The Ural Front (1944)

En 1943, mientras los hombres estaban en la guerra, el béisbol estuvo a punto de desaparecer. Se formó entonces una liga femenina que intentaba captar la atención del público. Dottie y Mae formaban parte de uno de esos equipos femeninos que debían demostrar que eran capaces de competir y luchar como hombres. Lo peor era que tenían que soportar a Jimmy, un sarcástico y alcohólico entrenador.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una familia inglesa, que vive en un pequeño pueblo, logra sobrevivir a los bombardeos alemanes. La madre se encuentra al frente de la casa esperando que su hijo y su marido regresen de la guerra.

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un inocente niño inglés vive la guerra como una experiencia apasionante y llena de emociones que ponen fin a la rutina diaria. Basada en recuerdos de la infancia del director.

1941. Como los Estados Unidos han decidido ya intervenir en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) y falta mano de obra en las fábricas, son muchas las mujeres que se incorporan, por primera vez, al mundo laboral. Entre ellas, dos vecinas, viejas enemigas, que tendrán que olvidar cuentas pendientes y librar su guerra particular. Su principal problema son las burlas, el desprecio y las atrevidas proposiciones de sus compañeros de trabajo. Una de ellas, casada, tiene al marido en la guerra; la otra, soltera, pretendía ser cantante hasta que su novio eligió a otra para que interpretara sus canciones.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de soldados británicos llega a la aldea inglesa de Bramley End. Al principio son bien recibidos por los lugareños, pero muy pronto éstos empiezan a dudar de su identidad y de sus verdaderos propósitos. Cuando descubren que, en realidad, son soldados alemanes cuyo objetivo es ser la avanzadilla de la invasión de Inglaterra, los encierran en la iglesia parroquial. (FILMAFFINITY)

Durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un barco cargado de whisky naufraga en una isla de Escocia. Los isleños, que no han podido beber alcohol desde hace tiempo, empiezan a idear toda clase de estratagemas para burlar a las autoridades y apoderarse del cargamento.

Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

Tres "peregrinos" se encuentran durante la guerra cerca de Canterbury e intentan resolver el misterio del "fantasma del pegamento", que ataca a las chicas por la noche. Sus investigaciones los llevan a sospechar del magistrado de la localidad, un acérrimo defensor de los valores tradicionales... (FILMAFFINITY)

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Mientras su marido lucha en la guerra, Anne Hilton intenta superar los problemas económicos y el racionamiento alquilando una habitación al Coronel Smollet. Lo malo es que su hija Jane tiene un aventura con el nieto de Smollet. (FILMAFFINITY)

Un policía canadiense (Errol Flyn) detiene a un espía nazi. Cuando el preso consigue escapar, el policía no se da por vencido y finge ser un desertor para infiltrarse entre los nazis. Thriller de espionaje con grandes dosis de acción y aventuras ambientado en la inmensidad de las blancas montañas canadienses

August 1941. Residents of the Ural town escorted to the front of men. Left alone, women take on the most difficult cases, showing outstanding organizational skills and will. Together with the evacuated plant, refugees arrive in the town. The heroine of the Film Anna takes to her house a woman with children — her example is followed by the rest…

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, tres mujeres de la Sección Femenina del Ejército de Tierra, de diferentes clases sociales y caracteres, coinciden en un pueblo de Inglaterra, donde asumirán el trabajo de los granjeros que han acudido a la guerra y entablarán una inolvidable relación. (FILMAFFINITY)

Homenaje a la importante labor de las enfermeras durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.

The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during the war years, when the home front relied entirely upon the work and endurance of the women. All farm work, caring for the children, woodcutting and other forestry operations were undertaken by the civilians, as the men in their prime were on the front.

The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember. Like so many other women, Peggy’s life has been transformed by the war. Living and working with good friends, she is happier than she has been for years. Yet Peggy’s life is not the only one changed by the war. Her daughter, Rusty, has just returned from the U.S., where she has been living as an evacuee for the last five years. After so long abroad, her home in England has become unrecognizable. Just as Peggy begins to restore normal family bonds, her husband returns from the war, damaged and desperate to make everything as it was before. Adapted from the novel by Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mister Tom, Back Home is the story of a family who struggle to make sense of their new lives in a world irrevocably altered by the far-reaching effects of war.

This Traveltalk series short begins aboard the RMS Scythia as it exits Halifax Harbor. The Scythia is a cruise ship that was converted to a troop transport during World War II; in 1940 it carried children from Liverpool to New York as part of an evacuation program set up by the Children's Overseas Reception Board. The present voyage is among the first to carry civilian passengers from North America to the British Isles following the end of the war. Among the passengers are 150 child evacuees, who have spent several years growing up in Canada or the USA.

An Blascaod Mór, Great Blasket Island, is an islet off the southwest coast of the Irish mainland. For years, a declining population and treacherous waters had made life there risky. In 1953, the Irish government evacuated the 22 remaining residents of An Blascaod Mór to the nearby village of Dún Chaoin. This documentary examines aspects of the island's history and literary legacy, and features interviews with former islanders.