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1) Black sheep
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Every time Mike tries to help his brother Al during his campaign for governor it becomes a disaster. Campaign-aide Steve volunteers to baby-sit Mike and soon realizes he made a big mistake. When Mike discovers the incumbent is a crook he reaches a new level of destruction.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Takes viewers to the front lines of the European, the Pacific and the African theatres of the deadliest conflict in human history. This comprehensive 10-part series chronicles the second half of this global military conflict in a masterfully scripted presentation filled with rare and authentic archive footage produced by internationally acclaimed documentarians, Pacific Media.
4) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about the Pacific Theater of World War II and the pivotal battles along the way. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Who were the Allied Powers? What happened at the Battle of Iwo Jima? What was the Manhattan Project? Why did the United States drop the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and dynamic videos...
6) Overlord
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
With only hours until D-Day, a small team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that is crucial to the invasion's success. These outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.
9) D-day
Publisher
St. Clair Vision
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"Prelude of war", a famous propaganda piece used as a US Army training film, demonstrates how the polical mistakes made the end of WWI eventually led ot WWII. "Normandy invasion", photographed by US Coast Guards, delves into the intricacies of planning D-day, as well as the crossing of the English Channel, the weather that challenged Eisenhower's plans, and the number of soldiers, naval vessels, ships and aircrafts that took part in the invasion....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist 'Calamity' Jane Bodine. In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy, now coaching the opposition.
12) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When British and Allied troops become trapped and defenseless on the beaches of Dunkirk, civilians and officers set out in hundreds of small boats in an effort to rescue them.
Series
Formats
Description
Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes DVD
Pub. Date
2001
Description
The U.S. military's response to the attack on Pearl Harbor including actual wartime footage. Also included are Target Tokyo, a 1945 documentary which follows the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortresses, and another World War II short film, Air war against Japan. Appointment in Tokyo, a 1945 documentary, features enemy film taken from captured Japanese newsreels, and depicts General Douglas MacArthur's long struggle to fight his way back...
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
May 8th, 2020 marks 75 years since Victory in Europe, when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies ending WWII in Europe. Relive that electrifying day, and many of the dramatic events leading up to it, through the words of the people who remember it.
20) Irresistible
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A Democratic strategist assists a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
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