Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin

Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.

  • Title: Ken Annakin
  • Popularity: 2.949
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1914-08-10
  • Place of Birth: Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Кен Аннакин
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Ken Annakin Movies

  • 1959
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    Perilous Assignment

    Perilous Assignment

    10 1959 HD

    "Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its...

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  • 1941
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    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    6.3 1941 HD

    Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps....

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  • 2002
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    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    1 2002 HD

    A look behind the scenes at Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

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  • 2004
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    Rent-A-Person

    Rent-A-Person

    7.7 2004 HD

    A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.

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  • 1952
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    The Riddle of Robin Hood

    The Riddle of Robin Hood

    1 1952 HD

    Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.

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  • 1965
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    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    6.8 1965 HD

    In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across...

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  • 1965
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    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

    6.8 1965 HD

    In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across...

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  • 1979
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    The Fifth Musketeer

    The Fifth Musketeer

    5.1 1979 HD

    King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king...

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  • 1982
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    The Pirate Movie

    The Pirate Movie

    4.9 1982 HD

    A comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original (Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance), as well as references to...

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  • 1962
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    The Longest Day

    The Longest Day

    7.6 1962 HD

    The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the...

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  • 1965
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    6.91 1965 HD

    In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive...

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  • 1952
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    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    6.1 1952 HD

    Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by...

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  • 1950
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    Double Confession

    Double Confession

    6.1 1950 HD

    The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various...

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  • 1972
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    The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild

    6 1972 HD

    John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person...

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  • 1969
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    Monte Carlo or Bust!

    Monte Carlo or Bust!

    5.9 1969 HD

    Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic...

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  • 1969
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    Monte Carlo or Bust!

    Monte Carlo or Bust!

    5.9 1969 HD

    Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic...

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  • 1959
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    Third Man on the Mountain

    Third Man on the Mountain

    6.7 1959 HD

    Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1959. It is adapted from a...

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  • 1962
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    The Fast Lady

    The Fast Lady

    5.6 1962 HD

    A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father.

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  • 1951
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    Hotel Sahara

    Hotel Sahara

    5.6 1951 HD

    World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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  • 1960
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    Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

    6.873 1960 HD

    After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they...

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  • 1988
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    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    5.7 1988 HD

    After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr....

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  • 1988
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    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    5.7 1988 HD

    After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr....

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  • 1957
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    Across the Bridge

    Across the Bridge

    6.8 1957 HD

    In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.

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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

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  • 1967
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    The Long Duel

    The Long Duel

    5.1 1967 HD

    An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of the Raj's north-west frontier. Despite his...

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  • 1975
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    Paper Tiger

    Paper Tiger

    5.7 1975 HD

    A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped...

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  • 1961
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    Very Important Person

    Very Important Person

    5.5 1961 HD

    Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist...

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  • 1968
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    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    5.7 1968 HD

    A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.

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  • 1954
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    The Seekers

    The Seekers

    5.7 1954 HD

    A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.

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  • 1948
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    Miranda

    Miranda

    6.3 1948 HD

    A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.

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  • 1950
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    Trio

    Trio

    6.3 1950 HD

    W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

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  • 1961
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    The Hellions

    The Hellions

    6.1 1961 HD

    Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small...

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  • 1962
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    Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

    6.3 1962 HD

    A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a...

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  • 1962
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    Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

    6.3 1962 HD

    A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a...

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  • 1955
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    Value for Money

    Value for Money

    6.6 1955 HD

    A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he...

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  • 1952
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    The Planter's Wife

    The Planter's Wife

    6.2 1952 HD

    The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.

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  • 1948
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    Broken Journey

    Broken Journey

    6 1948 HD

    A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged...

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  • 1949
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    Landfall

    Landfall

    7 1949 HD

    A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable...

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  • 1948
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    Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

    6.4 1948 HD

    The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix'...

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  • 1949
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    The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

    6.6 1949 HD

    Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family...

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  • 1949
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    Vote for Huggett

    Vote for Huggett

    6.6 1949 HD

    A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a...

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  • 1956
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    Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat

    6.3 1956 HD

    Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

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  • 1947
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    Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

    6.1 1947 HD

    The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend...

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  • 1956
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    Loser Takes All

    Loser Takes All

    5.4 1956 HD

    Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the...

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  • 1963
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    The Informers

    The Informers

    6.8 1963 HD

    When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to...

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  • 1981
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    Cheaper to Keep Her

    Cheaper to Keep Her

    4 1981 HD

    A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.

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  • 1954
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    You Know What Sailors Are

    You Know What Sailors Are

    4.2 1954 HD

    The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieutenant Green, a radar expert in the Royal Navy. One...

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  • 1946
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    Fenlands

    Fenlands

    1 1946 HD

    A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

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  • 1953
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    The Sword and the Rose

    The Sword and the Rose

    6.4 1953 HD

    Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She...

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  • 1946
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    Fenlands

    Fenlands

    1 1946 HD

    A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

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  • 1946
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    Fenlands

    Fenlands

    1 1946 HD

    A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

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  • 1958
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    Nor the Moon by Night

    Nor the Moon by Night

    6 1958 HD

    When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. The...

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  • 1978
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    The Pirate

    The Pirate

    5.5 1978 HD

    An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil...

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  • 1988
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    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

    5.7 1988 HD

    After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr....

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  • 1979
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    Institute for Revenge

    Institute for Revenge

    4 1979 HD

    A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the...

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  • 1978
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    Murder at the Mardi Gras

    Murder at the Mardi Gras

    1 1978 HD

    A bubble-brained Philadelphia waitress witnesses a murder during the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and finds herself stalked by the killer.

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  • 1967
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    The Long Duel

    The Long Duel

    5.1 1967 HD

    An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of the Raj's north-west frontier. Despite his...

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  • 1943
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    London 1942

    London 1942

    1 1943 HD

    Propaganda short about the capital's efforts to adapt to the third year of war.

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  • 1946
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    We of the West Riding

    We of the West Riding

    1 1946 HD

    Exploring the daily life of a large family in Yorkshire, at work in the textile mills and at play.

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  • 1946
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    Make Fruitful the Land

    Make Fruitful the Land

    1 1946 HD

    A Technicolor film on the principles and practicalities of crop rotation, illustrated with diagrams and models.

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  • 1946
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    English Criminal Justice

    English Criminal Justice

    1 1946 HD

    Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

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