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Victory at Sea (1952--1953) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) |
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91 | (1) |
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Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog) (1955) |
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92 | (2) |
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British World War II Exploits in Film |
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94 | (6) |
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94 | (1) |
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The Battle of the River Plate (1956) |
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95 | (1) |
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The Man Who Never Was (1956) |
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95 | (1) |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
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96 | (2) |
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I Was Monty's Double (1958) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (17) |
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100 | (1) |
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1960) |
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101 | (3) |
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1962) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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Battle of the Bulge (1965) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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Le Chagrin et la pitie: Chronique d'une ville Francaise sous I'occupation (The Sorrow and the Pity: Chronicle of a French City under Occupation) (1969) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (3) |
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The World at War (1973--1974) |
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117 | (1) |
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World War II History Films of the Post-Vietnam Era |
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117 | (30) |
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The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Let There Be Light (1946; 1981) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) |
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129 | (1) |
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July 20th and The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) |
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129 | (1) |
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Tragedy at Sea and Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
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136 | (2) |
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The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It (2000) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Blind Spot (2002) and The Downfall (2004) |
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144 | (3) |
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Military History on Film and Television: Korean War to Bosnia |
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147 | (28) |
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147 | (5) |
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The McConnell Story (1955) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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The Korean War on Television |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (18) |
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The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1965) |
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152 | (1) |
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Loin du Vietnam (Far from Vietnam) (1967) |
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153 | (1) |
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The Anderson Platoon (1967) |
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153 | (1) |
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In the Year of the Pig (1968) |
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154 | (1) |
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The Selling of the Pentagon (1971) and Hearts and Minds (1974) |
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155 | (1) |
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Vietnam: A Television History (1983) |
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156 | (2) |
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The Killing Fields (1984) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) |
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161 | (1) |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1988) |
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162 | (1) |
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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A Bright Shining Lie (1998) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (3) |
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United States's Somalia Engagement |
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170 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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The Intervention of the United States in Bosnia |
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172 | (3) |
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001) |
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173 | (2) |
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Sports History on Film and Television |
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175 | (62) |
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176 | (13) |
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) |
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176 | (1) |
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The Babe Ruth Story (1948) |
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177 | (1) |
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The Stratton Story (1949) |
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177 | (1) |
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The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) |
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178 | (1) |
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The Pride of St. Louis (1952) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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It's Good to Be Alive: The Roy Campanella Story (1974) |
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180 | (1) |
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978) |
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181 | (1) |
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy ``Satchel'' Paige (1981) |
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182 | (1) |
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New York Yankees (The Movie) (1987) |
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182 | (1) |
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Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (21) |
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The Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894) |
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189 | (1) |
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The Corbett-Courtney Fight (1894) |
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189 | (1) |
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The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) |
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190 | (1) |
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Jeffries-Sharkey Contest (1899) |
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191 | (1) |
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The Johnson-Jeffries Fight (1910) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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The Joe Louis Story (1953) |
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195 | (1) |
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The Harder They Fall (1956) |
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196 | (1) |
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) |
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197 | (1) |
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Legendary Champions (1968) |
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198 | (1) |
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The Great White Hope (1970) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (3) |
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Post-Vietnam-Era Boxing Films |
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202 | (8) |
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210 | (4) |
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Knute Rockne All American (1940) |
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210 | (1) |
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Jim Thorpe---All-American (1951) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Friday Night Lights (2004) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (3) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (7) |
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Olympia (Olympiad) (1938) |
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217 | (1) |
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The Bob Mathias Story (1954) |
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218 | (1) |
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Tokyo orimpikku (Tokyo Olympiad) (1965) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (2) |
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The Jesse Owens Story (1984) |
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221 | (1) |
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First of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999) |
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222 | (1) |
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Prefontaine (1997) and Without Limits (1998) |
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222 | (1) |
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Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2001) and Miracle (2004) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (4) |
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Climbing Mount Everest (1922) and Epic of Everest (1924) |
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224 | (1) |
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The Conquest of Everest (1953) |
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225 | (1) |
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Americans on Everest (1963) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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Contemporary Sports History on Film |
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228 | (9) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (2) |
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A Return to Period Topics |
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234 | (3) |
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Music History on Film and Television |
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237 | (58) |
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Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Motown, and the Swing Era |
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238 | (18) |
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Young Man with a Horn (1950) |
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238 | (1) |
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The Glenn Miller Story (1953) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet (1981) |
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241 | (1) |
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Say Amen, Somebody (1982) |
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242 | (1) |
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Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985) |
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242 | (1) |
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Louie Bluie (1986) and Sweet Old Song (2002) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989) |
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245 | (1) |
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A Great Day in Harlem (1994) |
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246 | (1) |
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The Genius of Lenny Breau (1995) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997) |
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248 | (1) |
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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) |
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251 | (1) |
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues---A Musical Journey (2003) |
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252 | (2) |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (12) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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Jimi Hendrix (1973) and Janis (1974) |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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The Kids Are Alright (1979) |
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265 | (1) |
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History of Rock `N' Roll (1995) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (8) |
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The Punk Rock Movie (1978) |
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268 | (1) |
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D.O.A. (1980) and The Great Rock `n' Roll Swindle (1980) |
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269 | (1) |
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The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) |
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269 | (1) |
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Another State of Mind (1983) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (1) |
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Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie (1999) |
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273 | (1) |
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The Filth and the Fury (2000) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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Songs for Cassavetes (2001) |
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274 | (1) |
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Between Resistance and Community: The Long Island Do It Yourself Punk Scene (2002) |
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275 | (1) |
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End of the Century---The Story of the Ramones (2003) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (9) |
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276 | (1) |
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The Helen Morgan Story (1957) |
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277 | (1) |
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972) |
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277 | (1) |
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The Buddy Holly Story (1978) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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Great Balls of Fire! (1989) |
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279 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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The Cream Will Rise (1998) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (3) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982) |
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286 | (1) |
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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (6) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould (1993) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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Art History on Film and Television |
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295 | (18) |
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295 | (1) |
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh (1987) |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (2) |
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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The Line King: The At Hirschfeld Story (1996) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (2) |
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Labor, Business, and Political History on Film and Television |
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313 | (48) |
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313 | (4) |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (6) |
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317 | (3) |
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320 | (3) |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (8) |
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The Molly Maguires (1970) |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) |
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327 | (1) |
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All the President's Men (1976) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (10) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (1) |
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (8) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
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F.I.S.T. (1978) and Hoffa (1992) |
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345 | (3) |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (11) |
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350 | (2) |
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The Weather Underground (2002) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (5) |
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Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
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358 | (3) |
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History of U.S. Race Relations on Film and Television |
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361 | (20) |
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Films Made before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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361 | (3) |
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (2) |
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Films Made after the Civil Rights Act |
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364 | (17) |
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King: A Filmed Record. . .Montgomery to Memphis (1970) |
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364 | (1) |
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976) |
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365 | (1) |
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365 | (1) |
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Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) |
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366 | (1) |
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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954--1965) (1987) |
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367 | (1) |
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Mississippi Burning (1988) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (3) |
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (1998) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (2) |
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With All Deliberate Speed (2004) |
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380 | (1) |
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History of Crime on Film and Television |
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381 | (56) |
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381 | (2) |
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) |
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381 | (2) |
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383 | (2) |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (3) |
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A Place in the Sun (1951) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (7) |
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (3) |
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392 | (2) |
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The Boston Strangler (1968) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (11) |
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395 | (1) |
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The Honeymoon Killers (1970) |
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396 | (2) |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (2) |
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Dillinger (1945) and Dillinger (1973) |
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400 | (1) |
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401 | (1) |
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Third Memory (2000), and Based on a True Story (2005) |
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402 | (2) |
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) |
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404 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (10) |
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406 | (1) |
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Prince of the City (1981) |
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407 | (1) |
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The Executioner's Song (1982) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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The Killing of America (1982) |
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409 | (1) |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (1) |
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The Deliberate Stranger (1986) |
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412 | (1) |
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The Thin Blue Line (1988) |
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413 | (2) |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (15) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (1) |
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) |
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423 | (1) |
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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The Brandon Teena Story (1998) and Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (4) |
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431 | (6) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (2) |
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435 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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437 | (12) |
Index |
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449 | (52) |
About the Author |
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