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1) Home fires
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
2 video discs (ca. 6 hrs.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Home Fires follows a group of women in a rural English community where the shadow of World War II is casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their loved ones, the women find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hour, 35 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this moving documentary, the discovery of records from WWII sparks a family's quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
12 videodiscs (approximately 1110 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Both comprehensive and intimate, The World Wars: the complete history of WWI and WWII is a survey of one of the most critical engagements, a broad collection of documentary programming that details the world-changing events of World War I and World War II, including the battles and strategies, the men and machines, and the horror and heroism that marked these epic conflicts"--Container.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the last major German offensive of WWII, a group of daring American soldiers set out to turn the war against all odds. Their mission will take them deep into German territory to derail Nazi efforts in obtaining the ultimate super weapon.
7) Dunkirk
Language
English
Description
The story unfolds on land, sea, and air, as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk with enemy troops closing in. RAF Spitfires engage the enemy in the skies above the Channel, trying to protect the defenseless men below. Meanwhile, hundreds of small boats manned by both military officers and civilians are mounting a desperate rescue effort, risking their lives in a race against time to save even a...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Foyle investigates strange happenings at a manor house converted to a burn unit for RAF pilots. The brilliant, unconventional surgeon who heads the unit has drawn the ire of his superiors for disregarding regulations that conflict with patient welfare.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005.]
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Foyle and Milner capture two German soldiers who survive the crash landing of their plane in the Hastings countryside. Nearby, two nights later, a farmer is discovered shot dead in his armchair.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Still trying to get closer to the war effort, Foyle asks his well-connected brother-in-law to help him get a job with a naval command center. Meanwhile, a local murder investigation puts him in a dangerous bind between rival spy agencies.
11) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
12) Jojo Rabbit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
13) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a month that begins with the fall of Crete and ends with the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Foyle and Milner crack down on an organized crime racket operating in a local shipyard.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a company of American soldiers get lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge, they make a horrific discovery-- that the Germans have a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
16) The way back
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by an incredible true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to...
17) The dirty dozen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twelve tough criminals are offered absolution if they undertake a suicide mission into Nazi Germany.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake Bouchard, a shy seveteen-year-old, has finally scored a date with the incredibly wonderful Angie. But plans quickly change when Angie gets kidnapped and the least likely person steps up to solve the case: Grandpa. In a last-ditch effort to rescue Angie from her captors, Grandpa re-enlists "The Devil's Scum", his old World War II intelligence unit, to band together with Jake to go on one last mission.
19) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
As Hitler's forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill is elected the new Prime Minister. It's up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect it from the most dangerous threat ever seen.
20) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if you're wanted by the Nazis. Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine, a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa, the ex-lover who broke his heart. Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's transport out of the country and bitter Rick must decide what counts more - personal happiness or countless lives...