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).
Archival series of 26 programmes looking at the past 100 years. Three chapetrs are relevant: 1933- In this series looking at momemtous events in the twentieth century through the eyes of ordinary people, this programme looks at the rise of Hitler and its consequences. 1939- Civilians recount their experiences of the Second World War. 1945- Brave New World: Charts the meeting of American and Soviet armies on the banks of the Elbe in 1945. American and Russian soldiers talk about that experience. The programme covers the period from victory in the Second World War through the rise of the Cold War to the building...
Documentary film that deals with Herman Goring (1893-1946) one of the heads of the Nazi regime, Reichsmarshal and commander of Hitler's air force. The film surveys his activity in the party and the Nazi leadership, his service as a pilot in the First World War, his various roles, his relations with Hitler, his family, his place in the annihilation of the Jews and others, his failure in the battle over Stalingrad, his arrest, being brought to justice at Nuremberg and his suicide.
Documentary film about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and his minister of armament in the years 1942-1945. The film surveys Speer's path in the Nazi party, his post as architect and afterwards as minister of armament, buildings he planned, his relations with Hitler, his place among the Nazi criminals. Includes archival films, testimonies and a computer simulation.
Among the first movies to deal with the subject of the Holocaust, this documentary about Jewish war orphans, was screened in New York in September 1948 and has rarely been seen since. According to film critic Jim Hoberman, the film was modeled on Children Must Laugh, a pre-war Yiddish-language picture about Jewish orphans. This film incorporates newsreels, actual footage of children receiving aid from relief agencies, and a few staged sequences. An introductory credit reads: "This film is about the children in the Homes and Camps of France, operated under the auspices of the Jewish Union for Resistance and...
During WW2 around eight million foreigners were forced to work in Germany. Based on archival materials and testimonies, this documentary reavels this aspect in the history of Nazi Germany. It explores, from the viewpoint of the culprits and victims, how the system of forced labor deployment developed.
The bombers of Germany, Italy, and Japan inflicted tremendous damage on their targets, sinking entire ships and pounding cities to rubble. Explore the lineage and capabilities of these humming terrors of the skies through documents, photographs, rare films, and interviews.
This postwar drama, the first German movie after WWII, was part of the "rubble films" genre (Trummerfilme) - works shot in ruined cities, whose crew was dominated by veterans of the Nazi film industry. The story focuses on a doctor who served in a concentration camp and his attempts to deal with his guilt.