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Britannia -the Film

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A reflected history in eight reels.
Reel 2: Merrie England
'Costume dramas are, on the whole, not about the past; they are using the facts of history to comment on the present. That is supremely true of the two Queen Victoria films - Victoria the Great and Sixty Glorious Years.'
JEFFREY RICHARDS
With the opinions of film historians
Jeffrey Richards and Sue Harper , directors Richard Lester and John Boorman and the voices, among others, of MARGARET LOCKWOOD , JAMES MASON.
ANNA NEAGLE , FLORA ROBSON and CHARLES LAUGHTON. Reader DAVID KING
Compiled and researched by PAUL WELLS Narrated by CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING
Directed by JOHN POWELL Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Richards
Unknown:
Jeffrey Richards
Unknown:
Sue Harper
Directors:
Richard Lester
Directors:
John Boorman
Unknown:
Margaret Lockwood
Unknown:
James Mason.
Unknown:
Anna Neagle
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Reader:
Charles Laughton.
Unknown:
Christopher Frayling
Directed By:
John Powell
Source: Radio Times

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