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  2. Category:1940s in British cinema - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1940s in British cinema" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  3. List of British films of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick

  4. Gainsborough melodramas - Wikipedia

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    During the mid-1940s, with many of the men fighting in the Second World War, and many of the children evacuated to rural areas, women attained more financial responsibility and independence by having to work, and Gainsborough Pictures took advantage of this by providing films with powerful images of female independence and rebellion that resonated deeply with audiences.

  5. List of films featuring slavery - Wikipedia

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    The Netflix series Roman Empire has an episode on Caesar and his war against Spartacus in Season 2 episode 1. Stealing a Nation: 2004: Recounts the experiences of the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean by the establishment of an American military base. Video: Tamango: 1958: A slave ship crosses the Atlantic, and the slaves rebel.

  6. 'Out of the Jaws of Hell!': Kentucky’s history of anti ...

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    With the rise of the anti-slavery movement, Kentucky lawmakers revised the criminal code in 1830 to provide for a sentence of from two to 20 years confinement for those convicted of “Seducing or ...

  7. 1940s in film - Wikipedia

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    Rear projection in color remained out of reach until Paramount introduced a new projection system in the 1940s. New matte techniques, modified for use with color, were for the first time used in the British film The Thief of Bagdad (1940). However, the high cost of color production in the 1940s meant most films were black and white. [1]

  8. Category:1940s British films - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film) Christmas Under Fire; Christopher Columbus (1949 film) Code of Scotland Yard; Colonel Bogey (film) The Common Touch; Conspirator (1949 film) Convoy (1940 film) Corridor of Mirrors (film) Counterblast; The Courtneys of Curzon Street; Crimes at the Dark House; Crook's Tour; Cup-tie Honeymoon; The Cure for Love ...

  9. When did Kentucky actually abolish slavery? A lot later than ...

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    A timeline of historical events shows the complex nature of the Civil War, Camp Nelson and emancipation in Kentucky. ... Dec. 6, 1865: National ratification of 13th Amendment, which ends slavery ...