Movies: John Shrapnel

  • 1976
    Hitting Town

    Hitting Town (1976)

    Hitting Town

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    Ralph decides to give his sister Clare a night on the town to cheer her up. They visit a burger bar and a disco in a modern precinct, and Clare gets slightly drunk. At the end of the evening, they both end up at Clare's flat....

    Hitting Town
  • 2005
    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic (2005)

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

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    Join Georg Riha and his team in this ORF-UNIVERSUM production and discover one of the most beautiful stretches along the Danube.Featuring a great number of aerial shots, this documentary captures the cultural and natural beauty of the entire region, ...

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
  • 2001
    Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

    Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2 (2001)

    Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

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    The dramatic stories of Fritz Wiessner’s 1939 K2 expedition and Charlie Houston’s return in 1953. K2 is one of the hardest mountains in the world to climb. This film focuses on the expeditions of Fritz Wiessner and Charlie Houston in 1953. An award ...

    Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
  • 1979
    Gossip from the Forest

    Gossip from the Forest (1979)

    Gossip from the Forest

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    The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War....

    Gossip from the Forest
  • 2003
    Wild Women of Viramba

    Wild Women of Viramba (2003)

    Wild Women of Viramba

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    Following years of research, the intimacies of this female-led group of baboons, are dramatically revealed. Almost every day for the past 25 years, the Viramba troop of yellow baboons have been accompanied by scientists in one of the most extensive p...

    Wild Women of Viramba
  • 2003
    The Race for Everest

    The Race for Everest (2003)

    The Race for Everest

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    The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the r...

    The Race for Everest
  • 2000
    Supermassive Black Holes

    Supermassive Black Holes (2000)

    Supermassive Black Holes

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    "Horizon" examines the recent discovery of supermassive black holes, which spawn galaxies even as they threaten to destroy everything in their path....

    Supermassive Black Holes
  • 2014
    OXI, an Act of Resistance

    OXI, an Act of Resistance (2014)

    OXI, an Act of Resistance

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    The popular resistance to the current Greek economic crisis explored and expressed through the ethical and political writings of Ancient Greece....

    OXI, an Act of Resistance
  • 2017
    Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

    Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story (2017)

    Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

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    In 1957, Britain exploded its first megaton hydrogen bomb - codenamed Operation Grapple X. It was the culmination of an extraordinary scientific project, which against almost insuperable odds turned Britain into a nuclear superpower. Featuring access...

    Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
  • 1969
    The Ha-Ha

    The Ha-Ha (1969)

    The Ha-Ha

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    A young woman has a mental breakdown in a state institution....

    The Ha-Ha
  • 2004
    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (2004)

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

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    Greece, a land of breathtaking beauty and light. A land where science, art and inspiration from the gods combined to produce some of the world's greatest marvels of architecture and design. The ancient Greeks used buildings and structures to reflect ...

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
  • 2016
    The Return of the Flying Scotsman

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman (2016)

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman

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    Film following the Flying Scotsman, the world's most famous steam engine, as it returns to the tracks following a ten-year restoration which cost more than £4 million....

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman
  • 2013
    Run.

    Run. (2013)

    Run.

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    A mysterious boy bursts into an internet café, claiming he is being chased by a murderous foe. The owner does not share his urgency, nor does he seem overly keen on helping the boy, in fact his only advice is to sit at a computer, to 'take machine nu...

    Run.