WW II History DVDs

Air Battle of Britain by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV806The very best WWII documentary of Britain's valiant struggle against the Nazis during the country's most trying year of air attacks. The Air Battle Of Britain is both produced and directed by by Frank Capra during his tour of duty. This film records Britain's gallant stand against the encroaching swarm of Nazis. While the RAF and the British population confront the enemy with bravery, dignity and resolve, Hitler orders the Luftwaffe...

Air War, The Smashing of the Reich by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV552By mid-1942 the Nazis owned Europe. The Factories and oil refineries of Germany produced the products of bloodshed and devastation. It was evident to the allies that the prime targets of the B-17 bombers had to be manufacturing centers. You will see deadly precision bombing and the price these flyers paid. American fighters could not carry enough fuel to accompany our bombers past the Rhine, where they became sitting...

Army Air Force Goes Hollywood by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV519Clark Gable the recruiter, pushing for Americas young men to become flying officers.The candidates are shown in real-life roles including actors Gilbert Roland and Robert Preston, along with a cross-section of our countrys finest. Then join Jimmy Stewart, as he makes a personal request for you to become a pilot in the Army Air corps. This 1942 appeal covers the early weeks of cadet basic flight training with BT-13s, AT-6s, up...

Aviation Action, B-29 Pacific Action by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV529This volume contains the following two films dealing with the B-29 Superforts. THE LAST BOMB is about the establishment and execution of long range bombing missions over Japan by B-29 Superfortresses operating out of Guam, Tinian and Okinawa. A good account is given of the diffi-culties involved in such a long range over-water flight. Key factors such as P-51 Mustang escort timing, plus navigation and rescue support...

Aviation History: 1909-1936 by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV506This volume contains rare aviation footage from 1909 to 1937, including the following: The original films of the Wright Brothers first flight, Louis Bleriot flying the English channel in 1909, several early seaplanes & Amphibians, the first parachute jump, WWI fighters (crashes), Byrds polar flight in 1926, Lindberghs Atlantic crossing in May of 1927 with arrival in Paris 33 hours later, early bombers, first auto-gyro across the...

Capture of the U505 Nazi Sub by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV574An exciting U.S. Navy film account of the capture of German submarine U505. Late in the war, the jeep carrier USS Guadalcanal accomplished the first successful capture of an enemy submarine on the high seas. With the use of Avenger dive bombers and surface fire, the compact carrier is able to mount a boarding party to claim the crippled sub.This submarine is now on display at the Museum Of Science And industry in Chicago. Also...

Dam Busters, The Real Story (DVD) by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV558DAM BUSTERSThis first-rate feature film thriller starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, was based on the true story of the development of the 'Bouncing Bombs' used to destroy heavily protected German dams in WWll. It was trial and error, the final run at 60 feet over the water in the face of enemy fire. A dangerous mission at a high cost: eight planes and 56 men lost.Running Time 2 Hours DVD

December 7th, The Suppressed 80 Minute Version (DVD) by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV514Produced...and then suppressed by the U.S. government, December 7th reenacts Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, sending the U.S. into WWII. Believing that the film portrayed the Navy as to complacent before the raid, the government withheld this full length feature film for nearly 50 years. (A shorter 34 minute version won an Academy Award in 1942.) The film features Walter Huston, and was directed by John...

Drop Zone Normandy by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV587The immortal epic of the planes, gliders, and the Macho men of the 82nd and 101st Airborne, supported by waves of B-26 Marauders and combat ready B-47's. This is the definite history of glider action in WWII. From night action to day flying, from P-38's to C-47's as glider tows, this is the story of men and their fighting machines.Running Time 78 Minutes

Kamikaze Air War (DVD) by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV810Suicide of a nation! uncut, raw realism, filmed by combat cameras amid the heat and holocaust of battle!...from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima!Shocking footage of novice U.S. pilots learning carrier landings (the hard way) introduces the drama of air power which eventually turned the tide of the war. You witness the devastation of low level and incendiary bombing on the hapless cities below.The Japanese retaliate with the Kamikaze - the...

Lest We Forget by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV586Immediately after the German forces surrendered, Eisenhower ordered a documentary produced honoring the accomplishments of the U.S. GI foot soldiers. However, due to the negative tones of the finished film, he soon ordered all known copies destroyed. This film is one of the finest overviews of WWII (in Europe) ever captured on film. From the liberation of Paris, we move back to the Normandy invasion, and the advances across Europe, A...

Mission to Rabaul by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV507Ninety minutes of thrilling air action against the Japanese in the Pacific, during WWII. P-38s, P-40s, B-17s and B-25s bomb and strafe Japanese shipping and island bases. Its the 5th Air Force in an aerial shoot-out at 100 feet above Rabaul. Running Time 90 Minutes DVD-R

Report From the Aleautians, WWII DVD Documentary by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV503Over six months of filming captured the lives of the soldiers who manned the most remote outpost in World War II, the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific. This Spectacular production, directed and narrated by John Huston, captures the bombings of this area as well as the loneliness of the troops.Unusual scenes of B-24s and P-38s trying to operate under the extremes of wind and rain. Nominated for the...

The V2 Rocket "Hitler's Last Weapon" by Non-Fiction VideoItem Number: DV513This is the British-made story of the German V2 rocket. Here are complete details and launch shots of how this super deadly device worked, and how it impacted at supersonic speeds. Had WWII continued the Germans would have developed the rocket to meet their goals - crossing the Atlantic to destroy the United States.Running Time 40 minutes