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The Eye of Vichy (DVD)This compilation of French- and Nazi-produced newsreel footage documents France`s collaboration with Nazi Germany during WWII, including the invasion of France and General Petain`s pact with Adolf Hitler. Compiled by French master filmmaker Claude Ch... |
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Civil War Journal: The Commanders (DVD)One of America`s most fascinating and complex historical occurrences, the Civil War is such rich and meaningful history that it continues to be a source of intrigue and interest to millions of everyday Americans. This episode of A & E`s documentary s... |
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Archives of War - World War I and the Interwar Years& World War II - The Leaders (DVD)Volumes One and Two The first two volumes of the ARCHIVES OF WAR documentary series. Episodes included are World War I and the Interwar Years and World War II - The Leaders. See individual titles for further details. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved. |
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First World War (DVD)This thorough and stimulating 10-part series provides a comprehensive narrative of World War I. Documentary filmmaker Jonathan Lewis attempts to fill in small gaps and create a cohesive timeline of the war from a global perspective. Fresh accounts provide insights and a context from which to consider the war`s affects on human history. Episodes include To Arms, Under the Eagle, Global War, Jihad, Shackled to a Corpse, Breaking the Deadlock, Blockade, Revolution, Germany`s Last Gamble, and War without End. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved. |
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The Battle for Warsaw (DVD)The tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw uprising is chronicled in this filmed record of that epic event. With some shocking new footage unearthed from the vaults, this is an indispensable guide to the events that unfolded. A variety of eyewitness acco... Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved. |
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The Train (DVD)The duo of director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster again join forces with the latter starring as French railway inspector Labiche. With Allied forces closing in on occupied Paris, Herman Goering orders Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) to move the priceless art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to Germany by train. The museum's curator, Mme. Villard (Suzanne Flon) tries to cajole Labiche into stopping the art train, but he's far more concerned with blowing up a German armaments train. Meanwhile, Papa Boule (Michel Simon), an aged railwayman, uses the distraction of the Allied bombing of a nearby munitions train to burn out the engines of the train carrying the art, and is killed by the Nazis for his efforts. Hotelkeeper Christine (Jeanne Moreau), has managed to persuade Labiche of the importance of the art, and when the livid Waldheim orders him to drive the treasure-bearing train, he's formulated a plan to foil the Nazi theft. He fabricates a series of interlocking ruses which lead the Germans |
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In The Year Of The Pig (DVD)Description not available. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved. |
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Shell Shock/The Battle of Blood Island - Double Feature (DVD)the Something Weird label unleash two war films in this bloody double feature, including: SHELL SHOCK: An unsympathetic Sergeant sends a shell shocked G.I. on a madcap mission to capture a German ammunition dump, causing a total mental breakdown f... |
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Empire of the Sun (DVD)Steven Spielberg's EMPIRE OF THE SUN, based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World W... Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved. |
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Charlotte Gray (DVD)CHARLOTTE GRAY is directed by Gillian Armstrong (MRS. SOFFEL, OSCAR AND LUCINDA) with her signature recipe for success: a love story set in beautiful nature played by an all-star cast. Here, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) is a Scottish woman in mid-WWII, living with an adventuresome pair of young female roommates. While attending a snooty book publishing party, Charlotte escapes from her girlfriends long enough to meet a British pilot, Peter (Rupert Penry-Jones), with whom she falls in love. After a brief but passionate affair, Peter is sent on a mission to Nazi-occupied France where his plane is shot down and he is reported M.I.A. Torn apart by love, Charlotte enlists herself as an underground operative in the resistance and accepts a mission to rural France. Charlotte, now working under the code name Dominique, parachutes out of an airplane, and captures two young Jewish boys in her net. The man who untagles the bunch, Julien (Billy Crudup), becomes her one trusted contact, and arranges a job for her as go |
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