THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
THE BIG PICTURE Presents the story of The Battle of the Bulge. Presented in a way to remind soldiers that they aren't the first ones to become homesick. According to Wikipedia, the Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 -- 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive on the Western Front and was launched towards the end of World War II. It was also Hitler's last offensive in the war. This offensive was called Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (Operation The Guard on the Rhine) by the German armed forces (Wehrmacht).
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1968 Film - United States Air Force Combat Photography
Shows how gun camera and pod camera footage was taken and exposed during Vietnam. Used for reconnaissance and to document weapon effectiveness. F-100A, F-105 and F-4 aircraft all used this film process. Combat Cameramen flew along to record action and air strikes.
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The Story of Naval Aviation
This 1954 film tells the story of Naval Aviation from the Wright Brothers to WWI, including Airships, Carriers, WWII and beyond. Terrific history!
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The X-15 Rocket Powered Aircraft
Starting with Scott Crossfiled's first powered flight in Spetember 1959, this film tells the story of the incredible X-15. The aricraft set both speed and altitude records. Three X-15s were built in all, and they made a total of 199 test flights, the last one on 24 October 1968. The North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was part of the USAF/NASA/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft. It could be considered the first manned suborbital spacecraft ever flown.
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Color WWII Film From Pre D-Day London to Paris Narrated Years Later by a Combat Cameraman
Covers shots from London to D-Day. Fascinating recount of WWII color footage narrated by a Combat Cameraman as he presented images before a live audience decades after the war. There is a 10 second lag between images and the narration that gets old. Part 2 shows 3rd army coming ashore after WWII, more shots of France. Part 3 shows Paris, collection of German weapons and planes on display.
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Inside the Strategic Air Command (SAC) in the Early 1960s as Minuteman Missiles and B-52s Stand Ready
Shows Missilemen and B-52 Bomb Crews on alert. Also shown is the SAC airborne command post which for years flew at 30,000 feet 24 hours a day. Tells the story of how SAC keeps its resources, including KC-135 refueling tankers, on a high state of readiness in the height of the cold war. Positive control procedures for missile control crews are shown. Looks like this was done around 1964. Any better guess?
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Desert Storm Cockpit Video from F-15E, F-111F and F-117A Attack Aircraft
Shows various targets and various munitions to strike them in January 1991 - Desert Storm. US Aircraft include: the F-15E, F-111F and the F-117A Stealth. Targets include: Ar Ramadi, Qabaysan Scud Ammunition Bunker, Al Kut Interceptor Operations Center, Al Asad Airfield Aircraft Shelters, Balad Airfield South-East.
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WWII - SALUTE TO FRANCE (1945) US Propaganda Film
Guess who the bad guys are. Log: Scientist talks to assistants, man teaches in American classroom. Hitler speaks from podium area, shots of Pierre Laval, Oswald Mosely, Fritz Kuhn, Hirohito, Rudolph Hess, Julius Streicher, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Mussolini. Soldiers marching, crowds listening to speakers. Devastated city, newspaper headlines, WWI - German Kaiser reviews troops, French posting of mobilization orders, soldiers march thru crowd, soldiers charge across battlefield. French taxi cab army, cannons fire, explosions, battles at Verdun and Chemin des Dames. Lloyd George conferring with Clemenceau, factory workers, destroyed buildings, explosion in field, troops climb hill, Lloyd George battles at Paaschendale, Ypres, Somme. Parade of soldiers, President Wilson, Gen. Pershing, battle scene at Chateau Thierry, marines battle at Belleau Wood, Argonne. Hitler makes speech, German troops marching. Eiffel tower, German officers saluting, German occupy Paris, German officers walk towards Eiffel tower, Paris aerial including Arc de Triumph, French soldiers with Allies. Aerial of paratrooper jumping from plane, aerial of plane falling to ground. Clipped at the end, but you get the idea.
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WWII - THE ENEMY JAPAN (1942)
Hosted and narrated by the former US Ambassador to Japan (1932-1941), Joseph C. Grew, this film pulls no punches in helping the audience size up the mind and metal of the Japanese people.
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WWII - Top Secret "Smart Bomb" Technology Developed During the War (1947 film)
Film opens with as US Paratroopers file into cargo planes, the C-47s taxi on runway, and the men eventually jump from plane. Paratrooper lands in the horizon, pulls out "Eureka", and sets it up. This is a radio beacon to guide planes (carrying "Rebecca" sensors) to a landing areas. Films shows how this technology led to the development of the first US television controlled bomb test. Ending is pretty funny with a look into the "future" of smart bomb technology where an operator can simply send off an atomic bomb from the comfort of his Star Trek-looking console!
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Ingenious Artillery Plan to Supply a Trapped Battalion
Medical supplies and food are loaded into artillery projectile containers and blasted over to a trapped US 7th Army battalion in Northern France. Times fuses will open the shells over their targets. The men are rescued later and their faces show the scars of battle.
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US Ninth and First Armies cross into Germany, Capture Key Towns
November 1944. US Forces head into Northern France, up to the German border. US Ninth and First Armies, along with French Units, encounter German fortifications and trenches. House to house fighting all the way. Mulhausen, Saarburg and Zabern are captured. Germans were using captured russian weapons which are shown. Masses of German prisoners are taken, along with German female pilots and nurses.
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ASTONISHING NIGHT VISION - Apache Gunship Attack on Insurgents
US Apache Helicopter Gunship spots saboteurs as they hide weapons off the road at night. Note to insurgents: "Don't get caught counting the steps it takes to find the weapon later - looks like you are hiding something and the consequences are, well, not very good".
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MH 47's Chinook
A rarely seen perspective: an amazing video of a U.S. Navy SEAL extraction was filmed from inside an MH-47 Chinook helicopter. The pilot has lowered the ramp, dipped the tail end into the water to partially flood the compartment (a maneuver that requires quite precise flying) and awaits the Navy SEALs to board in their F470 Zodiac. You have just got to LOVE the skill of our military. I think Marine Chopper Pilots and few Navy Pilots would attempt this. It's too easy to lose lift and ditch the whole chopper.
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THESE ARE THE MEN : An Anti-German Propaganda Film 1943
Made in the middle of WWII, this propaganda film sought to galvanize the American people against the key leaders of the Nazi Party in Germany. This 1943 film was written and narrated by poet Dylan Thomas. The film used images from German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's film "Triumph of the Will" to discredit the Nazi leadership.
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Japanese Army Newsreel
Shows various Imperial Army conquests, snow sports and Adolph Hitler touring miscellaneous artillery bunkers and guns.
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First Images from Hiroshima
Newsreel also shows American POWs releaed inside Japan, President Truman at his first basball game, General Wainwright, hero of Bataan, returns home, to parade and hero's welcome in Washington DC.
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WWII Training Film: The Tank/Infantryman Team
In WWII, Allied infantrymen had to work alongside tanks. New tactics were developed and the men had to learn them before they went out into the field. Films like this one showed them how men and machine had to coordinate their attack. Great movie.
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The American 1st Army - From Aachen to the Roer River
This storytelling gem puts us right on the front line alongside the US 1st Army. The maps are terrific. All you need to know about the "1st" is on this film, made in 1946 after the filmmakers had time to sift through all the combat camera footage.
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THE CITY OF WASHINGTON - 1929
This film is a real gem. No narration, no music, just cue cards and a nice history lesson about the Capital City of Washington - made in 1929.
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Color WWII - Raw Footage, Capture of German U-Boat U-505
On 4 June 1944, United States Navy's USS Guadalcanal captured the German U-Boat U-505, the first time a US Navy vessel had captured an enemy at sea since 1815. This raw color footage shows what happened. The U 505 is presently a museum ship at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Codebooks and other secret documents were captured from the U-505 which assisted Allied codebreaking operations.
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"Men, Before You Invade, Please Watch: THE GATES OF ITALY"
Before the Allies invaded Italy, this Canadian film was made to remind servicemen of the Italian people's heritage and their contributions to the US and Canada. Likely made to encourage soldiers to appreciate (and thus protect), the architecture and cultural treasures of Italy. This image-rich film covers all aspects of Italian life and society before and under Benito Mussolini.
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ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION - The Controversial 1946 Mission to Antarctica
Larger than the United States and Europe combined, the Antarctic continent held many mysteries and promises after WWII. In 1946 and 1947 the US Navy launched Operation Highjump, an ambitious expedition to Antarctica. Taskforce 68 was comprised of 13 ships and 4,00 men. Shows footage of Richard E. Byrd's pioneering crew.in 1939 then covers Operation Highjump. The film doesn't cover the controversy surrounding the move, which was seen by many countries as a land grab by the US. More information on this operation can be found at www.south-pole.com/p0000150.htm.
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THE GERMAN ARMAMENT COMPANY AND FAMILY KRUPP - Armament of Politics 1933-1940
Report from the OFFICE OF CHIEF OF COUNSEL FOR WAR CRIMES. Silent footage is mixed with audio from German films that offer rare glimpses into Nazi business dealings with Germany industry. Film was likely used with an accompanying narration or text when presented as evidence. Part 1 shows a map of Germany and the Ruhr. A Krupp made field howitzer is test fired as company officials and military officers look on. Members of the Krupp family attend a Nazi rally in Berlin and are present at the unveiling of portraits of Hitler and Bismark, and at the distribution of Hitler's book "Mein Kampf." Nazi party officials.
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Operation Ivy, the 1952 Thermo-Nuclear or "hydrogen" detonation
Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. The purpose of the tests was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons, in response to the Soviet nuclear weapons program. T
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Defense Against Chemical Warfare
This extraordinary post WWI silent film shows how US Army Soldiers are equipped and trained for chemical warfare. What is interesting from this film is to see how little the equipment, training and procedures changed over the years from the time this film was made until today.
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WWII US Propaganda Film - Know Your Enemy - Japan
An American propaganda film produced on behalf of the U.S. War Department in 1945 as a training film for American soldiers preparing to fight in the Pacific during World War II. Directed by Frank Capra, the hour-long film sought to educate American soldiers about their adversary's history and society, particularly the course up to the Pacific War, and the totalitarian nature of the Japanese state. Today, it's used to show the influence of images and sound over narration, and the portrayal of the Japanese people during World War II. Shows the Bataan Death March in brutal detail.
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WWII - Tank Mission
Allied Tank crews improvised as they fought on from the moment they landed in Europe. This film tells their story.
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THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION (Airmobile) IN VIETNAM
THE BIG PICTURE tv show tells the story of the First Air Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in Vietnam and how they proved the relatively new theories of Air Mobile Warfare in the worst of all circumstances - under fire in combat. Features the CH-47, medical evacuations, search and destroy missions and more.
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NAZI PROPAGANDA FILM "ERB KRANK"
NAZI PROPAGANDA FILM "ERB KRANK" or "Inherited Suffering" - Deals with the Issue of Mental Illness and Makes the Case for Euthanasia
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OUR JOB IN JAPAN
Most every Allied Soldier who entered Japan after the war was required to watch: OUR JOB IN JAPAN
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Introduction of the MILES Gear for Training
"Before MILES gear it was difficult to determine the effectiveness of soldiers and their weapons in simulated war games. MILES gear revolutionized battlefield training and this early video explained how the system worked. The Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System or MILES is used by the United States Armed Forces and other armed forces around the world for training purposes.
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Desert Storm Ceasefire
SSgt Francis listens to President George Bush Sr. on radio, Marines at AAV prep their chemical gear, Marines in Humvees drive through the breach at and pass many M-60 tanks. Play Marine corps Hymn.
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ITALIAN NEWSREEL 6-15-40
Inside Italian Industry: This newsreel film shows optical workmanship. Caprera: A visit to the grave of Girabaldi. The Italians in Malta: View's of Malta, the island that is like a pistol pointed at Italy's heart. Valletta, capital of the island. Air Raid Protection: An air raid drill in a factory. Villa Umberto: This park has taken on a war aspect. Italian Red Cross tents and first aid stations. Western Front: The victorious German Armies on the point of taking Tournai.
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SCENES NEAR THE SOMME OFFENSIVE
September 24 - October 21, 1918. Shows street scenes in Bellicourt and Nauroy. Brit. artillery shells German trenches at Busigny. Shows rubbled streets and a damaged cathedral in St. Quentin. Gens. Read and Simonds inspect sunken barges at Le Catelet, former enemy positions, and a U.S. cemetery. Shows an abandoned "Big Bertha" at Cappy-sur-Somme. Brit. and Australian engineers repair roads and railroads. French refugees leave Busigny and return to homes in Cambrai and Amiens. Civilians parade in Bohain. U.S. and Brit. troops sightsee in Premont and Australian troops entrain for rest camps.
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RARE FOOTAGE - Film that shows the Nazi Party in 1933
Sometimes you can learn more from a silent film shot by amateurs than you can from a fully produced propaganda film by professionals. This remarkable compilation film shows the beginning of the National Socialist Party in Baden.
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Army Navy Screen Magazine 1944 - Story of Spies in the US
Part 1, J. Edgar Hoover describes espionage activities and security measures taken against them. Shows Bundist camps in the U.S. German rallies in South America are shown and acts of sabotage are dramatized. Part 2 reenacts the Fritz Duquesne spy case. Dramatizes the presence of German submarines off the Atlantic coast. Shows the saboteurs being brought to trial.
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NUREMBERG - Its Lesson for Today
COMPILATION DOCUMENTARY: Consists of footage from German films documenting Nazi personalities and activities as well as film shot during the trials including testimony and statements from defendants, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and witnesses.
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Here is Germany
Here is Germany was a 1945 propaganda documentary film directed by Frank Capra. Like its companion film, Know Your Enemy: Japan, the film is a full-length propaganda film intended to influence US Servicemen about to occupy the country after WWII.
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KNOW YOUR ALLY - BRITAIN
On the war activities and the esprit de corps of the British, pointing out similarities to Americans, rectifying differences, and replying to accusations of German propagandists.
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SEEDS OF DESTINY - An Anti-German Film Made After WWII
Graphic Images. Hard-hitting US Army Navy Screen Magazine shows the destruction brought on by the German assaults during WWII. During European reconstruction, shows masses of children wander in war-ravaged cities begging, stealing, and scavenging for food. Shows empty fields marking the site of Lidice, Czech.; Hitler and von Runstedt; women survivors of the Lidice massacre; packed courtrooms at Nuremburg, Germany and corpses piled up in concentration camps.
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OSS Briefing Film - The Weasel
In 1942 the Army requested a special snow vehicle to be developed for "special operations". It needed to be glider borne with other specifications. Then the engineers went to work...
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Lighter than Air? The History of Airships
This storytelling gem features all the best early airships and tells the story of how airship technology evolved. At one time the Navy envisioned Airships to be aircraft carriers in the sky. Some of the tests shown might surprise you. Yes...the Hindenburg crash is featured too...
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Fellow Americans
After Pearl Harbor Lt. James Stewart narrated this film to rouse American support for the war.
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OSS Film - Project Gold Dust
Details the psychological warfare techniques used by the OSS Morale Operations Unit and Kachin guerrillas in Burma during World War II to demoralize the Japanese troops obstructing linkage of the Burma and Ledo roads. Describes how the Allied units force the Japanese unit to retreat by manufacturing propaganda leaflets, spreading of rumors, and forging a Japanese surrender order. Includes scenes of the Morale Operations Detachment 101 headquarters station.
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THE AIR FORCE STORY - Chapter 1 - The Beginning
From civil war balloons to gliders, from the Wright Brothers to World War One - this is the first chapter of the story of the US Army Air Corps which later became the US Air Force. Includes Billy Mitchell, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Lafayette Escadrille, WWI dogfights.
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The Negro Soldier
WWII film shows the thankless contributions made by African American soldiers to the US Military for years, especially in WWII.
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Hitler's Color Home Movies shot by his Mistress Eva Braun
Adolph Hitler's mistress Eva Braun had a lifelong interest in photography and their closest friends called her the Rolleiflex Girl (after the well-known camera model). She did her own darkroom processing and most of the color stills and movies of Hitler are her work. These randomly clipped together scenes feature a Nazi Rally, Eva and her friends at play, and several scenes of Hitler in private moments.
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The Firing Squad Execution of General Dostler - Warning Graphic Images
In the first Allied war trial after the war, German General Anton Dostler was tried in Rome and found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death. This remarkable footage, taken from several angles, shows General Dostler's last minutes before he met his death by firing squad on Dec 1st, 1945. Dostler was accused of carrying out an illegal order: the execution of fifteen men of the U.S. Army. They had posed as Italian civilians in March 1944 after they landed on the Italian coast about 100 kilometers north of La Spezia, Italy. Their mission was to demolish a railroad tunnel between La Spezia and Genoa. Two days later, the group was captured by a party of Italian Fascist soldiers and members of the German army. The captured U.S. soldiers were interrogated and one of the U.S. officers revealed the story of the mission. This information was then sent to Dostler at the 75th German Army Corps. The following day (March 25), Dostler sent a telegram to the 135th Fortress Brigade ordering that the captured soldiers be executed. The 15 Americans were executed on the morning of March 26.
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Surrender Films, Europe, May 1945 - Audio!
British General Montgomery presides over a historic surrender ceremony of all German forces in various areas of Europe. All hostilities are to cease upon signing. In France, other German officers attend another surrender ceremony on May 7, 1945. General Eisenhower comments. German General Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel surrenders at another ceremony. Russian and other Allies celebrate after.
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CAMOUFLAGE Tricks in WWI
Dummy heads attract gun fire. Shows the painstaking detail in making "fake" soldiers. Other amazing methods of secret concealment…
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Small Secret German and Italian Attack Submarines in WWII
German and Italian Sneak Craft is the formal tile of this film. Describes the methods and machines used by Axis in maritime sabotage operations. Some methods and machines used are swimmers, human torpedoes, midget submarines, explosive boats, torpedo boats. Discusses each method in detail, including design, country of origin, operation, clothing worn by operator, range maneuverability, advantages and disadvantages, and rate of success. Dramatizes each method. Recounts true stories of how Allied ships were destroyed by Axis sneak craft, and shows locations. Animated diagrams illustrate human torpedo method and Allied harbor defenses. Mentions most effective defenses, urges further development of sneak craft detection devices.
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