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Disc 1
Military & War - WWII
25 DVD Box Set
Disc 1: Divide & Conquer - The Story of
WWII Germany - By Frank
Capra (1943)
  
  
  
Title #1:
Divide and Conquer Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 54 minutes Brief Description: Frank Capra, the same director who made
It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed and
edited this amazing historic film. Divide and Conquer shows a detailed and
powerful history of the German invasion of Europe, including footage of Denmark,
Norway, Holland, Belgium and France. This is an important, beautiful film by one
of the best directors of all time. There is a lot of Nazi and Hitler footage in
this movie.
Disc 2: Santo Thomas Concentration Camp Film
(1940s)
  
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This is invaluable footage of the Santo Thomas concentration
camp operated by the Japanese to house American and British troops during World
War II. The camp was located on the grounds of a university in Manila and was
liberated in 1945. The film includes footage of burning buildings, military
vehicles barreling through the streets, children running down the sidewalks,
camp survivors eating hot meals, doctor checkups, injured troops and survivors,
POW holding grounds, architecture, military bunkers, dead bodies, collapsed
bridges and the local Philippine population. Historians say that many war crimes
occurred at the Santo Tomas camp and that the prisoners were subject to
malnutrition and very unhealthy environments. This film footage is a very
important piece of World military history and now is digitized and preserved on
DVD.
Title #1:
Santo Thomas Concentration Camp Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description:
This film features scenes from the recently liberated Santo Thomas Concentration
Camp, where the Japanese kept prisoners of war.
Disc 3: WWII Aviation - B29
Bombers & 101st & 82nd Airborne Films (1940s)
  
  
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This historic film collection has all the
best aviation films from the WWII era. There is copious amounts of footage of
many different types of planes in many different types of wartime situations.
See how a plane is built and then learn how to fly! This one-of-a-kind selection
has the most valuable aviation documentation from 1942-1946.
Title #1: Birth of the B-29 Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 21 minutes Brief Description:
This film has the best factory tour of the B-29 production facilities during
this period. Watch exactly how the B-29 was built!
Title #2: D-Day Minus One Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 17 minutes Brief Description:
This film is all about the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Division during the 1944
invasion of France.
Title #3: Mission Accomplished: The Story of the
Flying Fortress Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
A group of fearless B-17 planes bomb Europe in this classic WWII film. Great
flying footage too!
Title #4: Special Delivery Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 12 minutes Brief Description: 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.
Title #5: Target Invisible Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: This classic movie produced by the U.S. Army
shows how a B-29 plane utilized radar bombing against Japan in World War II.
Disc 4: WWII Combat America Film: B17 Flying
Fortress Airplanes (1940s)
  
  
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Fascinating footage of US WWII fighter planes
dropping bombs. This film documents the Flying Fortress crews of the
351st Bombardment Group. The film begins with their training in the
Midwest and ends with actual WWII footage of them flying missions. Some of
the best classic war footage of all time. This is a must see for war,
airplane, and us history lovers.
Title #1: Combat America Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 61 minutes Brief Description: This film documents the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st
Bombardment Group.
Disc 5: WWII International Films
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This is a rare collection of American films
produced about different International countries involved in WWII.
Title #1: Brazil at War Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
Brazil and all its similarities to the United States during WWII. This film was
produced shortly after Brazil joined the Allies.
Title #2: Gracias Amigos Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 16 minutes Brief Description:
The assistance of South American countries to the Allies cause in WWII was
crucial, according to this great film, which says they supplied rubber,
nitrates, quartz, sisal, tin and manganese to the Allies.
Title #3: Japanese Relocation Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
In this controversial movie, the United States government tries to defend the
relocation of Japanese-Americans to camps during WWII. This movie can spark a
lot of conversation.
Title #4: Brazil Gets the
News Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
Including a great tour of a Brazilian newspaper, this film says that Brazil's
press was modern and free during WWII.
Title #5: A Tale of Two Cities Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 12 minutes Brief Description:
An American produced film about the destruction in Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Yes.
The narration suggests that America is both proud and guilty for its actions.
Title #6: Japs Surrender Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
Castle Films newsreel footage of the celebration after the Japanese surrender in
WWII, including USS Missouri footage of the actual surrender.
Disc 6-10: WWII Industry & Factory Production
Films (1940s)
  
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: You can't find this DVD collection anywhere
else! We've compiled the best WWII Industry films together into one 5-disc box
set. There is so much educational and historical information in these
films...don't miss out.
Title #1: The Arm Behind the
Army Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: The
incentives of industrial growth are boundless, according to this 1942 propaganda
film. Industry can push forward the objectives of the war against the Axis
Powers!
Title #2: Close Harmony Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: This GM film shows why retooling a factory for wartime mobilization can be a
tedious process, as the balance of power between labor and management is often
quite fragile.
Title #3: Conquer by the Clock Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: Allied
success abroad correlates to how well the United States industrial force is
mobilizing - so Americans, utilize your time! This movie really encourages you
not to slack off...not even for a minute.
Title #4:Every Minute Counts Production Date:
1944 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
Accompanied by terrifically dark aesthetics, the theme of this movie is that
heightened domestic productivity can help win WWII.
Title #5: Manpower Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: The
gist of this film? America needs workers with a strong back to carry the
workload at home while the soldiers are fighting in Europe.
Title #6: Suggestion Box Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
This film shows how management can accept beneficial feedback from its laborers
in a war plant through the use of a free-speech suggestion box.
Title #7: These People Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 16 minutes Brief Description:
A Frigidaire plant in the United States converts to wartime production during
WWII to help the cause.
Title #8:When Work is Done Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: War plant workers are welcomed into an idealized homeland factory town during
World War II.
Title #9: To Each Other Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
A father explains all the advancements in the steel industry to his son, who is
fighting in the war.
Title #10: Cutiss-Wright Shorts Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
These seven ads are aimed at recruiting industrial workers to aviation
manufacturing.
Title #11: Men and Jobs Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
During WWII, the government encouraged every person (man or woman) to work and
find a job that matched their skill sets.
Title #12: Mr. and Mrs. America Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 13 minutes Brief Description:
Franklin Roosevelt appears in this promotion for war bonds that urges citizens
to mobilize quicker.
Title #13: Victory is Our
Business Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
This is an inspiring film motivating WWII industrial workers to give their all.
An excellent piece of historic propaganda!
Title #14: Wood for War Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 7 minutes Brief Description:
"Wood for war. Wood for peace." This film shows the importance of wood to the US
war effort during WWII.
Title #15: 1942 Oldsmobile Playlets #1-6 Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 6 minutes Brief Description:
These classic Oldsmobile advertisements show how well the company had adapted to
wartime mobilization as well as wartime consumerist needs and wants. So they
gave the cars plane-like names like "B-44" and built them practically as big as
tanks!
Title #16: Campus on the March Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 19 minutes Brief Description:
Everyone helped out with the war effort domestically...even college campuses.
This film shows the work and diligence of universities during WWII.
Title #17: Three Cities Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
The U.S. Office Of War Information made this film in 1943 to show different
examples of how people in different locations and social classes assist in the
war effort.
Title #19: These Are the People Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 16 minutes Brief Description:
Terrific wartime film about how women helped out in a paper factory in
Wisconsin.
Title #20: When Work is Done Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
Factory workers flood an industrial town in Alabama to help out and the
residents extend an open-armed welcome. More than anything, this movie touched
on the sense of domestic cooperation existing in the United States during WWII.
Title #21: Hemp for Victory Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 14 minutes Brief Description:
What irony! The government made a propaganda film promoting hemp/marijuana
production during WWII. This film shows that there are plenty of uses for
marijuana apart from getting high off of it.
Title #22: These People Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 16 minutes Brief Description:
A Frigidaire plant in the United States converts to wartime production during
WWII to help the cause.
Title #23: Conquer by the
Clock Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Allied success abroad correlates to how well the United States industrial force
is mobilizing - so Americans, utilize your time! This movie really encourages
you not to slack off...not even for a minute.
Title #24: A Letter From
Bataan Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 14 minutes Brief Description:
A soldier writes a letter home urging Americans to conserve scarce resources so
the soldiers will have the necessary equipment and supplies to fight the war and
stay alive.
Title #25: Every Minute
Counts Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Accompanied by terrifically dark aesthetics, the theme of this movie is that
heightened domestic productivity can help win WWII.
Disc 11: Graphic WWII Medical Surgery Film
(1945)
  
  
Title #1: Remember These
Faces Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 18 minutes Brief Description: This intense film was originally shot to show how
war bonds are used to provide for medics to help wounded soldiers fighting in
the island hopping war campaigns in 1945. The footage is some of the rawest,
most realistic and brutal footage that the government produced during WWII.
Although it was filmed and released to the public (shocking, considering how
graphic the movie is) at the tail-end of the war, it showed that there was still
a lot of suffering and death still taking place.
Disc 12: Hemp For Victory: Hemp Propaganda Film
(1942)
  
 
Title #1:Hemp for Victory Production Date:
1942 Running Time:
14 minutes Brief Description: What irony! The government made a
propaganda film promoting hemp/marijuana production during WWII. This film shows
that there are plenty of uses for marijuana apart from getting high off of it.
Get this great classic on DVD! Running time 14 minutes.
Disc 13: Military Jeep Film: Autobiography of a
Jeep (1943)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This great film describes the design,
manufacturing and terrain testing of the Jeep vehicles. What a terrific piece of
WWII nostalgia that also has a touch of humor. (The Jeep actually narrates the
movie!) Rare find on DVD for collectors and educators. Running time 10 minutes.
Title #1: Autobiography of a Jeep Production Date:
1943 Running Time:
10 minutes
Disc 14: WWII Military Propaganda Films (1940s)
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This film shows American government
propaganda at its finest! All four films show just how powerful film can be in
persuading the masses, especially during this era, when there were very few
media outlets to choose from. Running time 59 minutes.
Title #1: It Can't Last Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 19 minutes Brief Description:
This film, aimed at mobilizing the home front during the latter stages of the
war, shows that the war isn't yet over, and that more lives must be lost.
Title #2: Safeguarding Military Information Production Date:
1941 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
"Loose lips sink ships." This film shows just how paranoid war can make you
feel. All about keeping your plans at work and home secret when you're in the
military.
Title #3: Ring of Steel Production Date:
1941 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
Spencer Tracy narrates this classic military documentary promoting American
unity during WWII.
Title #4: Or Enemy: the Japanese Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description: A racist propaganda film that attempts to portray the Japanese people and
culture as the villian.
Disc 15: WWII Radio & Mass Communication Films
(1940s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Radio technology dominated the media and
transmittal of information during WWII. See just how important radio
communications were in WWII in all three of these historic, educational movies.
You can't find this collection anywhere else - this is one-of-a-kind learning
opportunity and a great addition to any collector's lineup of WWII or radio
collectibles.
Title #1: Radio at War Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 21 minutes Brief Description:
This is the best radio and communication film about WWII technology. Learn all
about how radio was used in the last great war!
Title #2: Voice of Victory Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description:
Including detailed information about how radio equipment was utilized during
WWII, this educational film shows complete assembly of a radio transmitter for
use. This is must-have for radio enthusiasts!
Title #3: Target Invisible Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: This
classic movie produced by the U.S. Army shows how a B-29 plane utilized radar
bombing against Japan in World War II.
Disc 16-18: Psychology & Social Effects of WWII
Films (1940s - 1950s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This is the only collection of WWII films that aims to discover the social
effects of the war through the eyes of the camera. So much historical
information about our culture can be found in these films. Take a look at the
human side of the conflict with these preserved educational movies from our
past, all presented in DVD format. This box set is not available anywhere else.
Title #1: As the Twig is Bent Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Many feared for the youth of the country during
WWII, as juvenile delinquency was a real social problem in some areas. This
movie explores the criminal tendencies of America's youth during the war.
Title #2: A Ceiling on Your Home Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Postwar deflation and inflation affected the United States following WWII. This
film deals with that social economic issue, as well as the problems some
returning soldiers faced finding when searching for affordable housing.
Title #3: Freedom Comes High Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 13 minutes Brief Description:
This film shows an often forgotten side of the human conflict during war: many
wives have sacrificed their husbands in the quest for "freedom." This dramatic
movie is very well acted and well photographed.
Title #4: Supervising Women
Workers Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
A very sexist film by all accounts, Supervising Women
Workers is centered around a boss who must learn how to handle the women
employees he supervises. Wow - how things have changed! He says that women
"scare him." What a classic line! :)
Title #5: Homes for Veterans Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description:
When the boys came home from battle, there was a bit of a housing crisis, as
many soldiers could not find suitable places to live. This movie covers some of
the possible solutions to this problem.
Title #6: The Magic Bond Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description:
The Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored this movie made by Robert Altman, who
later directed MASH, Nashville and The Player. This movie
looks great due to Altman's developing style and the theme is of the special
association veterans have with each other.
Title #7:It's Your America Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 34 minutes Brief Description: The returning soldier must learn to adapt back to the civility of American
society. It's Your America tries to lead soldiers in the right direction
by reminding them of their civic responsibilities.
Title #8: Unfinished Business Production Date:
1948 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description:
In post-war America, the veterans returned to the jobs they left and were
welcomed back with open arms by U.S. Steel factories. Don't you wish companies
were still this loyal!
Title #9: English Children: Life in the City Production Date:
1949 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: In contrast to the dark days of the London bombings, English Children: Life
in the City shows a stunningly beautiful England that was rebounding both
economically and socially. Great historic video portrait of post-war Great
Britain.
Disc 19: WWII Postwar Nazi
Germany Films (1940s)
  
  
  
Title #1:
Postwar Germany 28 months after V-E day Parts I-IV Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 45 minutes Brief Description: Absolutely amazing color footage of
Germany after the war. See the destruction and devastation. Includes
amazing video tours of many of the major German cities, including Munich, Ruhr
in the British Zone, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Nuremberg. Also includes footage of the
Beer Gardens, and covers many aspects of the Germany's industrial capabilities.
Disc 20: Wwii Holocaust & Nazi
Concentration Camp Films (1945)
Please note this film contains graphic material. We purposefully did not
choose to show any pictures of the deceased or mass graves in the sample photos
section as to respect the dead and to ensure no misuse of such photos. Be
advised this film is much more graphic than the sample photos represent.
***Contains Graphic
Material***
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This is a collection of real nazi concentration camp footage including torture,
death, starvation, mass graves and other unconscionable atrocities committed in
nazi camps.
Footage from the following concentration camps are shown: PENIG, OHRDRUF,
BREENDONCK, HANNOVER, ARNSTADT, MAUTHAUSEN, BUCHENWALD, DACHUA.
Title #1:
Nazi Concentration Camp Allied Forces Footage Production Date:
1940's Running Time: 26 minutes Brief Description:
This film was commissioned by President Eisenhower and is a collection of Allied
Forces video footage as they advanced into Germany with footage from a number of
concentration camps.
Title #2:
The First Concentration Camp Newsreel Shown in America Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 8 minutes Brief Description: The first newsreel of concentration camps footage
that was shown in America from April 26, 1945.
Disc 21: US Air Force Films:
WWII & Vietnam Aviation Films (1940s - 1960s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This compilation features two classic USAAF films from WWII
and Vietnam filled with amazing aerial footage of the fastest planes in the
world.
Title #1: The
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 41 minutes Brief Description:
This is propaganda documentary that follows the story of the last mission of the
Memphis Belle B-17 Bomber.
Title #2:
Twenty-Five Hour Day Production Date:
1960s Running Time: 26 minutes Brief Description: This amazing
propaganda piece presents the life of Vietnam soldiers on tour with a strong
emphasis on the effectiveness of the F-105 Thunderchief.
Disc 22: Marshall Islands
World War II Battle of Kwajaein Film (1944)
  
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: American war propaganda film, What Makes a Battle?
chronicles the Battle of Kwajalein in The Marshall Islands
in the summer of 1944. The film features footage from Army, Air Force, &
Naval cameras, as the concert of air, sea, and battle attacks annihilated
approximately 8,000 Japanese and Korean soldiers.
Title #1:
What Makes a Battle?
Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 15 minutes Brief Description: This government war propaganda film documents the Battle of Kwajalein on
Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall
Islands. The film begins by detailing the pre-war preparation,
manufacturing and delivery of tanks, ammunition, weapons and military supplies.
The film contains authentic battle ground footage as we see air craft carriers
with B-24 Bombers sailing toward the Marshall Islands and the ensuing bombing or
"softening," as the narrator calls it, of the islands. Next
we see troops
storm and take control of the beach exchanging fire with enemy combatants.
The narrator sets the tone for the ground battle as he explains that, "Germans
would have quit right away, but Japs are Japs....and dug out in the ground like
rats." Finally we are shown post battle footage of Japanese POW's, dead
Soldiers, and the general destruction of the islands. General
Eisenhower, closes the film with a short motivational speech that encourages
buying war bonds. This film was produced by the Army Pictorial Service of the
United States Signal Corps Army Air Force Navy & Marines.
Disc 23-24: Adolf Hitler & The
Holocaust Films 2DVDs (1940s - 1950s)
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This compilation features footage of Adolf Hitler as he tours
Germany, meets with loyal followers, greets Mussolini, and rallies his troops.
These films document Hitler and his 3rd Reich Nazi regime, which destroyed
Europe and murdered over 60 million innocent people in the worst case of
genocide in human history.
Title #1: Adolf
Hitler Tours Germany Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 23 minutes Brief Description:
This silent film features Hitler as he tours across Germany. Hitler
attends numerous parades and events as packed sports arenas and streets are
filled with thousands of loyal followers. Hitler gives several speeches in
this film, but unfortunately they contain no audio.
Title #2:
The Occupation Soldier Production Date:
1940s - 1950s Running Time: 7 minutes Brief Description:
"Fat and arrogant on the spoils of Europe" this propaganda piece documents the
greed and lust of the German people as they are "educated in savagery." This
film shows Hitler rallying and poisoning the minds of his followers with
socialism.
Title #3:
Rescue of Mussolini Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 2 minutes Brief Description:
Hitler greets Mussolini as he arrives in Germany after his recent escape and
rescue.
Title #4:
Divide and Conquer Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 54 minutes Brief Description: Frank Capra, the same director who made It's a
Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed and edited this
amazing historic film. Divide and Conquer shows a detailed and powerful history
of the German invasion of Europe, including footage of Denmark, Norway, Holland,
Belgium and France. This is an important, beautiful film by one of the best
directors of all time. There is a lot of Nazi and Hitler footage in this movie.
Disc 25: WWII Venereal
Diseases Film (1944)
 
  
 
Title #1: To the People of
the United States Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 21 minutes Brief Description: A young Robert Mitchum appears in this
public service announcement aimed at promoting awareness of the rising venereal
disease rates during wartime. The movie somewhat skirts around any talk of
sexual contact, but the point is clear: go and get tested for VDs...more
specifically: get tested for syphilis. This is vintage sexual education at its
finest and most comical. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind DVD compilation for this
rare historical film. Running time 21 minutes.
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