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Publisher
Living Arts/Gaiam
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
In the far northern reaches of the planet a rare breed of extreme Fishermen still ply the Bering Sea. Adventure is their call, crab is their prey, and a one hundred million dollar plunder is their reward. Five skippers and their crews will endure boat killing storms and mind numbing working conditions -risking it all on the hunt for crab. In the end, they will all come to the realization that the most violent storms come from within. This year, there's...
2) 1917
Publisher
[Universal Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follow one woman's journey as she tries to help her severely autistic son break out of his own mind. Traveling to the United States from her home in Iceland to try to learn more about this complex condition, she meets along the way other families who have similar situations and all are looking for some answers.
Series
Utah WW II stories volume 1
Publisher
KUED
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The "Greatest Generation" recollect the difficult first months of the war. Includes interviews with Utah veterans who experienced Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, the Philippines, and the "Death march."
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An intimate portrait of modern heroism and the importance of family during turbulent times. Tells the story of Jake Rademacher as he sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake's exploits as he risks everything, including his life, to tell his brothers' story and document the courage and integrity of the American soldier.
Publisher
Warner Vision International
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Discover the story of a nation at war from rare color films, plus letters and diaries from those who lived through it. Much of this material has been recently discovered and allows the viewer to experience Japan and its culture from a new perspective.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
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.
11) Dunkirk
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. Combines contemporary footage and reenactments to tell the story in 3 episodes.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The arrival in Britain of the US Air Force had a profound effect on the military and social history of World War Two. This documentary provides a record of a momentous period in American and British history. The memories and experiences of the local population and surviving US airmen provide the key to understanding the courage of men plucked from home and plunged into the terror of combat in the air.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Vietnam war stories: This grand scope project covers the war years of 1954 to 1975. In addition to the outstanding color action footage, this documentary includes eyewitness interviews ranging from accounts of policy makers in Washington to remembrances of grunts who were humping the boonies trying to survive a '365 and a wake up' for a trip home on the freedom bird. Brothers in Arms: The Screaming Eagle story as told by the veterans of the 101st...
Publisher
BBC Studios, Ltd., PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Princess Elizabeth was a child of thirteen on September 3, 1939, when her father King George VI informed the people that Britain was at war. This revelatory documentary tells the story of the Queen's experiences during WWII and how the longest-reigning monarch in British history was shaped by the war.
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen format, Special ed.
Language
English
Description
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
19) The Hiding place
Publisher
World Wide Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1975
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Corrie Ten Boom, from the quiet years before World War II, to her work with the "underground" in helping to save the lives of countless Jewish families and her eventual arrest and imprisonment in one of Nazi Germany's most dreaded concentration camps.
20) Eagles of mercy
Publisher
TOPICS Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
�2014
Language
English
Description
D-Day: June 6, 1944. American medics Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore form the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles) set up an aid station inside a small 12th-century church in Normandy, France. They're there to treat wounded American soldiers. Outside, battle rages. All that protects the two medics is a flag with a red cross on the door of the church and armbands identifying them as healers. Over the next 36 hours, Wright and Moore help anyone brought...
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