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BBC History of World War II - DVD
This ambitious project is full of startling archival footage and eyewitness
interviews that bring to life some of the most monumental events of World
War II. Episodes include The Nazis: A Warning from History, The Road to
War, Dunkirk, The Battle of the Atlantic, Horror in the East, Battlefields,
D-Day: Reflections of Courage, and Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State.
You even get three full-length bonus programs and a 40-page booklet. Color
and B&W, stereo, 31 hrs. 10 min. on 12 DVDs.
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A Newsreel History of the Third Reich Volume 1 - DVD
This series features compilations of German newsreels that were plundered by
Russian troops in 1945.
See Germany try to recover from the Great War and Hitler's emergence as the
German chancellor. B&W, 57 minutes.
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10 Days to D-Day - DVD
Interweaving the actions of the three participating
military titans - Churchill, Eisenhower and Rommel - with the narratives of
ten individuals poised on the brink of the impending invasion, this program
uses official documents, personal letters and diaries, moving interviews of
living participants from both sides, and detailed reconstructions to propel
you, day-by-day, through the ten days that led up to the beaches and
flak-filled skies of D-Day. Color and B&W, 1 hr. 40 min. |
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True Whispers
The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. This program explores the personal and
heartfelt story of the Navajo code talkers of World War II, from the young
Navajo men's recruitment from harsh government boarding schools into the
Marines, through their development of an unbreakable code in their native
language, to their transmittal of vital messages in the midst of heavy
combat against the Japanese from 1942-45. B&W and color, 1 hour. |
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A Paratrooper's Story
Through interviews with veterans of the 501st and 502nd Parachute Infantry
Regiments as well as archival film footage, captured German film and
personal photographs, this fascinating documentary examines the exploits of
the 101st Airborne Division paratroopers - the "Screaming Eagles" - in World
War II, from jump training at Fort Benning through their daring night jump
into Normandy in advance of the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge.
Color and B&W, 1 hr. 30 min.
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All Quiet on the Western Front - DVD
This is the original, Academy
Award Best Picture and Best Director-winning film that follows a group of
young and idealistic German soldiers as they come to learn the true horrors
of the Great War. 1930 restored version, B&W, 1 hr. 43 min.
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Allied Armor - DVD
This documentary take you right
to the front lines of World War II to see German, Italian, Japanese,
American, British and Soviet tanks, self-propelled guns, and armored cars as
they battle their way through Poland, Holland, North Africa, Italy,
Normandy, the steppes of Russia and the islands of the Pacific. Includes
rare wartime footage and commentary by leading military experts. B&W, 1 hour
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Axis Armor - DVD
This documentary take you right to the front lines of World War II to see
German, Italian, Japanese, American, British and Soviet tanks,
self-propelled guns, and armored cars as they battle their way through
Poland, Holland, North Africa, Italy, Normandy, the steppes of Russia and
the islands of the Pacific. Includes rare wartime footage and commentary by
leading military experts. B&W, 1 hour.
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Army/Navy Screen Magazine - DVD
This 2-disc collection presents
various segments from Screen Magazine, a biweekly news and entertainment
short that was shown before the feature in all military theaters during
World War II. You'll view the popular Private Snafu cartoon that was written
by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel and animated by Warner. Bros. as well as human
interest stores from the home front, news about major combat events and
variety shows with the top entertainers of the day. B&W, 4 hr.
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Atlantic Wall - DVD-R - Modern Marvels
In his quest to dominate a
continent, Adolf Hitler faced a formidable task-defending 3,000 miles of
coastline from an invasion that he knew was coming. To do so, the Nazis
erected an incredible string of fortifications that came to be known as the
Atlantic Wall. This incredible program uses captured Nazi documents, expert
commentary, combat and archival footage, and the recollections of the
soldiers who lived through D-Day to tell the story of the most extensive
defensive edifice erected since the Great Wall. Color and B&W, 50 minutes.
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Auschwitz - DVD
Inside the Nazi State.
More than any previous documentary about the Holocaust, this remarkable BBC
series reveals the inner workings of Hitler's infamous "final solution" at
Auschwitz and that killing factory's evolution into a highly efficient
location for the industrialized extermination of well over one million Jews,
gypsies and other so-called "mongrel races" between 1940 and 1945. Color and
B&W, 5 hours on 2 DVDs |
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