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In a World War II German labor camp, five female prisoners on the eve of escape are facing a tough choice: to identify and give away the murderer of a guard officer to the camp directorate or to die on the gallows. The youngest woman is the main suspect as she had been in an illicit relationship with that officer. Only hours remain for the women to make their fateful decision.
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In the late 1800s, Mr. John Holland hit upon the idea of powering a submarine with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. In 1901, the Holland I was launched. The Second World War showed the first widespread use of these underwater vessels. From the first attempts during the American Civil War to that widespread use during World War II, the history of the submarine has been fraught with difficulties. Rare archival footage and film of...
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This film is the official documentary report compiled from over 80,000 feet of film shot by Allied military photographers in the German concentration camps immediately after liberation. The footage is a camp-by-camp record taken in order to provide lasting objective proof of the horrors the liberators witnessed. Some emphasis is also placed on the humanitarian work done in the camps by the liberators.
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An installment of director Frank Capra's propaganda series during World War II, this documentary examines the full and rich Chinese culture and history, while highlighting the Japanese invasion of China and the reasons Japan seeks to conquer the country. Depicting numerous atrocities inflicted upon the Chinese people, the film brings to light the need for U.S. involvement in the war effort. Capra also captures the determined will and spirit of those...
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This Academy-award nominated documentary features real footage from the United States Marine Corps and shows the bombardment of the island of Iwo Jima during the Allied advance on Japan. This film was one of the first to feature footage in color of war-time battles. It captures the moment that was made famous by Joe Rosenthal's photograph in which five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised a giant U.S. flag atop the five-hundred-and-fifty-foot-high Mt....
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Produced and narrated by Hollywood legend Army First Lieutenant Clark Gable, Combat America is a thrilling and informative World War II propaganda film originally distributed by the United States Office of War Information. This documentary recounts the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during World War II. The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over...
8) Dunkirk
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It is early May: the year 1940. In London, the civil population, lulled into an atmosphere of false security, goes about its business as usual. Even the official war communiqué's merely report activity on the Front.
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This documentary was compiled at the end of World War II and was then, as it remains now, a thorough and fascinating overview of America's wartime exploits in the Pacific theater. Narrated by Captain Carl Zimmerman a then-unknown army correspondent who went on to great success in the American radio scene the documentary follows the battles that resulted in Japanese defeats at New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and the Central Pacific. Prominently featured is...
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Filmed by the U.S. Coast Guard cameramen with additional footage provided by the U.S. Navy and the Army Air Forces, this 1945 American documentary film looks at the historic day of June 6, 1944 a day known as D-Day, but also known by the codename Operation Overlord. That was the day that Allied soldiers took the German Army by surprise and launched a surprise attack on Normandy. The day is referred to as the beginning of the end of World War II. See...
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WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron Lt. Royal Stratton leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with firsthand accounts and historical images, showcase the valor of this squadron who face overwhelming odds to bring their brothers home.
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Following a unit of soldiers from the Royal Air Force, director Harry Watt captures from beginning to end the undertaking of a British mission to bomb a strategic German facility during World War II. On location at RAF Bomber Command, Watt manages to record all of the reconnaissance and preparation needed to complete the dangerous but vital mission. Once the commanders decide the strategy, the men board the bomber to destroy their target but the Germans...
13) Redeeming Hope
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Follow the riveting story of Denver McCabe, a homeless veteran suffering from PTSD and struggling with addictions. Longing for peace, his search leaves him empty and broken. Will he find any hope in the darkness?
14) Revolution 1917
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A soldier goes to Paris to visit the grave of his great-grandfather, who had been an officer in the Army during the Russian Revolution. On the headstone of the grave next to his great-grandfather's he notices the face of a young woman. Later, while walking through Paris, Andrey sees a woman, who looks just like the young woman he had seen on the headstone. So begins the telling of two love stories
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This engrossing documentary (originally designated as War Department Information Film #7) gives an in-depth look at the culture and values of America in the years immediately preceding our entry into World War II. Captured enemy film footage also affords a unique look into the cultures and values we opposed.
17) Eternal Winter
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The true story of forgotten prisoners of Soviet gulag in 1945.
18) Dog Jack
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This Civil War family film is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape from a plantation, join the Union army and eventually face their former master on the battlefield. The story is based on the true-life adventures of the mascot of the Pennsylvania 102nd.
19) Tunisian Victory
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In the autumn of 1942, Allied forces prepare to mount a massive military offensive in North Africa against Germany's Afrika Korps. Two soldiers, one British and the other American, describe their experiences throughout the campaign. Their hopes and fears are revealed as they trace the offensive's progress from its initial stages in Operations Torch and Acrobat to its glorious culmination in the liberation of Tunis. This captivating documentary is...
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From late 1943 to the spring of 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his officers prepare the American Army, Navy, and Air Force to take back the island of Great New Britain from the occupying Japanese. U. S. Army personnel go through training maneuvers on New Guinea, with the help of natives who familiarize them with jungle tactics. As American bombers launch a preemptive attack, naval forces bombard the island before the military lands at dawn in two...