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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, doctors, nurses, and volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches of WWI. The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions, and a new way of thinking.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In September 1942 at the height of the battle for the Atlantic, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship without knowing that it carried more than 2,000 passengers, many of them civilians. What followed is a harrowing true story of heroism, heartbreak, and unexpected humanity in the midst of the bloodiest conflict in history.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009], c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This DVD takes a look at three military threats that could have changed the course of World War II: Germany's atomic bomb project, the Japanese mini-subs, and the infamous Japanese kamikaze squads.
4) The war
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the London Blitz of 1940 Dr. Lennox Collins and his secretary Molly Cooper work to discover a serial killer who is at large and using the Blitz to cover his crimes.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 470 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From North Africa to the heart of Europe, march into the battle with George S. Patton, a man who lived and died a warrior. Weaving a mix of CGI battle scenes, interviews with historians and men who fought alongside Patton, as well as commentary by modern military experts, viewers will experience a dramatic 360 degree view of the brilliant strategy and leadership of 'Old Blood and Guts' during WWII.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 829 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The final episodes follow the indomitable heroine through the turmoil and terror of World War I to the 1920s. Based on a true story of Rosa Lewis, a culinary genius and the owner of London's Cavendish Hotel.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5 hr., 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the Fuhrer, but can...
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