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Is an explosive chronicle of the Italian-Russian front during WW2. The story follows an Italian squad through their battle for Stalingrad, terrible defeat, and retreat through the disastrous winter that follows, revealing the face of war that we so seldom wish to remember—inescapably cruel physical conditions, a merciless enemy, and relentless fear.

Director : Giuseppe De Santis

Production Year : 1964

Duration : 104

Language : German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

The Voyage of the Pentcho

Based on archive materials and testimonies, this documentary, which was made by Hungarian TV, tells the story of the Pentcho, a refugee ship that during Fall-Winter 42 carried 500 Jews from Bratislava down the Danube River directed to the Black Sea, hoping to reach Palestine. They shipwrecked in the Aegean Sea and were rescued by an Italian Navy ship. They were taken to the Island of Rhodes, where they stayed for a year. Then they were sent to Ferramonti, an internment camp for Jews. The camp was never a concentration camp in the German sense of the term. Internees were allowed to receive food parcels and visit...

Director : Tamás Vitray

Duration : 53

Language : English, Hungarian

Gladiators of WWII - The Anzacs

This programme tells the often neglected story of the Anzacs - the Australian/New Zealand Army Corps - whose tenacious spirit, unquestionable military stamina and courage under deplorable conditions led frequently to victory over Hitler's allies South of Europe.

Director : Charles Messenger

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 48

Language : English

Gladiators of WWII - The Desert Rats

This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army, known as 'The Desert Rats'. Originally formed as 'Mobile Division' in Egypt following the Suez Canal opening in 1904, it was meant to increase British strength in the area. On 16.2.40, the Mobile Division became the 7th Armoured Division. The Desert Rat divisional flash was adopted about the same time. It originated from a sketch of a jerboa drawn by the divisional commander's wife after a visit to the Cairo Zoo. After the Italian declaration of war, the 'Rats' took part in most of the major...

Director : Charles Messenger

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 48

Language : English

Rudolf Hess - The Man Who Died Twice

This documentary tells of the Italian campaign, its strategic errors and political conflicts that turned the campaign into a quagmire. Archive footage, interviews with veterans, commentary from historian Carlo D'Este, author of Bitter Victory - The Battle for Sicily.

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 95

Language : English

Homeland

This drama tells the story of Lolek, a 25 years old Holocaust survivor who comes to Eretz Israel in 1948 and finds himself involved in a war that he doesn’t seem to grasp. Stranger to the Language and to the new identity he was given, he is put on top of hot hill by his commander who is trying to turn him into a “sabar”. Distress by longings and by the searing sun, Lulek goes to look for a little bit of shadow. Finally, imiganing himself sailing back to Poland and departing for the last time from his parents.

Director : דני רוזנברג

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 40

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

German Newsreels no. 639 (2/12/42), 640 (10/12/42), 642 (21/12/42).

Newsreel no. 639 (2 December, 1942): Training in German submarine schools, including classroom work, simulations exercises, and work with models. Homecoming at a U-boat base with Admiral Doenitz in attendance. On the French Mediterranean - view of Marseilles; Axis infantry, air power, and artillery gourd the coast after French officers intentionally scuttled part of the French fleet in an attempt to deliver the fleet and Toulon harbor to the Allies. A German-Italian convoy brings vehicles, mail, and supplies to Tunisia. German and Italian planes attack the British-American fleet near Algiers with torpedoes...

Production Year : 1942

Duration : 57 69

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 635 (4/11/42), 637 (18/11/42), 638 (25/11/42

Newsreel no. 635 (4 November, 1942): Mussolini attends ceremonies honoring the 20th anniversary of the march on Rome; party labor director Robert Ley heads the NSDAP delegation and brings a message from Hitler. A Japanese naval unit deploys ships and planes in battle. In Stalingrad, Stukas and infantry attack the gun factory "the red barricade". At the Caucasus Front - a reconnaissance plane pinpoints Soviet positions around Terek, which are then attacked by SS "Germanic volunteers"; light mountain infantrymen climb the Galabashi, refreshing themselves at a sauna; a German mountain patrol repulses a soviet...

Production Year : 1942

Duration : 52 55

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 621 (29/7/42), 627 (8/9/42).

Newsreel no. 621 (29 July, 1942): Extensive footage of fortifications, weapons, plans, and ships. Hitler greets General Munoz Grandez of Spain. Stukas, infantry, and tanks help win the Chersonese peninsula struggle, which marks the end of the battle for Sevastopol and the Crimea; Soviet prisoners are shown. In the middle sector of the Eastern Front, a Soviet unit is intercepted between the Donets and the Don, where a long trick-photography map sequence depicts the course of battle, including the capture of Voronezh and Rostov; long lines of German infantry, augmented by a Rumanian unit, march...

Production Year : 1942

Duration : 59 60

Language : English, German

Foot Soldier - The Axis

"Foot Soldier - The Axis" is a look at the infantry men of the Axis armies - the men who fought for Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor of Japan Hirohito. Through documents, testimonies and experts commentary the film presents an up-close view at Rommel's devoted soldiers in Africa, Eastern Front troops enduring the bitter cold and dedicated Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific. Archival films, some in color, show the Axis soldiers at training exercises and at the combat fronts. Color reconstructions illustrate their routine activities. Participants: Dr. Wolfgang Seibt - German Mountain...

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 45

Language : English

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