Combat America (1943)
Жанр : военный, документальный, история
Время выполнения : 1Ч 3М
Краткое содержание
Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.
Memory of the victims of the Kragujevac massacre is described through the events that are related to a group of boys, shoe shiners. At that time, thousands of workers refused to work for the invaders, and the whole city was exposed to harsh repression and persecution of innocent citizens and the abolition of the regular rations of food.
О судьбе доброго и скромного человека, который пытался внушить себе, что ничего особенного не происходит, пробовал замкнуться в своем доме, в своей работе, сохранить всеми силами свою "неприкосновенность"... О том, как война ворвалась в радостный и светлый мир детей, как она безжалостно столкнула их со смертью и жестокостью...
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
In the Ukrainian steppe, toward the end of World War II, the German and Romanian troops are retreating in the face of the unstoppable Red Army. A Romanian military unit has set up its headquarters in a deserted school. A visit of high-ranking Wehrmacht officers is suddenly announced. Hope is awakened: will they receive new orders? But disappointment comes quickly.
This short-form documentary focuses on the true story of Alfons Heck, who as an impressionable 10-year-old boy became a high-ranking member of the Hitler youth movement during World War II. The story is told in his own words. This film originally aired as part of the "America Undercover" series on HBO.
The Pearl Harbor Attack by Japan in 1941 and the nuclear bomb explosion in 1945 together led to the independence of Chosun (Korea). Behind these historical incidents, there was HAN Gil-soo, the double agent. For Chosun's independence, HAN has stirred the era.
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions. So Russo agrees to swap water for the map, but the German officer tries to double-cross him. This was Burt Topper's debut film, made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio, California. It was also Wally Campo's debut film, as well as script supervisor Joyce King's.
During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won't end before they can fight in it.
Recorded during World War II, this rare color film traces an RAF Bomber Command night attack on Berlin -- from strategic planning and preparation to the execution of the actual attack with Avro Lancaster bombers. Air Commodore H.I. Cozens filmed the events during a period when the Bomber Command flew into Germany nearly every night for a massive series of raids on key targets.
An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.
An American intelligence agent attempts to kidnap a top Nazi general.
The untold story of a Royal "propagandist in pearls" whose wartime friendship with President Roosevelt became a vital catalyst to win back freedom for her tiny occupied country.
1933-й год. К власти в Германии приходят нацисты, и коммунисты Ганс и Герда Лёнинги переходят на нелегальное положение. Однако вскоре Ганс попадает в руки гестапо и приговаривается к заключению в концлагере. Ожидавшая ребёнка Герда остаётся на свободе. 1940-й год. Отбыв заключение, Ганс возвращается в Гамбург, не планируя больше принимать участие в активном сопротивлении. Однако вскоре Германия нападает на Советский Союз, и коммунист Лёнинг не может сидеть сложа руки. Он вновь собирает вокруг себя старых товарищей, не подозревая, что один из них за прошедшие годы стал информатором гестапо.
In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs against the rebellious populace.
A documentary covering the actions of the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa during WWII.
The 30-minute film centers around a group of high school nurses called Himeyuri who served during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The Himeyuri Alumnae Incorporated Foundation, which runs the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa, produced the film with the aim to convey the experiences of those high school nurses, many of whom lost their lives during the battle, to children.
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
Простой американский ребенок пытается сделать невозможное – он хочет, чтобы его отец вернулся со Второй Мировой войны.