Timewatch
Season 16 Episode 4 - The Boer War: The First Media War
6.9 ?
1982
Documentary
The Boer War of 1899-1902 saw correspondents and cameramen play a major part in war propaganda for the first time. Diaries, memoirs, photographs and films form part of an examination of the media's role in a conflict that saw young journalists Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling and writer Edgar Wallace make their names.
Episodes in Season 16
1
Love Story
50 min
2
Before Columbus
50 min
3
Secret Memories
50 min
4
The Boer War: The First Media War
50 min
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Birth Story
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6
Forgotten Allies
50 min
7
Back to the Iron Age
50 min
8
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
50 min
9
Lords of the Maya
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10
Alison: A Personal History
50 min
11
The Gentlemen Spies
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13
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