Movie Reference

A selection of excellent DVDs is available for your use. Please keep them no longer than two weeks.

All Quiet on the Western Front

 World War I classic

Paths of Glory

 World War I

A Very Long Engagement

 World War I

Saving Private Ryan

 D-Day and Normandy campaign

Battleground

 Battle of the Bulge

Patton

 Film biography of the famous US general

12 O’clock High

 European bombing Campaign

The Guns of Naverone

 British commandos in Greece

Enigma

 code-breaking

Casablanca

 Romantic classic must-see

Das Boot (The Boat)

 German U-Boat warfare

In Which We Serve

 British Navy at war

The Cruel Sea

 British Navy at War

The Enemy Below

 U-Boat vs. American destroyer

Downfall

 Last Days of Hitler

Conspiracy

 Holocaust

Europa Europa

 Holocaust

Schlindler’s List

 Holocaust

The Pianist

 Holocaust

Judgment at Nuremberg

 Post war trial of German judges

Enemy at the Gates

 Battle of Stalingrad

Stalingrad

 Battle of Stalingrad

Cross of Iron

 German soldiers in battle

The Bridge on the River Kwai

 Japanese Prisoner of War camp

Stalag 17

 German Prisoner of War camp

The Colditz Story

 POW Escape

The Great Escape

 POW escape

Best Years of Our Lives

 Post-war readjustment of returning veterans


Documentaries:

Triumph of the Will

 Classic documentary of Hitler’s rise

The Battle of the Bulge

 Story of the battle

The Nuremberg Trials

 Postwar trials of German leaders

The Sorrow and the Pity

 Life in France under German occupation

Rosie the Riveter

 American Women at war

Kamakazi

 Japanese suicide flyers

The best documentary series by far is the World at War in 26 hour-long segments, narrated by Laurence Olivier; intelligent and objective; well worth seeing. Somewhat dated but still enjoyable is the Victory at Sea series about the US Navy; you’ll enjoy the score by Richard Rogers. You will also enjoy Band of Brothers.