Items Matching Tag 'WWII'

Time To Remember (DVD Details)
The TV series Time To Remember was a benchmark in documentary-making. Originally produced in the 1960s, it touched on all aspects of life in the first half of the Twentieth Century using British Pathé's unique blend of political, social, and cultural history. This revised BBC version re-interprets the material thematically in 12 episodes, while retaining the enduring charm of the original series...

Night and Fog (DVD Details)
Ten years following the Holocaust, Alain Resnais documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz while reflecting on the rise of Nazi ideology and the harrowing lives of the camp prisoners using haunting wartime footage. Night and Fog was one of the first films made about the Holocaust and remains one of the most important commentaries about this topic. François Truffaut had high praise for Night and...

Went The Day Well (Special Edition) (DVD Details)
Based on the story by Grahame Greene, Went The Day Well? Is a classic piece of propagandist entertainment, a warning to British citizens to remain ever alert for the arrival of the enemy. Alberto Cavalcanti's film tells the story of a quiet English village which has been infiltrated by German Soldiers masquerading as British Troops, leaving the plucky villages to uncover the plot and fight back.

The Pacific: Hell on Earth (The History Channel) (DVD Details)
The devastating truth of the war in the Pacific Individual stories of heroism and courage are explored in the exact spots where the Pacific theatre of war took place, as young soldiers took on the seemingly invincible and increasingly desperate Japanese army in a series of bitter and hard-fought battles. From Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Saipan to Guam, Leyte, Okinawa and Iwo Jima,...

WWII: Lost Films (History Channel) (2 Discs) (Blu-ray Details)
WWII Lost Films is not just one of HISTORY's biggest projects, but one of the most ambitious productions ever undertaken in documentary television history. Over three thousand hours of high definition colour film (filmed in colour, not colourised) was discovered in locations all around the world. This dramatic footage has not been seen before and is the backdrop to the incredible personal stories...

Public Information Films of the British Home Front 1939-1945 (DVD Details)
This 2-disc set of WWII public information films makes for fascinating viewing - and maybe also gives a few clues to what 'austerity Britain' of the future may look like!