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World Service,16 Oct 1996,27 mins

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The birth and development of the Western film genre in Hollywood with audio clips including 'High Noon'. Contributors include film makers John Millius, Lindsay Anderson, Fred Zinnemann and Jim Jarmusch and Mario Van Peebles and actor Geraldine Keams.

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