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2) Flyboys
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, tells the story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American men who volunteered to fight for the French before the U.S. entered World War I and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack on the German army. NOVA follows bomb disposal experts as they clear topsoil packed with shrapnel and unexploded shells and probe one tunnel system connected to what is probably the world2s largest unexploded bomb.
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"En 1916 el artista francés Édouard Lefèvre ha de dejar a su mujer Sophie para irse al frente a luchar. Cuando la ciudad cae en manos alemanas y ella ha de acoger a los soldados en el hotel que regenta, el retrato que pintó su marido se convierte en una obsesión para el comandante germano y ella se ve forzada a arriesgarlo todo, su familia, su reputación e incluso su vida, con la esperanza de ver a su amor una última vez. Un siglo más tarde...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
The War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. In the wake of World War I, Robert, Earl of Grantham, sticks to his duty to maintain Downton more firmly than ever.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of Titan rises: Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries, from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenged his unbelief.
Publisher
Saban Brands / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During the final days of World War I, a regiment of daring African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" is trapped deep behind enemy lines. After one of these soldiers manages to escape, he is ordered to join a select team of white troops, led by a battle-scarred officer, to find and rescue the survivors. Casting aside their racial differences, the determined men join forces to find their lost comrades in this gripping, action-filled tale of bravery and unity....
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Young Frances and Elsie say they've encountered the supernatural, they've met fairies. The photos the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controversy that sweeps England during World War I. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sherlock Holmes' author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the girls' photos real or a clever hoax?
Publisher
Shout! Factory LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At the rise of what would become known as World War I, German patriot Paul Baumer and his friends enlist in the Imperial German Army. In search of adventure and eager to assert the superiority of their nation, the young men endure a brutal training camp and soon find themselves face to face with the full horrors of war when they are sent to the front lines to fight, and likely die.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"It tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque." --
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
17) Fatima
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to three courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them.
18) Bauhaus spirit
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018?]
Language
English
Description
"Nearly a hundred years ago, a radical artistic utopia was born in Germany. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive discipline. Bauhaus constituted one of the most significant contributions to everyday 20th-century culture and influential contemporary designs, and it was never just an artistic experiment. Confronted with the social conditions...
19) Mr. Skeffington
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge. But Fanny has always used beauty to manipulate her way through life by encouraging dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. However, when she falls ill her beauty is gone and she is lost. This film deals openly with anti-Semitism, the story spans World War...
20) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
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