סרט תעודי ב- 2 חלקים המבוסס על רצף סרטי ארכיון המתעדים את תולדות גרמניה הנאצית.
חלק א': עליית המשטר הנאצי, פרוץ מלה"ע ה-2, פולין, הבליץ בבריטניה, דנמרק, נורבגיה, ארצות השפלה, צרפת, יוגוסלביה, יוון, צפון אפריקה, ברית המועצות, פרל הארבור וכניסת ארצות הברית למלחמה, תחילת הפתרון הסופי. חלק ב': תבוסת גרמניה והעמדת מנהיגיה למשפט. כניעת גרמניה, החזית בצפון אפריקה, החזית הרוסית, הכניעה ללא תנאי, התאבדות המנהיגים והעמדתם למשפט פומבי בנירנברג (Nuremberg).
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.
Hirohito (1901-1989) was the last Japanese ruler to uphold the Shinto idea of imperial divinity. His 60 years rule saw his nation transformed from a traditional society to a industrial modern one. Emperor Hirohito led his nation into a devastating war, but oversaw its rebirth as well. Through interviews and archival footage, this program traces the long life of this figure, presents footage of his coronation as emperor and proclamation of divinity in 1926, traces the elements that led his nation into war, and explain how he eventually accepted defeat and allowed his nation to be steered toward the future.
דרמת מדע בדיוני אשר במרכזה מסע בזמן אחורה של הנימיץ, נושאת מטוסים גרעינית, גדולה ביותר של צי צבא ארה"ב באוקיינוס השקט ב- 1980. עקב סערה חשמלית מיסתורית, מגלים אנשי הצוות כי ספינתם חזרה 40 שנים אחורה, אל ה - 6 בדצמבר 1941, כמה שעות לפני ההתקפה היפנית על פרל הארבור. בזמן שהיפנים מתקדמים במהירות לעבר הוואי, נאלצים רב החובל (קירק דאגלאס), מומחה ממשרד ההגנה (מרטין שין), מפקד צוות האוויר, (ג'יימס פונטינו), וחבר סנאט (צ'ארלס דורנינג) לבחור בין שתי אפשרויות: להניח לאויב להפציץ את פרל הארבור או לבצע התקפת נגד שתשנה את פני ההיסטוריה לעולם. הסרט צולם על נושאת המטוסים נימיץ האמיתית בשיתוף חיל הים האמריקאי וצוות הספינה בעת...
Episodes 3 and 4 in the 6-part documentary propaganda series Why We Fight directed by the Hollywood film director Frank Capra. The films of the series were produced in partnership with the War Dept. of the US army durng the years 1942-1945 and were distributed among soldiers of the US army and the American public. The films are based on American war news diaries and enemy films that fell into allied hands. They also include graphic maps and diagrams that were prepared by the War Dept. and animation that was produced by Walt Disney studios.
Four documentary films (and 2 bonus films) that deal with the tactical military errors in WWII. The films are based on archival photographs and films and also include graphic color maps. This part deals with Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor, the blitz of England, the air war, Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market Garden - a failed effort of the allies to capture bridges in Holland in order to open a northern route for a swift advance into Germany.
Lecture by David Irving, the British Holocaust denier historian, at the Institute for Historical Review in California, March 1998. The Institute is a revisionist organisation which denies the Holocaust and is anti-Zionist. Saying it is non-political, the organisation claims that it deals with historical research from a revisionist perspective on the Holocaust, Hitler, Stalin, WW2, Pearl Harbor, Auschwitz, Churchill, Roosevelt, Hiroshima, Zionism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and more. The organisation doesn't see itself as a body that denies the Holocaust but as an organisation which "raises the...
Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 22 - "Japan 1941-1945": Many Japanese were astonished and alarmed when the war against the west was declared in 1941. But after the first victories the early apprehensions disappeared and in their place came joy and pride. In 1944 the scales clearly inclined against Japan, but the Japanese still defended their motherland - unaware of the terrible weapon that would be used against them and end the war. Includes archival films and testimonies. Narration by the British actor Laurence Olivier.