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Dial history

Belgium, 1997
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In the found footage tradition, ‘Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y’ takes the viewer on a journey through media footage of airplane hijacking and other terrorism.

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Voyage to the center of the phone lines

United States, 1993
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Age of terror

United Kingdom, 2003
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La Jetee

France, 1962
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Black Hole Radio

United States, 1992
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Dutch in Seven Lessons

Netherlands, 1948
Similarity: 66%

The Esthetics of Disappearance

Japan, 1986
Similarity: 66%

Terrorism

Unknown
Similarity: 66%

The Interrogation

Australia, 2003
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State of the art. Part 1: History

United Kingdom, 1986
Similarity: 65%

Talk radio

United States, 1988
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Film Ist

Austria, 1998
Similarity: 65%

History in action

United Kingdom, 1984
Similarity: 65%

La Jetee = The Pier

France, 1962
Similarity: 65%

Chronicle of a disappearance [NTSC]

Palestinian Territory, Occupied, 1996
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Touring Holland by bicycle

Netherlands, 1981
Similarity: 64%

Surrealism and Dada

United States, 1971
Similarity: 64%

The Journey. Part 1

Sweden, 1987
Similarity: 64%

Art of the sixties

United States, 1967
Similarity: 64%
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