The Open University Movies

  • 2013
    The Challenger Disaster

    The Challenger Disaster

    The Challenger Disaster

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    When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven...

    The Challenger Disaster
  • 1977
    The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

    The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

    The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

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    Behind the scenes of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', produced by The Open University.

    The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
  • 2009
    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

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    Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David...

    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
  • 2014
    Castles in the Sky

    Castles in the Sky

    Castles in the Sky

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    England, while the storm clouds of Nazism menace Germany. Robert Watson Watt and a team of eccentric and brilliant meteorologists struggle to turn...

    Castles in the Sky
  • 2013
    The Fantastic Mr Feynman

    The Fantastic Mr Feynman

    The Fantastic Mr Feynman

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    Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century. He helped design the atomic bomb, solved the...

    The Fantastic Mr Feynman
  • 2011
    The End of an Era

    The End of an Era

    The End of an Era

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    Human extinction is almost impossible to imagine, but the notion is never far away in environmental debates. This animation takes an insect eye view...

    The End of an Era
  • 2006
    The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

    The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

    The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

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    Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German...

    The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
  • 2008
    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha

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    Here's the full true story of "Bloody Omaha". Thousands of soldiers were killed as soon as they stepped onto the beach, or even into the water as...

    D-Day: The True Story of Omaha