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2) The War
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Publisher
MGM/UA Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr. 57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of an astute American general and a high-ranking German officer, torn by the conflicting demands of his country and fellow countrymen, during the last days of World War II.
5) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004, ©1968
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During WWII two pilots, one American and one Japanese, crash on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must let go of their hostility and cooperate in order to survive, but will they?
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sixty years after fleeing Vienna during World War II, a Jewish woman begins the arduous task of retrieving family possessions seized by the Nazis with the help of an inexperienced, young lawyer.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (16 hr., 37 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Criterion collection volume 378
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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
Go Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Before the war, Sergeant Jesse Owens was a product of segregation and racial discrimination, forced by law to ride in the back of the bus and disenfranchised from the political process. As the Germans bear down on the Americans, Owens fights the Axis powers for a freedom he and his fellow African American soldiers have never felt. With a deadly game of cat and mouse unfolding, Owens and his predominantly white tank crew are reluctant to put their...
13) Band of brothers
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, an elite rifle company that parachuted into France early on D-Day morning, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden, and suffered heavy casualties. Also includes a documentary about the soldiers in Easy Company.
15) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 DVD videos (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's...
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dramatic story of three WWII paratroopers lost behind enemy lines. Desperately trying to regroup with the Allied Forces, their commitment to the Airborne Creed urges them forward, and proves that a few good men can change a war.
18) War trap
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
During the Second World War, following an ambush by German troops, an Allied soldier finds himself trapped underground, fighting for his survival.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 157 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of lost Russian soldiers wanders into enemy territory and discovers a secret laboratory where new soldiers are being created out of the body parts of their fallen comrades.
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