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A feature film comedy. When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all. Nominated and won as follows: Best Writing, Motion Picture Story Academy Awards, USA 1951. Best Actor - Comedy Golden Globes, USA 1951. Winner of the Grand Prix at Locarno International Film Festival 1950.

results.listIds.director : John Ford

results.listIds.year : 1950

results.listIds.duration : 82

results.listIds.lang : English

Hrror in the East - Part Two – Death Before Surrender

During the years leading up to World War II, the citizens of Japan were encouraged to look upon their Emperor as a god. This divine loyalty to their leader was transferred to the battlefield, where soldiers and Kamikaze pilots were willing to fight to the death rather than face defeat or capture. As the allies gained the upper hand, the self-destructive tactics of the Japanese grew more extreme.

results.listIds.director : Laurence Rees

results.listIds.year : 2000

results.listIds.duration : 48

results.listIds.lang : English, Japanese

Hrror in the East - Part One – Turning Against the West

סדרת דוקו דרמה של הBBC. During the First World War, POWs in Japan were treated remarkably well. What happened in the intervening years that led the nation to commit such inhumane atrocities in World War II? This series probes the Japanese belief at the time of racial superiority and the mentality that drove Kamikaze fighters. Newly unearthed archive material reveals horrific stories involving cannibalism and crucifixion.

results.listIds.director : Laurence Rees

results.listIds.year : 2005

results.listIds.duration : 46

results.listIds.lang : English

The Road to War - U.S.A

results.listIds.director : Charels Wheeler

results.listIds.year : 2005

results.listIds.lang : English

The Road to War - Japan

סדרה תיעודית של הBBC. The sixth in an eight-part series of documentaries giving a country-by-country account of the origins of WWII, written and narrated by Charles Wheeler. This episode traces Japan's road to war from drawing plans to destroy the US fleet in the Pacific (1907) to the Pearl Harbour attack (1941).

results.listIds.director : Charels Wheeler

results.listIds.year : 2005

results.listIds.duration : 49

results.listIds.lang : English

האירועים הגדולים של מלחמת העולם השנייה-פרק 3-פרל הארבור

סידרה תיעודית על מלחמת העולם השנייה , לראשונה בצבע. פרק 2 - פרל הארבור- ההתקפה הנועזת של יפן על פרל הארבור שנחשבה לאחד ההימורים הגדולים ביותר בהסטוריה הצבאית , משתקת את צי האוקיינוס השקט ומביאה להצטרפות של ארה"ב למלחמה.

results.listIds.year : 2019

results.listIds.duration : 50

results.listIds.lang : English

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