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Wars in the Middle East The VietNam War The Cold War The Korean War books about war films collections & docufilms on Page Three:
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titles: A thru F • G thru M • N thru S {just below} • T thru Z
"Overlord" [1975 documentary]
Began with rare archival footage discovered by director Stuart Cooper;
new footage shot with WWII-era cameras by Kubrick's cinematographer John Alcott
videos available in UK & German PAL format only [2/2005];
full credits at IMDb
"Patton" [1970]
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; starring George C. Scott & Karl Malden;
full credits at IMDb
"The Pied Piper" [Fox July 1942]
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An Englishman visiting France when the Germans suddenly invade the country agrees to escort two children back to England; his brood grows in size as the dangers increase.
Directed by Irving Pichel; script by Nunnally Johnson, from the novel by Nevil Shute; starring Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Otto Preminger, J. Carrol Naish & Peggy Ann Garner; nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor {MW}, Best B&W Cinematography video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
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"The Pied Piper" [1942 novel] by Nevil Shute
House of Stratus 8x5½ pb [1/2000] for $8.95 Amereon 9¼x6 hardcover [6/82] for $26.95 |
"Pin Up Girl" [Fox April 1944]
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Wartime escapist fare: A glamorous blonde working at a Missouri U.S.O. canteen heads to the big city for a secretary job, with lots of singing and dancing by uniformed guys & gals.
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone; starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette, Hermes Pan & bandleader Charlie Spivak Fox color DVD [2/2006] for $17.99 Fox color VHS [1/98] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $15.81 |
"Run Silent, Run Deep" [1958]
Directed by Robert Wise; starring Gable & Lancaster; full credits at IMDb
"Saving Private Ryan" [1998]
Directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Tom Hanks;
full credits at IMDb
"Schindler's List" [Amblin/Universal Dec 1993]
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Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece – as opposed to his many box-office hits – about Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and business to save more than a thousand Jews from certain death in Nazi death camps during WWII. Directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally; starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes & Embeth Davidtz; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Art Direction, nominated for 5 more; won DGA, USC Scripter, WGA & 7 BAFTA awards; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Universal widescreen DVD gift set [3/2004] for $55.99 Universal widescreen DVD [3/2004] for $18.89 Universal b&w VHS [8/94] 2 tapes for $17.98 Universal widescreen b&w VHS [8/94] for $17.98 Universal VHS limited edition gift set [8/95] for $69.98 MCA soundtrack CD [12/93] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
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Based on the 1982 novel by Thomas Keneally winner of the Booker Prize Touchstone 8¼x5½ pb [12/93] for $11.20 S&S 8¾x6 hardcover [12/94] for $17.50 S&S Audio ABRIDGED [12/93] for $14.00 |
"Secret Agent X-9"
13-episode b&w movie serial [Universal July 1945]
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American, Australian & Chinese agents join forces against the Nazis & the Japanese over the formula for a synthetic jet fuel.
Based on the 1934 comic strip written by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]; starring Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley, Victoria Horne, Samuel S. Hinds, Cy Kendall, Jack Overman, Benson Fong & Arno Frey
V.C.I. b&w DVD [1/2003] 2 disks for $17.99 V.C.I. b&w VHS [2/2003] 2 tapes for $28.49 1945 serial credits from IMDb Secret Agent X-9 entry at Wikipedia |
"Le Silence de la Mer" [France 1949]
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The family where a German officer is billeted in a small French village refuse to talk to him, but he chatters away anyway about his country and his idealistic views of a peaceful relationship between Germany & the French – until he visits Paris and sees what is really going on.
Written & directed by Jean-Pierre Melville [1917-73]; starring Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane & Jean-Marie Robain
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"633 Squadron" [1964]
Directed by Walter Grauman; starring Cliff Robertson & George Chakiris; full credits at IMDb
"Slaughterhouse-Five" [1972]
Directed by George Roy Hill; based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [1922-2007];
listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005); full credits at IMDb
"South Pacific"
"The Sorrow and The Pity" documentary feature
aka "Le Chagrin et Pa Pitié" [France 1971, USA 1972]
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This documentary altered the way that France views the historical Vichy government and its collaboration with the Germans during WWII. Part 1 "The Collapse" centers on an interview with Pierre Mendès-France, jailed for anti-Vichy action and later France's Prime Minister; Part 2 "The Choice" centers on interviews with French youths who fought on the eastern front wearing German uniforms.
Co-written & directed by Marcel Ophüls; nominated for Best Documentary Oscar in 1972 Image Ent. b&w subtitled DVD [4/2001] for $44.99 Milestone b&w subtitled VHS [8/00] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Stalag 17" [1953]
Directed by Billy Wilder; starring William Holden;
full credits at IMDb
"Up Front" [1951]
based on Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe characters
"Back At The Front" [1952 sequel]
"Watch on the Rhine" [Warner Bros. Aug 1943]
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A family flees to America from war-torn Europe; the German-born husband's involvment in the anti-Nazi underground is found out, and blackmail leads to murder.
Directed by Herman Shumlin; script by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] from the play by Lillian Hellman [1905-84]; starring Bette Davis & Paul Lukas; won Oscar for Best Actor, nominations for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress
Warner Video b&w VHS [3/2000] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb |
Collections & Mini-Series
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Disney WWII shorts "On The Front Lines" [1941-45]
Disney Home Video DVD [5/2004] 2 disks for $28.04 includes feature "Victory Through Air Power" [1943] & 32 short subjects, plus interviews |
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"The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu: Cartoons From World War II" [1943-46] Starring Mel Blanc {voice}; produced by U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit; directors include animators Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin & Bob Clampett Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [12/2006] for $13.99 Pvt. Snafu entry at Wikipedia |
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"Going Hollywood: The War Years" documentary feature [Castle Hill 1988]
Co-produced & directed by Julian Schlossberg; hosted by Van Johnson Shanachie color DVD [6/2004] for $17.99 Warner color VHS [4/94] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"The Ultimate National Geographic World War II Collection" [2001]
National Geographic DVD [10/2002] 3 disks for $44.99 National Geographic VHS [11/2001] 3 tapes out of prodn/used includes "Untold Stories of World War II" [1998 tv special]; "The Battle for Midway" [1998 tv special]; and Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack" [2001 tv special] |
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"World War II On The Air: Edward R. Murrow & The Broadcasts That Riveted A Nation" book & CD [2003] by Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi The audio CD is narrated by Dan Rather, and contains 51 wartime broadcasts by Edward R. Murrow and his CBS team. Sourcebooks MediaFusion 9x7 pb & audio CD [5/2005] for $14.78 Sourcebooks MediaFusion 9½x7¾ hardcover & audio CD [5/2003] for $29.95 |
"Hollywood Goes To War" DVD box set [2007]
"The War: A Ken Burns' Film" 
[P.B.S. Sept 2007]
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"The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945" [2007] by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns Knopf 11x9½ hardcover [9/2007] for $29.99 |
"The Great Fox War Movies" [2006]
"B.B.C. History of World War II"
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B.B.C./Warner DVD box set [7/2005] 12 disks for $108.99
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"B.B.C. History of World War II: Hiroshima: A Dramatized Documentary Exploring The Humanity & The Horror of The First Atomic Attack" [B.B.C. Aug 2005] Written, co-produced & directed by Paul Wilmshurst B.B.C./Warner DVD [7/2006] for $14.99 |
"Victory At Sea" [1952-53 NBC-TV docu-series]
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Produced & co-written by Henry Salomon; directed by M. Clay Adams; co-written by Richard Hanser; original music by Richard Rodgers; nominated for Best Public Affairs Program Emmy in 1953, won in 1954, won Special Peabody Award in 1953
NewLine b&w VHS [5/95] 6 tapes /out of stock/used series credits from IMDb |
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"Victory At Sea: Music From The Original Television Series" Composed by Richard Rodgers R.C.A. soundtrack CD [11/92] for $10.99 "More Victory At Sea" R.C.A. soundtrack CD [11/92] for $11.98 |
"The World At War" Series
[Thames TV mini-series 1974]
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Executive produced by Sir Jeremy Isaacs
H.B.O. VHS gift set [9/2000] 9 tapes out of prodn/used Vols. 1-13: Warner VHS [6/95] 13 tapes - out of prodn/used Vols. 14-26: Warner VHS [6/95] 13 tapes - out of prodn/used series credits from IMDb official website |
"Why We Fight" Series [1943-45]
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Produced for showing to new recruits and also released to theaters. Produced & co-directed by Frank Capra [1897-1991] and co-directed by Anatole Litvak [1902-74] & Anthony Veiller [1903-65] for the U.S. Army Signal Corps; listed in National Film Registry (2000)
Goodtimes DVD boxed set [3/2001] 4 disks for $13.99 Rhino b&w VHS boxed set [8/98] 7 tapes for $37.98 1: Prelude to War [1943]
full credits from IMDb
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Selected Reading Material
About World War II & Movies
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"The Story of The Second World War" [1945 bestseller/classic; rev 2002] by historian Henry Steele Commager [1902-98] Brassey's/Potomac 7¾x6¾ pb [1/2004] for $9.95 Brassey's/Potomac 9¼x6 pb [8/98] out of print/used revised/updated edition by Donald L. Miller S&S 9¼x7½ pb [11/2002] for $12.24 |
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"The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film" [1985] by Bernard F. Dick Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [12/96] for $22.00 Univ Press of KY 9¾x6½ hardcover [8/85] out of print/used |
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"The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of A Genre" [1986] by Jeanine Basinger, with Jeremy Arnold Wesleyan Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $16.47 Columbia Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/86] out of print/used |
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"Hollywood Goes To War: How Politics, Profits & Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies" [1988] by Clayton R. Koppes & Gregory D. Black Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [9/90] for $24.95 I.B. Tauris hardcover [8/2000] out of print/rare I.B. Tauris hardcover [1/88] out of print/used |
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"World War II In Cartoons" [1989] by Mark Bryant some 300 cartoons, by such artists as Sir David Low, Bill Mauldin & Clarence D. Batchelor Grub Street 12x9 hardcover [6/2005] for $19.77 Popular Culture Ink hardcover [8/89] out of print/used |
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"Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture & World War II" [1993] by Thomas Doherty Columbia Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [8/99] for $22.50 Columbia Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/93] for $59.49 |
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"Hollywood At War: The Motion Picture Industry & World War II" [1995] by Charnan Simon Franklin Watts YA 8¾x7½ hardcover [3/95] for $24.99 |
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"Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating To World War II" [1996] by Michael S. Shull & David E. Wilt McFarland & Co. 11½x9 hardcover [7/96] for $125.00 |
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"Stars In Blue: Movie Actors In America's Sea Services" [1997] by James E. Wise & Anne Collier Rehill U.S. Naval Institute Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/97] for $28.45 |
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"Stars In The Corps: Movie Actors In The United States Marines" [1999] by James E. Wise & Anne Collier Rehill U.S. Naval Institute Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/99] for $29.95 |
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"Stars In Khaki: Movie Actors In The Army & The Air Services" [2000] by James E. Wise & Paul Wilderson U.S. Naval Institute Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $22.76 |
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"The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War" [2001] by Louise Steinman When retired California pharmacist Norman Steinman died in 1990, his daughter found an ammunition box in the garage containing 474 letters and a rising sun flag... Plume 8x5¼ pb [10/2002] for $11.20 Workman/Algonquin hardcover [10/2001] for $16.77 |
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"International Stars At War" [2002] by James E. Wise & Scott Baron U.S. Naval Institute Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2002] for $29.95 |
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"Blackout: World War II & The Origins of Film Noir" [2005] by Sheri Chinen Biesen Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [11/2005] for $20.00 |
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"We'll Always Have The Movies: American Cinema During World War II" [2006] by Robert L. McLaughlin & Sally E. Parry Univ Press of KY 9x6 hardcover [3/2006] for $32.00 |
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