World War II was the greatest rampage of destruction in the history of humanity - or inhumanity. Over a period of six years, 1939 to 1945, more than 50 million human beings died by violence, disease, exposure, or starvation, as a direct result of the war. In The Big Battles you'll see newsreel and combat footage combined with latter-day interviews with military personnel who experienced the war first-hand. The Big Battles boxset contains all five DVD Volumes in the series. Each volume contains three 50-minute episodes, with each episode depicting a separate campaign of this most horrible of wars. Over 750 minutes of incredible history has been preserved in digital quality! 5 - DVD-9 disc boxset, Dolby Digital -Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 750 minutes, B/W, 1939 TO 1945
$ 49.98
Volume #1 contains the following battles/episodes: Battle of France - Blitzkrieg, Battle of France - Defeat, Battle of Britain. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 150 minutes, B/W
$ 18
Volume #2 contains the following battles/episodes: Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Pacific - The Rising Sun, Battle of the Desert. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 150 minutes, B/W
$ 18
Volume #3 contains the following battle/episodes: Battle over Europe, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 150 minutes, B/W
$ 18
Volume #4 contains the following battles/episodes: Battle of Normandy, Battle of Italy, Battle of Germany. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 150 minutes, B/W
$ 18
Volume #5 contains the following battles/episodes: Battles of Berlin - The Russians are Coming, Battle of Berlin - Death of a City, Battle of the Pacific - The Setting Sun. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono, Chapter Selection, Full Frame. 150 minutes, B/W
$ 18
Directed by: Budd Boetticher. A special compilation of original uncensored and digitally restorednewsreels from Movietone News, Universal Newsreel and the U.S. Navy exactly as shown to audiences in movie theaters across the country. MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA BATTLES, FURY IN THE PACIFIC (TARAWA), YANKS INVADE MARSHALL ISLANDS, YANKS SMASH TRUK, MOVIETONEWS (BIAK/SAIPAN BATTLES). BATTLE OF PHILIPPINES, ALLIED CHIEFS MEET, U.S. MARINES CAPTURE TARAWA, BATTLE OF IWO JIMA, IWO JIMA (BONDS), MACARTHUR LIBERATES MANILA, IWO JIMA, BUY WAR BONS-IWO JIMA, IWO JIMA, FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY (OKINAWA)- SALUTE TO THE NAVY, JAPAN'S SURRENDER, plus war bond trailers and more! Directed by: Budd Boetticher. Special Features: America's Call to Arms (8 mins), This Could be America (3 mins), U.S Fighting Marines (8 mins), Iwo Jima (War Bond Trailer) (3 mins), Total time: 150 minutes, B&W, 2001
$ 18.99
Beyond Barbed Wire is an emotionally charged telling of a bizarre moment in Americas history. The stories, poignant and humorous, recount the struggle that the offspring of interned Japanese Americans faced when they fought for America in WWII, as the Armys newly formed 442nd Division the most highly decorated division in the Armys history.
Special Features: Scene Selection. Includes as bonus GO FOR BROKE! starring Van Johnson, the complete 1951 Hollywood feature film based on true-life events covered in the documentary bonus short subjects: Go For Broke! -- the short subject that inspired the feature film, and two studies of the internment camps -- Japanese Relocation and Challenge to Democracy. DVD-9, Dolby Digital - Mono. 225 minutes, COLOR & B/W, Rated NR, 1997. Narrated by NORIYUKI PAT MORITA Directed by: STEVE ROSEN A remarkably moving film. --Paul Malcolm, LA WEEKLY
