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MASSIVE THREE DVD SET ****
21 RARE -
UNCENSORED - FILMS
TOTAL RUN TIME: 424 MINUTES
OVER SEVEN (7)
HOURS OF RARE, CONTROVERSIAL
AND ORIGINAL WW2 FOOTAGE!
GERMANY/EUROPE
Film #1
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WORLD AT WAR
Footage taken from secret government archives.
 A
U.S. government produced, feature length film containing
real footage of growing Nazi aggression in Europe which
eventually led up to Pearl Harbor and a full scale World
War. History, filmed as it happened, shows the massacre
of Ethiopia, the invasion of Austria and Czechoslovakia,
the blitzkrieg of Poland, the tragic fall of France and
much more... A truly amazing piece of history!
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Explicit Wartime Violence.
Created: 1942
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 42 Minutes
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Film #2
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DIVIDE AND
CONQUER
Directed and edited by FRANK CAPRA
 Explains
the German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland,
Belgium, France and the evacuation of the British forces
at Dunkirk. This film has intense battlefield footage
taken from News Reels created in the U.S. and other
military films held by the U.N. Excellent visual
explanation of German military strategy and war events
as they unfolded during the Nazi conquest of Eastern
Europe. From the "Why We Fight" series of films created
to bolster troop morale during the war.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Explicit Wartime Violence.
Created: 1943
Producer: U.S. War Department
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 54 Minutes
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Film #3
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Mission
Accomplished:
The
Story of the Flying Fortress
Autumn, 1942 bombing runs of B-17s over Europe.
 An
excellent overview of a mission carried out by a troop
of Fortress flyers. Tells that this was the first use
of the infamous B-17 warplane and boasts about it's
effectiveness in the war despite it's flaws (lack of
speed, range, fire power). Excellent actual footage of
bombs being dropped over Europe and preparing the B-17
for action.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Explicit Wartime Violence.
Created: 1942
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau
of Motion Pictures
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 11 Minutes
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Film #4
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D-Day
Minus One
Paratroopers and gliders land on Normandy Beach.
 Record
of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st
Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of
France. Shows paratroops, gliders and troop
carriers landing in France behind the German
lines a day prior to the main invasion, helping
to prepare the way for the invasion of Normandy.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Explicit Wartime Violence.
Created: 1945
Producer: U.S. Army Air Forces
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 17 Minutes
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Film #5
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Triumph of the Will
Leni
Riefenstahl
 Controversial
German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, whose
hypnotic depiction of Hitler's 1934
Nuremberg rally, Triumph of the Will, is
renowned and was considered to be the best
propaganda film ever. Original German Film;
No Subtitles.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Wartime Pageantry and Propaganda.
Created: 1934
Producer: Leni Reifenstahl
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 11 Minutes |
THE
U.S./JAPANESE CONFLICT
Film #1
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S.
Normandie fire at a New York pier.
 Early
review of the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor. Rare, news reel
footage of burning and sinking
ships, airplanes and some
interesting facts about how much
damage was actually inflicted by
Japanese Submarines. There's
additional footage of the S.S.
Normandy, a luxury liner
commissioned by the US War
Department to be converted into a
war vessel. Fire breaks out and she
slowly keels over despite efforts to
save her. Amazing footage -
strongly recommended!
CONTENT
ADVISORY: Wartime
News/Propaganda.
Created: 1942
Producer: Castle Films - News
Reel
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 10 Minutes
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Film #2
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Japanese Relocation
A film defending the
internment of Japanese
American citizens during
World War II.
 An
historical film that
"gleefully" describes the
"transfer" of Japanese
residents from the Pacific
Coastline to camps setup
within the U.S. Interior.
Over 100,000 Japanese people
were uprooted with 2/3 of
them being American
citizens. Alludes to the
auctioning off of personal
property belonging to the
displaced Japanese, saying
that it "often involved
financial sacrifice for the
evacuees". Highly
controversial and deeply
debated. Were there
actually Concentration Camps
on American soil during
World War II?
CONTENT ADVISORY:
U.S. Propaganda / Explicit
Racism and Exploitation.
Created: 1943
Producer: U.S. Office
of War Information,
U.S. War Relocation
Authority
Format: NTSC DVD,
Windows PC
Run Time: 10 Minutes
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Film #3
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What Makes a Battle
Strategy and
successes of the
Marshall Islands
battle in World War
II
 Shows
the battle over the
Marshall Islands as
a piece of U.S.
master intelligence,
strategy and
Japanese
persistence.
Explains how air,
sea and land forces
continuously
bombarded Japanese
strong holds until
the enemy was
defeated and the
islands were finally
captured. Out of
10,000 Japanese
soldiers only 264
surrendered. Uses
excellent animation
to explain U.S.
strategy.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Explicit Wartime
Violence.
Created: 1944
Producer: U.S.
War Department, Army
Pictorial Service
Format: NTSC
DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 16
Minutes
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Film #4
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Our Enemy: The
Japanese
U.S. Propaganda
film used to
bolster hatred
for the Japanese
within the
troops.
 Film
which attempts
to convey an
understanding of
Japanese life
and philosophy
so that the U.S.
may more readily
defeat its
enemy. Portrays
the Japanese as
"primitive,
murderous and
fanatical." Has
interesting
footage of Japan
during the 1930s
and 1940s.
Highly negative
narration by
Joseph C. Grew,
former U.S.
Ambassador to
Japan, who says
"you cannot
measure the
Japanese sense
of logic by any
Western
yardstick -
Their weapons
are modern;
their thinking
2000 years out
of date."
CONTENT
ADVISORY:
Explicit Racism
/ Wartime
Propaganda.
Created: 1943
Producer: U.S.
Office of War
Information,
Bureau of Motion
Pictures
Format:
NTSC DVD,
Windows PC
Run Time:
20 Minutes |
Film #5
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Challenge to
Democracy
Japanese
Americans in
concentration
camps during
World War
II.
 Government-produced
film
attempting
to defend
the massive
confinement
of Japanese
Americans in
"concentration
camps"
during World
War II. The
narrator
attempts to
redefine the
terms
“relocation”
and
“evacuation,”
in order to
justify the
forced
imprisonment
of American
citizens
based
entirely on
race. A
very rare
and
controversial
propaganda
film indeed.
CONTENT
ADVISORY:
U.S.
Propaganda /
Explicit
Racism and
Exploitation.
Created: 1944
Producer: U.S.
War
Relocation
Authority
Format:
NTSC DVD,
Windows PC
Run Time: 17
Minutes |
Film #6
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My
Japan
Anti-Japanese
propaganda
film
produced
to
spur
the
sale
of
U.S.
war
bonds.
 Disturbing
film
showing
actual
footage
of
explicit
wartime
violence
including
dead
bodies,
decapitated
heads
and
men
being
executed
onscreen.
A
complex
portrayal
of
Japanese
people
being
vicious,
single
minded
and
unemotional.
Using
"captured
Japanese
footage"
we
are
told
that
that
the
Japanese
people
are
brutally
"realistic,"
and
willing
to
sacrifice
everything
to
win
the
war"
-
So,
You
Better
Buy
U.S.
War
Bonds!!
CONTENT
ADVISORY:
Explicit
Racism
and
Extreme
Violence.
Created: 1945
Producer: U.S.
Treasury
Department
Format:
NTSC
DVD,
Windows
PC
Run
Time:
16
Minutes |
Film #7
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Special
Delivery
U.S.
Army:
Bikini
Island
atomic
bomb
tests.
 This
film
starts
out by
describing
many of
the
different
types of
military
jets and
bombers
that
make up
the
power of
the U.S.
Air
Force
eventually
leading
up to
the B-29
and the
historic
event of
dropping
an atom
bomb on
Bikini
Atoll in
Operation
Crossroads.
Shows
the
massive
destruction
caused
within a
5 mile
area of
ground
zero
where
73 ships
and
other
"props"
were
setup
within
this
zone.
CONTENT
ADVISORY:
None.
Created: 1946
Producer: U.S.
Army Air
Forces
Format:
NTSC
DVD,
Windows
PC
Run
Time:
12
Minutes
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Film #8
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Operation Crossroads
U.S. Navy: Bikini Island atomic bomb tests.
 Documents the Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific. This film starts out with a conventional look at military aircraft, other than fighter jets and bombers, and eventually shows the aftermath effects of an atomic bomb test drop from "Dave's Dream" - the same B-29 that dropped the bomb that obliterated Nagasaki.
CONTENT ADVISORY: None.
Created: 1946
Producer: U.S. Navy, Commander Joint Task Force One
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 27 Minutes |
Film #9
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A Tale of Two Cities
How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
 The controversial first film documenting the loss and devastation caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Actual footage from ground zero in both cities and an intense interview with a Jesuit priest survivor describing the Hiroshima blast and the classic "atomic footprints in the sands of time". This film was originally restricted to American Service personnel. This is a scary film.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Destruction and Violence.
Created: 1946
Producer: U.S. War Department
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 12 Minutes |
THE
HOME
FRONT
Film
#1
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COMBAT AMERICA
(Clark Gable)
 Produced at the command of General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, this film follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
After his wife (Carole Lombard) was killed in a plane crash, a grieving Clark Gable joined the Army Air Corps and requested immediate combat action. The Army decided to record the activities of his group, the 351st, and use the film as an orientation for gunners training to serve in Europe. Although this film focuses on the actual missions of the group, Gable narrates and appears in several short scenes where he interviews his fellow airmen. This movie covers all aspects of an Army Air Force Gunner's life from his leisure activities to actual combat over Europe. It also deals with the harsh reality of death and tending to the seriously wounded. This film contains actual combat footage and has quite a bit of historical value.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit Wartime Violence
Created: 1945
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information, United States Army Air Forces
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 62 Minutes |
Film #2
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Ring of Steel
Narrated by the great 1940's actor - SPENCER TRACY.
 A short film describing the evolution of the U.S. soldier from the American Revolution through the early stages of WWII. Designed to promote patriotism and inspire young men to enlist. A strong "Protect the Home Front" theme with actual footage from several early wars and battles. Narrated by SPENCER TRACY.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Propaganda.
Created: 1941
Producer: U.S. Office of Emergency Managements
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 9 Minutes
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Film #3
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A Letter From Bataan
Heart wrenching plea for increased commitment by Americans to win the war.
 In the jungles of Bataan, two American soldiers, unable to see enemy planes because of night blindness are hit by a Japanese bomb. Pete is killed outright, Johnny dies on the operating table, his last words, "I've got to write a letter"... Johnny's letter is a moving plea to the folks back home to make sure all American soldiers have the necessary things he and Pete didn't have on Bataan like food, guns and ammunition.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Propaganda.
Created: 1944
Producer: Paramount Pictures
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 14 Minutes |
Film #4
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It's Everybody's War
Narrated by the great 1940's actor - HENRY FONDA.
 Portrays one town's struggles with losing boys in the war. Presented by 20th Century Fox and narrated by Henry Fonda, it's clear there that this film won't pull any punches about how a town cheered when the boys went to war, then slowly, as the war dragged on, how that slowly lead to dread. But soon the town realized if they increased production, and rationed everything, that would increase the speediness of the boys coming home. Excellent production values and acting, this film comes highly recommended!
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Propaganda.
Created: 1945
Producer: Twentieth Century-Fox
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 15 Minutes |
Film #5
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U.S. News Review, Issue No. 3
Government-produced World War II newsreel.
Starts off with a review of the new "Mosquito Bomber", made completely out of wood, that was created as a result of the metal shortage during the war.
Next, actual footage tells the story of the U.S. takeover of New Guinea and shows Japanese equipment captured by U.S. forces including gas masks, bayonet's and the first "bullet proof vest".
"Liberator's Blast Naples" - Actual footage that shows the first American attack on Italian soil. Excellent footage of the crew of the important "Daisy Mae" bombing mission.
...plus propaganda footage including how American's need to conserve resources at home and a short presentation of World War II clips set to patriotic band music.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Propaganda.
Created: 1942
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 19 Minutes
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Film #6
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Freedom Comes High
Featuring actor James Craig and the beautiful actress, Barbara Britton.
 A fast-paced drama about a young married couple, Steve and Ellen, who are divided by Steve's enlistment in the Navy during World War II. While entering enemy waters, Steve's ship is struck during battle. Steve's spirit appears as Ellen reads the last letter he wrote to her: "I am sure you'll understand that whatever I do for you and the baby is more important right now than anything else in the world. The value of these things can't be measured in ordinary ways, but must be paid for in dollars and cents -- sometimes in lives. "Freedom Comes High". No matter what happens, I shall always be with you." These words console Ellen as she receives the telegram announcing his death. Vice Admiral John H. Towers, Commander Air Force Pacific Islands then appears to encourage the buying of war bonds ("You do your share, we'll do ours") to drive the Japanese troops from the sea and the air, so that then they will "be utterly doomed".
CONTENT ADVISORY: Wartime Propaganda.
Created: 1944
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information, U.S. Navy
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 13 Minutes |
Film #7
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Remember These Faces
Intense view of American soldiers in combat, produced to sell war bonds.
 Classic, one of a kind, color film that shows American soldiers in action. Horrific in many ways, this top-notch propaganda film focuses primarily on the death and suffering caused by the war. Incredible "Real Footage" of soldiers while in battle and the pipeline that was formed to handle the dead and wounded. This is an Amazing film that pulled at the heart strings of many American's during the mid-1940's.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit Wartime Violence, Suffering and Death.
Created: 1945
Producer: U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division - U.S. Navy, Marines, Coast Guard
Format: NTSC DVD, Windows PC
Run Time: 17 Minutes |
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