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  • Culloden (1964)
    Review preview for Culloden

    It is accurate to say that Watkins's Culloden is truly a seminal work, which, in many ways, changed forever the way in which documentary and historical programmes were shot.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Tale of the historic battle - emphasising the plight of the Highlanders.
  • Punishment Park (1971)
    Review preview for Punishment Park

    Punishment Park is an extraordinary film - provocative, incendiary and deeply depressing.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Psuedo documentary in which a film crew follow a group of US draft dodgers and rebels as they are given the choice between jail and a three-day endurance test in the park of the title.
  • The War Game (1965)
    Review preview for The War Game

    There is nothing subtle about this documentary, no place for irony just shocking image after image to bring home the terror of war.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    What would happen if a nuclear bomb hit Kent?

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