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Popular War Movies
The Devil's Whore
Set between the years 1642 and 1660, "The Devil's Whore" charts the progress of the English Civil War through the eyes of the a 17 year old girl, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe.
Marco Polo
The life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Tarnished Heroes
According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
Oppenheimer
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s because of his increasing ambivalence about the effect of his life's work.
The Jewel in the Crown
The British Raj: though their position seems secure, thoughtful English men and women know that "their" time in India is coming to an end. The story begins with an unjust arrest for rape, and the consequences of this echo through the series. Questions of identity and personal responsibility are explored against a background of war and personal intrigue.
Nuremberg
A documentary record of the trials of the Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany. Includes scenes from films made by the Nazis which were presented as the documentary evidence of the atrocities committed at concentration camps.
World War II: When Lions Roared
Based upon the actual cables between Washington, London and Moscow during the Second World War, this TV-movie examines the relationship between the leaders of these countries throughout the conflict. Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston Churchill (Bob Hoskins) and Joseph Stalin (Michael Caine), spring to life as real but imperfect people who nevertheless are great leaders fighting a great war.
The Rhinemann Exchange
During World War II, an intelligence officer is dispatched by the U.S. government to arrange an exchange in Argentina of industrial diamonds needed by the Germans for a secret gyroscope needed by the Allies.
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth
October 14th, 1066 is the most famous date in English history. It is the year of TWO invasions of England, and in which three huge and bloody pitched battles were fought
Pearl
This miniseries presents a cross-section of life in Pearl Harbor leading up to the Japanese attack and its immediate aftermath. Among the stories: A colonel's bitter wife seeks extramarital attention; a female doctor with painful memories resists a new love; a young naval officer falls for a Japanese-American woman. Pearl Harbor changes their lives and those of the people around them.
The Last Words From A Comrade In Arms
An elite group of soldiers serving during the Korean War is sent deep into enemy territory to destroy the fortress at area 598, knowing all too well that most or all of these brave men will be lost.
A Reservist Before and After the War
Short film about a man embarking on and returing from war. A print survives at the BFI.
The Memento
The commander of the People's Army of Vietnam Li with his detachment on the way to the front comes to a village completely devastated by the invaders. He stays in the house of a young woman Tu, who has two small children. Tu's husband did not return from the front, missing, and Lee, feeling sorry for the girl, presented her with the dress he bought, which he bought for his mother. Soon, Commander Li is heroically killed in action. He dreamed of a bright day of victory, but did not wait for it ... The war ended, and one of his front-line comrades Shau returns to that village again ...
Beheading a Chinese Boxer
In China at the turn of the 20th century, there was a rebel group called the Society of the Harmonious Fist, otherwise known as Boxers. They attacked Westerners and any Chinese who associated with Westerners. In this short, a Chinese government executioner prepares to behead a captured Boxer rebel.
Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
A parade of Gordon Highlanders in dress uniform march through the centre of Aberdeen on their way to the Boer War. Small children run around in excitement but are moved aside by a member of the regiment. Directed by Robert W. Paul.
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
Destro has created a Weather Dominator machine that can control the power of nature anywhere on earth. The G.I. Joe team stops Cobra Commander from using its destructive power, but during the battle, the machine is blown into three pieces and weather everywhere is thrown into chaos. G.I. Joe is in a race against time to recover the pieces first, so that they can stop the devastating weather and prevent Cobra from ruling the world!
The Promise
A young British girl travels to Israel/Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.
Ashes
The action of the series takes place from 1938 to 1948 years, and covers key events of the era.
Doctor Who: Boom
Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine. Can he save himself and Ruby, plus the entire planet... without moving?
Good Luck
The soldier Turok, who always gets into trouble, must take the wounded captain to the command post. Having met a German patrol, Turok stuns the German and takes him prisoner, but cannot find the way to the checkpoint. The captain himself went to look for her. Having again stunned and tied up the prisoner who had come to his senses, Turok returned to the battery and learned that the captain had decided to take him on his reconnaissance mission.
Royal Cousins at War
At the time World War I broke out, the King of England, the Czar of Russia, and the Kaiser of Germany were first cousins. This two-part series looks at the role played by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war. Mismanaging their countries and mishandling foreign policy, they failed to adapt to the forces of nationalism and democracy, and so brought tumbling down their own ideal of a Europe governed by the descendants of Queen Victoria. While it was war that delivered the final blow, this fascinating series shows how the problems had set in much earlier.
World War Brown 2: Brown Hawk Down
After the Dual Buildings and Great Britain are destroyed by Osama bin Laden, President George W Bush declares war on Terror, and an aged Down Town Brown joins forces with him to destroy the new threat. However, as they go deeper into Saudi Arabia, they discover a link to an enemy of the past, long believed to be defeated...
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
This is the story about the destruction and colonization of the south of Italy through the undeclared war operated by the north of Italy.
Monte Carlo
An American writer on the Riviera courts a Russian singer who is spying on Nazis for revenge.
The Book of Negroes
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
The Epic of Epicer Epicness
"Jack Jackson, years after getting expelled in Epic of Epic Epicness, joins the Marines to throw his life away. He, his new partners BIlliam and Dmitri, and 97 other Marines are sent to the jungles of Neo-Pakistan to protect its President and fight a mysterious new foe, who may be involved with an enemy of Jack's past."
Piece of Cake
The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men wile away their time with some engaging in dangerous stunts while others woo some of the local lasses. The phony war comes to an end in April 1940 and the Battle of Britain begins. By September that year, few of them are left and despite their success, few see themselves as heroes. (6 episodes)
The Last Cyclist
World War 2 story of a Christian orphan raised in Jewish family who has to face the cruel fate of Auschwitz.
War Classics
4 Feature films. Casablanca Express, with Glen Ford (1989), Waterfront with John Carridine (1944), Cold War Killers With Michael Culver (1986), A Yank in Libya with H.B. Warner (1942).
Unfinished Business
Spring, 1942: F.D.R. signs executive order 9066, and more than 110,000 Japanese Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are sent to internment camps. Three young men - Min Yasui, an attorney from Oregon, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Quaker college student in Washington, and Fred Korematsu, a Bay Area welder - serve jail sentences for violating laws against Japanese Americans; the U.S. Supreme Court upholds their convictions. Forty years later, the three file suits to have their sentences overturned. This documentary tells their stories and helps break 40 years of silence and shame. By the end of the documentary, the court proceedings remain unfinished.
Peter the Great
This is the story of Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia and the Streltsy, an important Russian military corp. The story depicts the efforts of Peter in transforming Russia in an "all European" country, importing scientists, costumes, technology and military tactics.