Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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סרט תעודי-חינוכי על התנועות הלאומניות של המאה ה-20, שורשי הלאומניות במאות קודמות ועצמאות מדינות אשר היו בשליטה קולוניאלית כמו הודו, וייטנאם, בנגלדש, ניגריה. איורים, ציורים ותצלומי ארכיון.

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 40

Language : English

Kolberg

Nazi lavish historical drama that was one of the central propaganda efforts of the 3rd Reich film industry. Made in 1943-1944, "Kolberg" intended to counter the Germans' war-weariness and encourage optimistic spirit. The story is loosely based on the events that took place in Kolberg, the small town on the Prussian Baltic coast whose inhabitants raised a people's militia against Napoleon's invading forces in 1806-07 at a time when the army was ready to surrender. The film's two heroes are Nettelbeck, Kolberg's Mayor, and Gneisenau, the leader of the Prussian soldiers. Despite the corruption of the local...

Director : Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Production Year : 1945

Duration : 108

Language : German

מבט שני - פרשת המאה, דרייפוס

Israel TV programme 'Second Look' marking 100 years since the 'Dreyfus Affair' an anti-semitic plot in France at the end of the 19th century when Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer, was convicted of spying for Germany. Includes a speech by Mayor Chirac next to the statue of Dreyfus in the Tuileries Gardens of Paris. Segment of the BBC production about the affair with the actor Derek Jakobi playing the role of Emil Zola. Emanuel Halperin reports from Paris on the ceremony where Dreyfus was stripped of his rank which took place in the courtyard of the military school in Paris. Discussion in the studio with Prof....

Production Year : 1995

Language : Hebrew

Gladiators of WWII - The Free French Forces

This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the free French movement during WW2. Led by General De Gaulle, the Free French refused to accept the armistice that France had signed with Nazi Germany and were branded as traitors by the official Vichy government. Their symbol was Joan of Arc Cross of Lorraine. Few thousand men crossed the Channel to join the fight in Britain. In the Libyan Desert in June 42, Rommel was driving the British 8th Army back towards Egypt. But at Bir Hacheim he met a pocket of fierce resistance: less than 4,000 Free French troops. They also fought in Central...

Director : Charles Messenger

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 48

Language : English

Battlefield, Battles that Won the Second World War, Series One, Part 1 - The Battle of France

Blitzkrieg's most astonishing triumph, establishing Hitler as unassailable within continental Europe

Director : Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, Justin Mccarthy

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 116

Language : English

In Searching of History: The Infamous Dreiyfus Affair

A documentary film produced by the history channel covering the Dreyfus trial, using photographs, drawings, letters, segments from the 1930 film 'Dreyfus'.

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 45

Language : English

Victory in the West

Nazi propaganda film based on films that were filmed by propaganda filmmakers of Nazi Germany and deals with the war against the lowland countries and France in May-June 1940. The film is comprised of two parts: an introductory part ("Towards Decision") that describes the background of the outbreak of World War II and preparations for the operation, and the main part ("The Campaign"), that glorifies the swift victories of the German army at the first stages of the war.

Director : Sven Noldan, Fritz Brunsch, Werner Kortwich

Production Year : 1941

Duration : 120

Language : English, German

The Nazi Conquest of Western Europe

A multi screen video visual display making use of archive films giving evidence of the Nazi Army conquest moves in Western Europe.

Director : ראובן הקר

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 3

Language : Musical Score

A Good Man In Hell - General Romeo Dallaire And The Rwanda Genocide

Interview that the journalist Ted Koppel arranged in 2002 with Romeo Dallaire, a Canadian General who served as commander of the UN forces in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994.

Director : Jerry Fowter

Production Year : 2003

Duration : 13

Language : English

Sea Tales - The Dunkirk Dilemma

Documentary film that surveys the withdrawal of allied forces from Dunkirk in May 1940 in what was one of the central Naval operations of WWII and Naval history in general. Includes archival films, testimonies and expert commentary.

Director : Melissa Jo Peltier

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 50

Language : English

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