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FEATURED DVD:
Historic WWII Films
Collection:
5
Disc Box Set
    
    
    
    
This compilation has 18 great WWII films.
There is so much information and historic footage in this 5 DVD Box Set that it
just can't be summarized in one paragraph. Every film touches on a new topic and
all the films are rare and entertaining. Running time 273 minutes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
DISC 1:
Troop Train (1943) - 14 minutes running time
- This 1943 film shows how an entire train of troops and supplies travels across
the United States, from the assembly of the train cars to the coordination with
the military to remain guarded throughout the journey.
The 957th Day (1945) - 10 minutes running time
- A great movie about a group of American troops taking over an island on the
957th day of World War II.
Despotism
(1946) - 11 minutes running time
- This movie will stir up a lot of intellectual
conversation if used in a classroom. This is an excellent film about how the
governments of different countries vary in their political philosophy from
democratic to despotic.
Ring of Steel
(1941) - 9 minutes
running time
- Spencer Tracy narrates this classic military
documentary promoting American unity during WWII.
U.S. news Review,
Issue 3 (1942) - 19 minutes running time
- A wide-ranging, WWII government produced newsreel. A lot of WWII topics and
events are covered in this 19 minutes. Highly recommended...
DISC 2:
Tuesday in November (1945) - 17 minutes running time
- The 1944 U.S. presidential election documentary produced to show not only that
American government was stable and steady during the wartime perils of 1944, but
also to show new European governments (liberated in WWII) an introduction to the
structure of a true democracy.
What Makes a Battle
(1944) - 16 minutes running time
- A multitude of Marshall Islands war footage is shown to help Americans at home
keep their enthusiasm for the efforts of the troops and to show that everyone
can help the Allies cause, from the domestic factory workers to the
schoolchildren.
Food for Fighters
(1943) - 10 minutes
running time
- Nutrition guidelines and explanations for the
American military...a rundown of what soldiers should eat to remain healthy.
Independence Day
Movie Trailer (1940) - 1 minutes running time
- Brief patriotic movie trailer...great historical material.
DISC 3:
Henry Wallace Speech (1942) - 13 minutes running time
- Henry Wallace, the United States Secretary of Commerce, talks about the U.S.
involvement in WWII, and proclaims his vision of the "Century of the Common
Man."
What To Do in a Gas Attack
(1942) - 14 minutes running time
- Public education film about how to react to a gas
attack or "war gas" as the film calls it, on American soil. Panic and fear are
the real enemy, or so this film says.
Wartime Nutrition
(1943) - 11 minutes
running time
- A terrific look at the work of government
welfare agencies during WWII, as well as narration about the recommended eating
habits of civilians and soldiers.
Amateur Film: San
Francisco: V-J Day (1945)
- 14 minutes running time
- Amazing historical footage of San Francisco streets right after the
announcement of the Japanese surrender. Everyone was so happy and the streets
filled up quickly with riotous celebration. This movie makes you feel like you
were there too.
DISC 4:
D-Day Minus One (1945) - 17 minutes running time
- This film is all about the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne
Division during the 1944 invasion of France.
Special Delivery (1946) - 12 minutes running time
- A lot of information and footage of planes can be found in
this film, as well as a great overview of the Bikini Atomic Bomb tests.
Radio at War
(1944) - 21 minutes running time
- This is the best radio and communication film about WWII technology. Learn all
about how radio was used in the last great war!
DISC 5:
World at War (1945)
- 43 minutes running time
- This film was put together using rare news and archived footage to show an
entire history of World War II up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S.
mobilization and involvement in the war.
All Out for Victory (1943) -
21 minutes running time
- During WWII, disabled workers pitched in to the WWII cause, working at a
Firestone factory that had been switched to wartime production. This fascinating
film shows the manufacturing of many different products, from tires to tanks to
ammunition to life vests and the symbiosis between domestic mobilization and the
success of the troops fighting abroad.
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Historic WWII Films
Collection:
General WWII Films
3
Disc Box Set
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