Features: Full Frame, Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound
Richard Basehart, Ernst Hanfstaengl. Here's the incredible story of how an Austrian paper-hanger rose from total obscurity to become master of the German people—the definitive pictorial record of the... more
The Spitfire was the plane that nobody wanted. It was turned down by the British Government, by industry and even by the Royal Air Force, when the design was first presented to them. It survived only... more
Between 1942 and 1945 the US built up from scratch the largest overseas air force in it's history based on over 120 airfields in Britain. The 8th US Army Air Force, The 'Mighty 8th' as it became... more
Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought out far from the bombs and shells of any battlefront. A war that involved the... more
June 6, 1944 marks the date of the largest military operation of WWII with the Allied forces landing on the beaches of Normandy and changing the world forever. Using state-of-the-art cinematography... more
The horrific story of the WWI battle on July 1, 1916, in Somme, France, unfolds here in an extraordinary documentary. The gripping details are accompanied by rare footage and archival photographs,... more
Features: Full Frame, Subtitled, Digital Theater System
Leni Riefenstahl's classic piece of historical filmmaking, filmed during the 1934 Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, Germany, is considered by many to be one of the most important films ever made.... more
Utilizing restored, previously unseen, and stunningly graphic color footage from the National Archives-then combining it with audio effects and sobering narration from two dozen surviving World War... more
The epic mini-series from Ken Burns, now in a beautifully restored 25th Anniversary Edition, revisits the defining war which divided America's house into two…so it ultimately could become one. This... more
Current documentary eyes set their sights on the pivotal battles of the Vietnam War. This set offers incredible footage and strategic information as it journeys through the war from start to finish!... more
This documentary is dedicated to four of the greatest American generals of World War II. Patton - Known by his troops as 'Old Blood and Guts', he could march his men over 100 miles in a day to... more
In 1942, Slovak teenager and cantor's daughter Helena Citron was sent to Auschwitz, where her singing voice captivated not-much-older SS officer Franz Wunsch. A relationship that, if discovered,... more
LIVING HISTORY AT ITS BEST.THIS 4-HOUR D-DAY ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL IS PART OF TED FITZGERALDS LIVING HISTORY SERIES OF WW2 MILITARY CAMPAIGNS:We must never forget the lessons learned on D-Day, June 6,... more
Features: Manufactured on Demand, Full Frame, Subtitled
Award winning director George Stevens created a personal wartime diary for WWII in this acclaimed, color documentary that spans the Normandy invasion to the liberation of Paris. 1994/color-b&w/46... more
The Cold Blue is a stirring tribute to the men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew deadly missions during World War II. Half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties during the war were suffered by the... more
John Huston directed 4 films for the Army, as an officer in the Signal Corps. As he witnessed more carnage, his films turned darker—with the third one in this listing never screened for the public by... more
The dark aura of Nazis is brought to the screen with a unique perspective. This documentary interrogates the Nazis themselves, including people who worked very closely with Hitler. See the... more
A chronicle of a French city under the occupation. Director Marcel Ophuls combined interviews and archival film footage to explore the reality of the French occupation in one small industrial city,... more
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage... more
You'll be pitching with the heaving waves on the decks of American warships and rolling with the aviators diving out of the sun against swarms of Japanese Zeros from the comforts of your armchair... more
Turning sights and cameras to the Eastern front, this intense documentary retells the story of three amazing battles with intimate details of weapons used, the leaders and commanders and their... more