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End of Empire

0.0 IMDb tt1658557 1985 Documentary

Chronicling the last days of British rule around the globe, through the remarkably candid reminiscences of both colonizers and the colonized.

Cast

Robin Ellis

The Beginning of the End

The Beginning of the End 51m The fall of Singapore in 1942, and an examination of how the British Empire -- the largest in…

India: Engine of War

India: Engine of War 51m In 1939 Lord Linlithgow the Viceroy, declared India at war with Germany without consulting one Indian, and Winston…

India: The Muslim Card

India: The Muslim Card 50m At Independence, Britain's achievement of bringing unity to India was destroyed, mainly due to Winston Churchill and the…

India: Divide and Quit

India: Divide and Quit 52m By early 1947, British soldiers and officials could no longer control India. Their numbers had fallen and a…

Malaya

Malaya 51m The British Army and Chinese Communists fought side-by-side against Japanese forces in the Malayan jungle in the 1940s.…

Palestine

Palestine 51m In promising the Jewish people a home in a country which belonged to Arabs, the British were embarking…

Iran

Iran 51m In 1953 the British exercised imperialist muscle and toppled Iranian PM Mohammad Mosaddegh -- who had freed his…

Egypt

Egypt 52m Egypt was formally part of the empire from 1914 to 1922, but the Suez Canal zone remained central…

Aden

Aden 52m Britain thought it could hang on to Aden after giving independence to all its principal colonies in Asia…

Cyprus

Cyprus 52m Leading Cypriots petitioned twice to join Greece in a dominant Greek political state -- in 1830 upon the…

The Gold Coast

The Gold Coast 52m Riots in Accra and other Gold Coast towns in 1948 tested Britain's post-India strategy of power sharing, moderate…

Kenya

Kenya 51m Mau Mau -- depraved barbarians to the British, desperate nationalists in their own eyes -- waged a bloody…

The Rider and the Horse

The Rider and the Horse 52m In 1953 Britain launched a huge new state in Africa made up of the present Zambia, Zimbabwe, and…

Rhodesia

Rhodesia 52m In a 15-year rebellion, white Rhodesians seized independence illegally and held it in the face of world opposition…

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