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Created by Leni Riefenstahl, this film is a supplement to "Triumph of the Will" her earlier as a special tribute to the Germany Army, but unlike "Triumph of the Will", the focus of this film was solely on the German army and it contains no running commentary. The German Armed Forces Day ceremonies during the 7th Party Rally of the National Socialists, which took place from September 10th to September 16th, 1935, in Nuremberg.

Director : Leni Riefenstahl

Production Year : 1935

Duration : 17

Language : English, German

Flames in the Ashes

Against the background of archival films excerpts, the testimonies of survivors, formerly members of underground resistance movements, are heard; they tell about revolts and resistance actions against the Nazis. "Flames in the Ashes" is the third in a series of three films about the Holocaust produced by the Ghetto Fighters Museum. It is preceded by "The 81st Blow” about the rise of antisemitism in Europe and the Holocaust (see V-1048) and "The Last Sea" about the period after the Holocaust (see: V-1005/2) follows it. Historical consultation by Prof. Yehuda Bauer. Original music by Yosi Mor Haim.

Director : Haim Guri, Jacko Erlich

Production Year : 1985

Duration : 86

Language : French, German, Hebrew, Yiddish

Reputations - Albert Speer, The Nazi Who Said Sorry

This documentary tells the story of Albert Speer (1905-1981), the Minister of Military Production in the Third Reich and Hitler's architect and close friend. Including commentaries, archival materials, interview with Speer.

Director : Martin Davidson

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 59

Language : English

The Lost Evidence: Iwo Jima

This documentary offers a viewpoint of the Iwo Jima battle that took place between the US and Japan in Feb-March 45 during the Pacific Campaign of WWII, known as of the fiercest of the campaign. The US invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified and armed. The imperial soldiers defended their positions tenaciously, but the Marines eventually secured the island. The battle assumed legendary status in the collective consciousness of the American people. This film takes aerial photographs taken during the war...

Director : Steve Baker

Production Year : 2005

Language : English

To Conquer the Mountain or Die: The Life of Menachem Begin

Director : Nissim Mossek

Production Year : 1999

Language : English, Hebrew

Altalena

The documentary tells the story of Altalena, an Etzel Hagana ship which Hagana men blew up on June 22th, 1948 at Tel-Aviv beach. Three of the founding fathers of Israel were involved in this event: David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin. Why did Ben-Gurion instruct Israeli soldiers to open fire? Why did Yitzhak Rabin call this day "the blackest day in my life?" The film follows the journey of the Altalena from its departure from the port in France, with 930 man, many of which Holocaust survivors, and ammunition on board.

Director : Ilana Tsur

Production Year : 1994

Language : Hebrew

The Myth of Albert Speer

Albert Speer was the only Nazi in a leading position to accept responsibility for the crimes of the 3rd Reich and was convicted to a 20-year prison sentence at the Nuremberg Trials. This kindly old gentleman liked to appear in interviews and published a bestseller memoir. The 1st in a series of films entitled "Faces of the 3rd Reich", this documentary tries to answer the question whether Hitler's chief architect and minister for armaments and war production was actually feeling a true sense of guilt or only acted as if he did in order to cover his own complicity. Producer Michael Kloft managed to convince...

Director : Michael Kloft

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 49

Language : German

Battle of the Bulge

A Hollywood war film inspired by real events, but known to be not very faithful to the historical truth of World War II Battle of the Bulge. A Panzer brigade, led by the fictional Colonel Hessler (played by Robert Shaw and inspired by real Waffen SS officer Joachim Peiper) leads a German secret counter-attack against the Allied front in the heavily wooded Ardennes sector of Belgium/Luxembourg. An American Intelligence officer (Henri Fonda) tries in vain to persuade his superiors of the German intentions. The Americans are surprised, with heavy casualties. Hessler's initial success ends as his unit runs out of...

Director : Ken Annakin

Production Year : 1965

Duration : 167

Language : English

Council of the Gods

Based on actual events, this DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, the state film monopoly in the East Germany throughout that country's history) drama tells the story of I.G. Farben, a colossal German industrial corporation that helped supply Hitler’s war effort and manufactured the gas used in the Nazi death chambers. Using Nuremberg Trial records, Council of the Gods deals with the complicity of big business on both sides of the conflict and of scientists whose research contributed to the deaths of millions.

Director : Kurt Maetzig

Production Year : 1950

Duration : 105

Language : German

The Secrets That Won WWII - The RAF vs. The V2

Based solely on archive footages and photography, each episode in this BBC documentary series focuses in on a key topic of world war two from D-Day to Stalingrad to Germany's "secret weapons". This episode tells of Hitler's ultimate goal - production of a rocket capable of carrying an atomic weapon weighing five tons and the Royal Air Force discovered and destroyed this dream.

Director : Jonathan Martin

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 46

Language : English

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