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9066 TO 9/11
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The new realities of a post 9/11-world provide an interesting lens through which to examine the WWII-era treatment of Japanese-Americans. This short film approaches these issues through interviews with Yuri Kochiyama, Rev. Art Takemoto, Jerry Kang, Dr. Art Hanson, Linda Sherif, Ban Al-Wardi, Tajuddin Shuaib, and Evelyn Yoshimura. 20 mins.
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AFRIKA KORPS
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This Nazi propaganda film follows General Rommel's army in North Africa. In German with English subtitles. Fritz Hippler---Germany---1942---82 mins.
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AIR POWER: WALTER CRONKITE
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Walter Cronkite narrates this four-part series on air conflict during World War II. Learn about the long-range bombers of The Nazi War Machine, the lightning-fast forces of the Japanese Conquest and the powerful America n response in Allied Victory and Victory from the Sky. Approximately 90 minutes per episode. Four-volume set.
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AIRCRAFT OF THE LUFTWAFFE
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This massive 8-DVD box set examines the menacing and deadly planes that made the German Air Force one of the most fearful forces fighting in World War II. Learn what made flying machines like the Messerschmitt Me-262, the Ju-52 and the Stuka diver bomber efficient killers. USA---2007---435 mins.
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ALLIES AT WAR
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Brian Dennehy narrates this look at the often stormy relationships between Franklin Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill during World War II. The conflict between the leaders (particularly between Roosevelt and de Gaulle) raged even as the fate of the world rested with the Allied Forces on the battlefield. USA, 2002, 125 mins.
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APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO
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A documentary compiled from archive footage taken from the vaults of various government agencies. This World War II video emphasizes the Pacific theatre of operations as told from the perspective of the war fought in the air. Witness dogfights, bombing runs, aircraft carriers, and kamikazes. B&W, 56 mins.
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ARCHITECTURE OF DOOM
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A brilliant documentary which explores the inner workings of the Third Reich and illuminates the Nazi aesthetic in art, architecture and popular culture. Director Peter Cohen uses this analysis of Nazi art and architecture to shed new light on German popular culture, which made Hitler possible. Music by Richard Wagner, footage of Hitler and his Nazi party and rare films and memorabilia are combined to show how a civilized country supported a frustrated artist who became a maniacal despot. Peter Cohen---USA---1995---119 mins.
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ASSORTED NAZI POLITICAL FILMS
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Four short films that are important records of the Nazi era. Hitler addresses a civilian crowd during a 1932 election rally; Hitler, Goring and Streicher march to the Feldeherrnhalle to honor comrades who died in the 1923 Munich revolt; Hitler speaks following the takeover in Austria in 1938; and Goebbels is seen in excerpts from his infamous "Do you want total war?" speech of February, 1943. 31 mins.
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AUSCHWITZ: INSIDE NAZI STATE
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Writer Laurence Rees and his team of filmmakers interviewed scores of Nazi perpetrators, death camp survivors, and other eyewitnesses as part of this devastating six-part documentary series on Auschwitz. Rees' film is extraordinarily thorough, mixing archival footage with dramatic recreations and computer-based reconstructions to offer a new interpretation of the history and psychology behind the Nazi terror. A significant contribution to Laurence Rees---2005
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B-17: FLYING LEGEND
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An in-depth look at the B-17 bomber, the aircraft responsible for multiple victories against German air power during WWII, of which only 13 of 12,731 manufactured still exist. Includes rare footage of the B-17 in action, in addition to bonus photo galleries, interviews, a virtual tour of the B-17, the original pilots' notes, footage of the last flying B-17's, and the original 1944 documentary, Memphis Belle. Mark Feijo---USA---2002---211 mins.
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BALTIC TRAGEDY, THE
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The former Soviet republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia suffered brutally during the ferocious battles of World War II. This volume includes 11 vintage German wartime newsreels, as well as four short documentaries from the U.S. and the Soviet Union, that present a dramatic picture of the tragedies endured by the people of the "captive nations." English subtitles. Germany/USA/USSR, 1940-46, 148 mins.
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BATTLE FOR EUROPE
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A sprawling history of WWII, offering painstakingly detailed overviews of battles and tactical decisions. Organized into five volumes, the set includes archival footage and expert commentary on landmark events, including the outbreak of war, America's entry into combat, the Battle of the Bulge, the war in Italy, D-Day, and more. 480 mins.
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BATTLE FOR NORTH AFRICA
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The most important battles from World War II's European theatre are detailed in this historical series. In the episodes, "The War in the Eastern Desert" and "The War in the Western Desert," the war across thousands of miles of blazing desert and inhospitable terrain for control of North Africa is chronicled, beginning with the September 13, 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt to the May 13, 1943 surrender of the Axis in Tunisia. 105 mins.
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN, THE (EWAN MCGREGOR)
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To mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor collaborated on this TV documentary that marries a chronology of the pivotal battle with the brothers' own love of planes. Ewan's motorcycle escapades have been well-documented in film, but Colin, a veteran R.A.F. pilot, really gets to shine here as he tackles one of his life's goals: flying an old-school Spitfire. Archival and aerial footage combine for a more visceral and personal history lesson.
Ashley Gething---Great Britain---2010---90 mins.
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BATTLE OF BULGE: AMER EXPERIEN
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By mid-1944 it seemed that Allied victories were irreversible, until this battle broke any hint of complacency. Eisenhower threw 250,000 men into the struggle, hoping to end the war. The grueling experiences of the fighting men who endured freezing cold and terrible carnage is finally told in this
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BATTLE OF LONDON (DOC)
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Actual war footage of the first serial attacks on London are featured in this documentary. Though bombers devastated the city, Londoners persevered. 1941, 16 mins.
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BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
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BBC historian Laurence Rees examines Hitler's fleet of "Grey Wolves"--the U-boats that plagued Allied forces between 1939 and 1942. Rees traces the the origins of these deadly vessels and shows how close they came to costing the Allies the war. Laurence Rees---Great Britain---1995---150 mins.
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BATTLESHIP SCHARNHORST PT 1&2
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This two-video set contains the complete historical documentary Scharnhorst, which traces the journeys, battles and final defeat of the mighty German battleship. Part One: The Early Years charts the launch and sea trials of the vessel and its dramatic dash through the English Channel back to Germany in 1942. Part Two: 1943 - The Final Year details the ship's final scene of combat. 131 mins.
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BBC HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II
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BBC Historian Laurence Rees produced and directed this compelling multi-volume overview of WWII. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997, 350 mins.) utilizes interviews with former Nazis and contemporary historians to examine how the German people could have allowed Hitler's rise to power. War of the Century (1999, 200 mins.) offers an in-depth examination of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of the USSR in 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic (1995, 150 mins.) explores Hitler's use of submarines known as the Grey Wolves. Horror in the East (2001, 100 mins.) documents the atrocities visited on POWs by Japanese forces. D-Day to Berlin (2005, 150 mins.) chronicles the final 11 months of the war, using archival footage and interviews to explore the Allied attack on Normandy, the Soviet assaul t on Berlin, and other key events. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005, 300 mins.) documents the horrors of the largest Nazi death camp, which became the final resting place for millions of murdered prisoners. Other volumes include discussion of the war's major battlefields, the countries involve d in the conflict, and more. Narrated by Samuel West. 2100 mins.
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BERGA: SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR
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Charles Guggenheim dedicated the last six months of his life to finishing this film about his fellow American infantrymen who were captured during the Battle of the Bulge then sent to a Nazi slave-labor camp where many of them died. This documentary film is about these American prisoners of war caught in the tragedy of the Holocaust, whose story, lost in the trauma of World War II, has remained untold until now. Charles Guggenheim---USA---2003---85 mins.
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