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Series
Film Movement volume 16, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, a mother of three turns her flat into a safe fortress for her family and neighbours in an attempt to protect them from the war outside.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A gripping and authentic portrayal of the lives of a secret group of Belgian resistance members during World War II. They risk torture and death to help Allied airmen escape back to Britain after being shot down by the Luftwaffe in Nazi occupied Europe.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"An Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV series chronicling naval warfare during WWII. Originally aired on NBC and developed with full cooperation from the US Navy, this 26 episode program includes 13,000 hours of wartime footage and features the major battles such as the Battle of the North Atlantic, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway."--Container insert.
5) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold. The evacuation was aided by civilians who traversed the English Channel in order to collect the soldiers stranded on the beach.
6) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Series
Publisher
Marathon Music & Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A walk in the sun: The trials of a World War II infantry company from the time they hit the beach in Italy until they capture their crucial farmhouse objective. (1945) with Dana Andrews, Lloyd Bridges & Richard Conte.
Go for broke!: An inexperienced officer heads up a special Army attack force composed of Japanese American volunteers. Two Academy nominations. (1951) with Warner Anderson & Van Johnson.
Gung ho!: "Carlson's Raiders", a specially-trained...
8) Sahara
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Master explorer Dirk Pitt takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of West Africa. Searching for what locals call 'The Ship of Death', a long lost Civil War battleship which protects a secret cargo, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick Al use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas when they realize the ship may be linked to mysterious deaths in the very same area....
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This true-life historical adventure is based upon a real incident in the American Civil War. It is the story of the Andrews' Raid, an incredible plot to cripple the railroad system of the Confederacy and break the back of the Civil War.
Series
Criterion collection volume 378
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
2007
Language
日本語
Description
In this Japanese anti-war film, acts of cannibalism bring home the terrifying brutality of war. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles.
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2007], c1971
Language
English
Description
In 1757, during the French and Indian War, half-sisters Cora and Alice Munro set out to join their father, the British Commander of Fort William Henry. After they are betrayed by Magua, the sisters are rescued by Hawkeye whose efforts to lead them to safety are aided by the noble Mohican Uncas, the last of this tribe.
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
Description
Pushed to a critical point in the Korean War, the South Korean Army and US Allies are desperate to take back the strategic location of Incheon. The only unit available is a small, inexperienced battalion of student soldiers with barely two weeks of boot camp training. Based on a true story of forgotten heroes of the Korean War, can the student soldiers successfully carry out their mission and turn the tide of the war?
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 and became the first American citizen to be killed by the terrorist group ISIS. Friends, family and professional colleagues share their recollections of him in this documentary. Directed by Brian Oakes who was a childhood friend of Foley's, this award-winning documentary provides an in-depth look into the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was captured...
14) Point and shoot
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At first glance, Matthew VanDyke is the last person you'd imagine on the front lines of the Libyan revolution. But after motorcycling across North Africa for a 'crash course in manhood,' a winding path leads him just there.
15) Patton
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.
16) Blood diamond
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside....
17) 1917
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
19) The keeping room
Series
Drafthouse Films volume 32
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. The pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, [2003]
Language
English
Description
The American Civil War is one of the most studied military conflicts in world history. Penetrates the fog of war and allows you to experience the glory and heartache of the battles that changed war forever. Through personal letters, official reports, and diaries, viewers will come to understand not only the battle but also the political and personal factors that caused our nation to take up arms.
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