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1) Summerland
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Formats
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee name Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
3) The key
Publisher
Sony/Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2013, 1958
Physical Desc
1 DVD ( min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In war-weary London, Stella allows the key to her apartment to be passed from sea captain to sea captain. But when David Ross shows up she finds herself in love.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
"A shrewd and very...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
A powerful story of love, war, and remembrance, based on the World War I memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, a film about young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
"This is Vikander's film and she is very good here."--Toronto Star
"Tough-minded and sometimes...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked in the U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all.
11) The war tapes
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three National Guard soldiers document their experiences in Iraq.
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sd., col. and b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This documentary films examines the theory that Germany essentially won and then lost World War II before 1942, due to Hitler's political and military mistakes. Highlights include historical footage of such figures as Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others, as well as personal interviews of veterans from both sides of the war.
13) Their finest
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the bombing of London in World War II, a film crew puts together a movie to boost the country's morale and convince Americans to join the war.
14) Cross of iron
Publisher
Hen's Tooth Video
Pub. Date
2006, 1977
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A German sergeant struggles to keep his platoon together despite the harsh conditions at the Russian front.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Red Baron, an ace flier fighting with the Germans during World War I deals with the Allied forces and jealous officers as he tries to create rules and codes of honor for his soldiers.
16) Europa, Europa
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Solomon Perel, born in Germany in 1925 of Polish-Jewish parents, who survives World War II by concealing his true identity and by living as a Nazi for seven years.
17) In enemy hands
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The U.S.S. Swordfish U-boat is taken prisoner in a battle with a German sub. Meningitis strikes half the German crew. Avoiding the contagion and POW protocol, crew members and prisoners must work together to survive.
19) The train
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Members of the French Resistance vow to stop a train, laden with stolen French art treasures, before it reaches Berlin.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
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