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Trial at NurembergTrial at Nuremberg (1947)
Dir. Jack Kaufman
Actual footage of the historic war crime hearings in which Goering, Hess and 19 other SS Nazi leaders would be brought to trial over 217 days at the…
Why We FightWhy We Fight (Prelude to War, Tunisian Victory, Know Your Enemy: Japan, War Comes to America, Battle of China, Battle of Britain, Divide and Conquer) (1943-1945)
Dir. Frank Capra
Old boy Frank Capra directed seven raging propaganda films between ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for the rhetorically–dubbed…
WWII - The John Huston DocumentsWWII - The John Huston Documents (Let There Be Light; The Battle of San Pietro) (1943-1947) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Two legendary war documentaries from John Huston (THE MALTESE FALCON) who participated in WWII as a combat filmmaker yet whose films are the…
Native LandNative Land (1942) Recommended
Dir. Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand
Impassioned and authentic, this landmark film call for social revolution in Depression–era America blends vivid re–anactments with actual…
War YearsWar Years (1939-1945)
An excellent representative selection of wartime footage shot by the National Film Unit during WW2. Originally distributed as newsreels, this…
OlympiaOlympia (Olympiad) (1936)
Dir. Leni Riefenstahl
Hitler confidant Leni Riefenstahl's legendary recording of the Berlin Olympics when German nationalism and Nazi pride was at fever pitch. A…
Hooked: Anti-Drug Films from the 30's to the 70'sHooked: Anti-Drug Films from the 30's to the 70's (1935-1979)
Dir. Various
Typically alarmist and all the funnier for it this set of nine "educational" shorts never lets research get in the way of putting the fear into…
Triumph of the WillTriumph of the Will (1935) Recommended
Dir. Leni Riefenstahl
The famous official document of the Nazi rally at Nuremberg, 1934, shot in stunning geometric compositions. This manages to stagger the senses, while…
Britain in the ThirtiesBritain in the Thirties (1934-1939) Recommended
Dir. Various
A compilation of short films from Britain’s flowering of innovative documentary and experimental film during the 1930s. Featured films: Song of…
Man of AranMan of Aran (1934) Recommended
Dir. Robert Flaherty
Feat. Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dillane
Powerful study of the daily struggle for survival on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland, without even the benefit of soil to plant…

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