Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > War: 10 Films to Rent on VHS
- Children of Gallipoli (2002)
- Dir. Anna Cottrell
- Interesting documentary interviews the grandchildren of four combatants in the ANZAC Gallipoli campaign of WWI – involving Turkish and New…
- Finest Hour (2002)
- Dir. Nick Read
- In–depth and atmospheric study of the ‘Battle of Britain’, the crucial air war of WWII fought over England in 1940.
Gripping…
- Last Days, The (1999)
- Dir. James Moll
- Accompanied by return visits to their homeland and the Nazi death camps, five Hungarian survivors of the Holocaust recount their remarkable stories…
- Vietnam War - Unknown Images (1997)
- Dir. Isabelle Clarke
- Recently declassified military footage gives a harrowing new look into the years of the Vietnam War. Three episodes – 'Secrets of War',…
- Betrayal, The (1996)
- Dir. John Anderson
Feat. Allen O'Leary
- A dynamic mix of documentary, rare achive footage, and vivid dramatic recreations tells the extraordinary adventures of Kiwi Ron Jeffrey in wartime…
- Going Hollywood - The War Years (1987)
- Dir. Julian Schlossberg
Feat. Vivian Blaine, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper…
- A glance back at Hollywood attitudes, movies and stars during the WW2 years 1941–1945.
Compromising movie clips, newsreel footage and…
- Atomic Cafe, The (1982)
- Dir. Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty
- An insight into the American phenomenon of A–Bomb culture, which compiles cheesy propaganda flicks and newsreels with hilariously naive…
- John Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the World (The Quiet Mutiny; Do You Remember Vietnam?; Year Zero; Death of a Nation) (1970-1994)
- Dir. David Munro, John Pilger
Feat. John Pilger
- Four of journalist John Pilger's most important documentaries, that exemplify his fiercely humanist perspective which makes few concessions to…
- War Years (1939-1945)
- An excellent representative selection of wartime footage shot by the National Film Unit during WW2. Originally distributed as newsreels, this…
- Great War, The
- Nine million died over the four years of World War 1. This chronicles events with exclusive use of achival footage.