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Culloden ; the war game

The first film re-creates the 1746 Battle of Culloden between the highland Scottish forces of Prince Charles and regular British Army troops. The second film dramatizes possible effects of nuclear war on Great Britain.

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  • "Battle of Culloden and the war game"
  • "War game and Culloden"@en
  • "War game"
  • "War game"@en
  • "Battle of Culloden"
  • "Two war documentaries"
  • "Now showing, the war game and Culloden"@en
  • "Battle of Culloden & the war game, two war documentaries"

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  • "Culloden describes participants and their reasons for going to battle as well as the killing of the wounded after the English victory."
  • "The first film re-creates the 1746 Battle of Culloden between the highland Scottish forces of Prince Charles and regular British Army troops. The second film dramatizes possible effects of nuclear war on Great Britain."@en
  • "Two anti-war films by Peter Watkins -- the first, Culloden, is a dramatic reenactment of the Battle of Culloden in 1746 in Scotland between the rebellious highland Scotch forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) and the regular British Army sent to Scotland to put down the rebellion. The battle, won by the British, was one of the most mishandled and brutal in British history. The second film, The War Game, fictionally enacts the carnage and destruction that would result from a thermonuclear war between the Soviet Union and England. The film, originally intended as a BBC documentary, raises distribing questions about the societal logic that permits the existence of thermonuclear weapons."
  • "A re-creation of the last battle fought on British soil, and a fictional enactment of a nuclear war in Britain."@en
  • "War game uses information from the bombings of Hamburg, Dresden, Darmstad, Hiroshima and Nagasaki to prepare British citizens for a possible nuclear attack. Shows fire storm and the deaths it causes."
  • "A recreation of the last battle fought on British soil, and a fictional enactment of a nuclear war in Britain."@en
  • "Culloden: In 1746 Scots fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie lose to English forces in Scotland at the brutal battle of Culloden."
  • "War game: A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check."
  • "Two anti-war films by Peter Watkins -- the first, Culloden, is a dramatic reenactment of the Battle of Culloden in 1746 in Scotland between the rebellious highland Scotch forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) and the regular British Army sent to Scotland to put down the rebellion. The battle, won by the British, was one of the most mishandled and brutal in British history. The War Game fictionally enacts the carnage and destruction that would result from a thermonuclear war between the Soviet Union and England. The film, originally intended as a BBC documentary, raises distribing questions about the societal logic that permits the existence of thermonuclear weapons."

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  • "Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)"
  • "War films"
  • "Documentary-style films"
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  • "History"
  • "Feature films"

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  • "Culloden ; The war game"
  • "Culloden ; the war game"@en
  • "Culloden The war game"
  • "Culloden ; the War game"@en
  • "Culloden, the war game"@en
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