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Publisher
distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The mettle of the Corps was proven at Midway, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc. Nearly 87,000 Marines were killed or wounded during World War II, and 82 earned the Medal Of Honor. Through three years of conflict, over thousands of miles of the trackless Pacific against a determined enemy, Marines fought for freedom, for America and for the Corps. Authentic historic film footage taken by Marine combat...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The series looks at World War II through the eyes of ordinary people from all sides of the conflict. The new seven-episode season will follow the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Up to 30,000 Jews may have fled to Europe's forests, arming themselves to fight the Nazis, with rebellions in other ghettos and in some camps. Rare archival footage, historical photographs, and original artwork by partisan fighter Alexander Bogen document the lost history.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
8) Beach red
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c1967
Description
Focuses on the efforts of an American Marine unit to capture a small Japanese-held island during World War II.
9) Jojo Rabbit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
10) Air strike
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
As a U.S. Army colonel trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside.
11) The exception
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2003
Description
For the very first time, the complete history of World War 2 is now available in this exciting and comprehensive 5 DVD documentary collection that traces, in extraordinary detail, the monumental story of the greatest conflict of our times. The British Movietone Company presents this comprehensive and thrilling look at the 20th Century's most decisive conflict. Featuring a strong narrative and complete with original music scored dramatically for this...
14) 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.
15) Father Goose
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
During World War II, a South Seas wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as a sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their headmistress.
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.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude's every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear; lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the...
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.
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