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The inhuman brutality and bloodshed that was endemic at Dachau - Nazi Germany's first concentration camp - did not come to an end with its 1945 liberation, for this dread place proved capable of triggering a spate of vengeful retaliation not only by its half-crazed prisoners, but their rescuers. Chapels of various faiths, memorials and sculptures now mark the camp's sites of execution and torture.
The story of the air war in the first Gulf War as described by generals Horner, Profitt, Tenoso, and Glosson.
After their marriage on the first date, Julia and Adam drove around for a while until they got the idea to sit under this very bridge. Julia likes bridge 👍.
This documentary depicts the American effort to support the Chinese government before and during the Second World War, by means of transport flights of materiel from India to China, by the fierce defense of China skies by the pilots of the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers), and the subsequent absorption and augmentation of that unit by the U.S. Army Air Forces' Fourteenth Air Force. Also depicted are the millions of refugees fleeing the Japanese armies and the relocation of equipment, personnel, and (sometimes) civilians in advance of the invaders.
It's still the bloodiest war ever fought by the United States. The Civil War divided a nation, pitted brother against brother, friend against friend, family against family and nearly destroyed a nation. When it was over the country was decimated, worn and beaten, but the American spirit was stronger than ever and freedom for all peoples had been upheld and preserved. No one loves war, but as it showed us, the cost of freedom isn't free!
A young, recently widowed mother-to-be surviving the Revolutionary War strikes a deal with the enemy to escape her abusive brother.
This picture was taken after the battle of Las Guaymas, and shows a large number of wounded soldiers embarking in a rowboat from an extemporized dock...
Two opponents battle in a time-spanning epic chess game that may cost them their lives.
Forty years after the end of the conflict, unexploded bombs, secret tunnels and other vestiges of the long combat still exist in Vietnam.
Official War Film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps shows the importance of U.S. and allied factories in turning out military arms and vehicles to help in the war effort.
A sole surviving trooper takes on a squad of battle droids.
This documentary is a record of the role played by Spitfires in defeating the Axis during World War II. The film, which shows these planes in action during the Battle of Britain, in Italy, and on D-Day, also depicts the work of aeronautical engineers and ground crews who kept the Spitfires in the air.
The World at War: The events between 1931 and 1941 that drew the U.S. into war are shown in dramatic detail, starting with the Japanese incursion into Manchuria and ending with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Time: 48 minutes. December 7th: At 7:55 AM on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, the Japanese began an air attack that devastated the Pacific fleet and took the lives of 2,343 servicemen. Time: 37 minutes.
Fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II and returned home to a dark life of survivor's guilt and daily thoughts of suicide. Married with four sons, Yellin was forced to face his enemy once again when his youngest son moved to Japan and married the daughter of a Kamikaze pilot.
Firsthand accounts of World War II are shared in this documentary, which includes archival footage and more than 50 testimonies from American, British, German and Soviet servicemembers.
In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds, offering an intimate look at the human cost of combat. A retired Marine Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from the battlefield. He brings them to the river. He puts a fly rod into their hand, teaches them to cast, and shares his secret: there are places where you can still be consumed by a simple act, find joy in a fight, and be redeemed as you gently release another creature, unharmed, into quiet waters.
Documentary following the efforts of a historian to clear the name of Albert Goering, brother of Herman. Albert strived to save Jews while his brother masterminded plans to exterminate them. Through eyewitness accounts and the historian's findings, the film explores the notion that Albert's deeds may not have been possible without the help of his brother.
A war veteran is going through his normal nightly routine, but as police sirens rush past his house, PTSD strikes. He begins reliving his past.
Drama Student Leslie Barton comes face to face with his biggest challenge yet; Generational Trauma inflicted upon him by his Great, Great Grandfathers embarrassing death in World War 1. As Barton begins to struggle with PTSD Induced Nightmares, his demeanor and sanity continue unravelling into further madness, leaving Barton no choice but to set out on a quest to go face to face with the place of his hero’s demise.
After decades of devastating war in Iraq, the horrors are still fresh in the minds of different generations. Their disturbing stories are filmed in a poetic style that also cautiously opens a door to beauty and contemplation.
Richard Becker, a military veteran who finds himself on live television, recounting the harrowing experiences of his two-year deployment in the Iraqi war while reflecting on the tragic events he endured.
When a US soldier tries to escape German attackers, he discovers a wounded ally and must decide to either flee or help him.
Tanks: Armoured Battles of World War II - The Fall of France is a documentary film which traces the role of the armored forces on both sides in the dramatic battles which led to the great German victory in 1940. Featuring rare archive footage, stunning 3D animation and a detailed examination of the machines by David Fletcher of the Royal Armored Corps Tank Museum at Bovington, and writer and historian Bob Carruthers.
This United States government documentary short film recapitulates the efforts made by the United States Army Air Forces in coming to terms with the necessities and exigencies of war in the lead-up to and during the Second World War. Archival footage, charts, and animated illustrations depict the unprepared state of America's air power in face of the threat from Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the massive efforts made to catch up to the enemy in terms of manpower, training, and materiel.
The Story of the Oregon National Guard's deployment to Iraq in 2004/2005.
Axis troops in Lahti and Riihimäki in 1918, armored train, Red Guard prisoners, White Guards.
A young girl, traumatized by her mother’s arrest, discovers she can change the world around her through the magical powers of her drawings.
Hitler attacks west invading Belgium and Holland, Operation Dynamo and the attempt to evacuate the British expeditionary force at Dunkirk culminating in the fall of France.
At the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, a civil war between socialist-influenced Sandinistas and US-backed Contras ravaged Nicaragua. Using rare archival footage and contemporary interviews, American/Sandinista tells the story of a controversial group of US engineers who went further than anyone expected and paid the ultimate price.
Who should have a monument in Mostar, an ethnically divided city that is still healing its war wounds? This is a story of people who, in spite of nationalists and trigger-happy myth maniacs, decided to erect a statue of Bruce Lee. And they made the news that traveled the world...
Set in the Vietnam war, two helpless soldiers who are on the brink of escaping the war are suddenly ambushed. This causes the ex solider to reflect on the decisions he made that day which still haunt him.
In this riveting documentary, you'll take to the skies with the U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress, the British Lancaster and Soviet Tupolev as they drop massive ordnance over German territory, devastating their targets. Through archival footage of World War II battles, interviews and expert commentary, the video examines how these heavy-duty aircraft affected the war's outcome in the European and Pacific theaters.
A lost generation of Ugandan youth is the result of a 24 year long civil war, where a vicious rebel army leads a massive and coldly systematic child abduction machine.
Author James Patterson and 'Black Hawk Down' war hero Matt Eversmann share the firsthand accounts of life in the military told by the heroes themselves. These brave men and women tell their emotional stories of battle, loss, homecoming, and sacrifice.
Comical Ali is a spoof documentary about the thus-nicknamed former Iraqi Minister for Information, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, whose bravura performances at press conferences throughout the brief Iraq War of 2003 turned him into a global icon.
The year is 1914 and the world is at war. Come Christmastime, something remarkable happens. A ceasefire breaks out along the Western front and soldiers climb out of their trenches to sing carols, shake hands, and play football out in No Man's Land. Hear the incredible story of the WWI Christmas Truce, featuring voices of the men who lived it, and its legacy in this Fox Nation original special – the story of when, for a moment in time, peace won.
Join Michael and Anthony a queer couple who have just moved into their first home. But after finding letters in the attic from a WW1 soldier named Tommy O'Neill, Michael wants to learn what life was like for gay men in the 1900s compared to now.
A young mother in a Harlem housing project realizes the arrival of two Army officers brings news she can’t allow herself to accept.
The Battle of Midway: A pivotal battle in the Pacific, Midway was also the first filmed in color, from the dawn alarm and the action at sea to the tragic down of the remaining Japanese fleet. Time: 20 minutes. Global War: In an objective, unsentimental manner, this film documents the Army's wartime efforts in 1943, from Patton's army marching up through Sicily to the collapse of Mussolini and events in the Pacific theater. Time: 30 minutes.
The voyage to find history's two greatest battleships. It was the greatest sea battle of World War Two. It ended in the destruction of the two finest warships the world has ever seen and claimed the lives of almost 3,500 men.
There is always another layer.
A Soldier Beside Me is a psychological drama that explores the internal psyche of a soldier in his final moments. Set in a desolate, smoke-filled jungle following a skirmish, the story centers on Soldier 1, a 27-year-old infantryman. He is joined by Soldier 2, a cynical and vocal companion who challenges the traditional notions of military duty, hierarchy, and sacrifice.
In the closing days of World War II, a concentration camp escapee is recaptured by a quartet of Nazi Officers waiting out a storm in a remote woodland cabin.
A Documentary on the attempts by the British forces to destroy the Bismark's sister-ship the Terpitz.
The small Belgian army held up the German advance, the British Expeditionary Force fought its first battle and the invincible German army was brought to a standstill in Belgium. This film traces that first month, the battles of Liège, Antwerp and Mons. In reconstruction it uses the words of those who took part and looks at the remains of the battlefields and the fortifications that still exist.
Two Trees in Jerusalem, an animated documentary produced by Humanity in Action, profiles the remarkable history of Eberhard and Donata Helmrich, who together saved the lives of countless Jews during the Holocaust. The pair worked as a husband-and-wife team in the eye of the storm, in Berlin and the blood-soaked fields of Eastern Europe, devising ever-more daring gambits to save any life they could, even as death surrounded them. The history is dramatically narrated by the couple’s daughter Cornelia, who was called into her parents’ confidence as a young child, and was imbued with an inner-strength that guided her work decades later as a journalist, politician and as the Federal Comissioner for Foreigner’s Affairs.
Documentary lifting the lid on the story of Alfred Hagen and his expedition to discover and rescue The Swamp Ghost, a WWII B-17 Bomber that crashed in Papua New Guinea.
Set during the American Civil War, the film focuses on a group of deserters and renegades who disguise themselves in Confederate uniforms to steal supplies and pillage nearby homes in the countryside. Meanwhile, a Confederate soldier named Jack has to leave his sweetheart, Dorothy, to join the fighting. While Jack is away, a malicious, drunken guerrilla (a rogue intruder) discovers Dorothy alone at home and forces his way inside. Dorothy manages to hide in a room, desperately barricading herself as the intruder tries to break through the door. She frantically signals for help. Jack, having learned of the raid, races back on horseback.
Silent film of U.S. aircraft downing a German plane, plus a vaudeville show and more.
Day of Days: June 6, 1944 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day. As they vividly recall details from their ordeal--from the perils of the amphibious assault to the invasion's gruesome aftermath--their testimony yields long-buried and often painful memories. They recount their transformations from boys to men, reveal their uneasiness with the term "hero," and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not.
One thousand miles from nowhere lies lonely outpost of coral and sea called Midway. It was here in 1942 that the United states and Japan fought the greatest naval battle of all time, and changed the course of World War II. Join Titanic discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard as he, a team of experts, and four World War II veterans return to Midway to do the impossible: to locate at least one of the five downed aircraft carriers, including the U.S.S Yorktown. Hear the amazing accounts of the four men who narrowly escaped with their lives, and watch as they pay their final respects to their fallen comrades three miles below the waters of Midway.
During World War II, a young Irish mother travels to England in search of new opportunities.
How a covert US Military operation fooled the Germans to help 73 prisoners of war escape in one of World War 2s greatest untold stories.
British documentary short made to describe the attacks made on England by Hitler's V-1 bombs and the successful destruction of many of these bombs before they could fall on their targets.
In a dystopian near future where the separation of Church and state has been abolished and a tyrannical theocracy now rules, a young Military Police officer faces a crisis of conscience after his brother—a radical anti-government pastor—gets black-bagged for speaking out against the regime. "Liberation" was created for the 2013 168 Film Project, a Christian speed film-making competition. Teams had 10 days to write and plan a film based around their assigned Bible verse (Exodus 30:16, in the case of liberation), and 7 days to film and edit it.
When we think of the most evil Nazis, the first that comes to mind is Adolf Hitler. But Hitler couldn't have done it alone. The atrocities of the Nazi party required a vast network of evil; from the intellectual elite who legitimized Hitler's ideas to the public, to the desk-jockeys who carried out his orders with ruthless efficiency, to the low-level thugs who delivered those orders face-to-face and blow-by-blow to their intended victims. Who were these people? What did they do? How did they become this way? And which ones--in some people's minds--are considered as evil--or maybe even more evil--than Hitler himself?
The remarkable and heroic true story of the only documented rescue attempt on a death train during the Holocaust.
A guy escapes from prison. It turns out he has sensitive information the government would kill to keep secret. They send a guy to do just that. Wackiness ensues.
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-DAY, four Navy SEAL veterans travel to Normandy on a journey of communion with forefathers shared, friends lost and a brotherhood never ending.