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Publisher
St. Clair Vision
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Over 9 hours of historical footage and documentaries featuring Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, and Jimmy Stewart. Includes authentic newsreels, classic cartoons, rarely seen footage of D-Day, and more.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
After the D-Day invasion, a squad of American soldiers led by Captain John Miller embarks on a dangerous special mission--go behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat.
Series
Publisher
Kenwood Productions
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009]
Language
English
Description
"The men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, describe the ferocious battle for Peleliu, "an island on fire." In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines attacked 10,000 battle-hardened Japanese soldiers dug into hundreds of fortified and reinforced coral and limestone caves. 28 days of unrelenting battle with no quarter asked or given. The Marines' goal: to kill the enemy before they kill you. The tale of Peleliu...
Publisher
Movie Classics
Pub. Date
2000, 1943.
Language
English
Description
An Irving Berlin musical tribute intended to boost morale during World War II. It honors the patriotic efforts of American soldiers during World Wars I and II. Berlin appears as himself, as does singer Kate Smith who delivers a rousing rendition of God bless America, for which she received the Congressional Gold Medal. Ronald Reagan stars as Johnny Jones, a son who follows in his father's show business footsteps. During World War I his father Jerry...
9) Windtalkers
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In the Pacific theater during World War II, a Marine is assigned to protect a Navajo codetalker.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, known as "the Basterds," hatch a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler who will be attending a film premier at a Paris theater owned by a Jewish woman.
11) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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.
13) Little boy
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A seven-year-old boy tries to do everything in his power to bring his father home from World War II.
14) Casablanca
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, his beautiful wife Ilsa and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine is still the same old story, but it's never looked better.
15) Allied
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After an intelligence officer and a female French Resistance fighter meet behind enemy lines during World War II, their reunion later in London is tested by the pressures of war.
16) The war
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
17) The longest day
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, 1962.
Language
English
Description
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
20) A bridge too far
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
At Arnheim in 1944, the Allies suffered a disasterous defeat attempting to airdrop in Holland behind German lines. Based on a true story.
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