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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
The USS Reluctant carries cargo along World War II's forgotten Pacific seaways. Beyond the horizon, the real war passes its stir-crazy crew by. Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, is the classic story of men fighting to survive not war's dangers but its indignities.
3) Windtalkers
Language
English
Description
In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) guards -- and befriends -- Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy...the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, how far will Enders go to save the military's most powerful secret? John Woo directs this action-packed epic inspired by the true story of the Navajo soldiers whose courage and sacrifices...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1805 and Europe has fallen to Napoleon. The Royal Navy is the only thing standing in his way to total victory. Off the coast of South America, a new conflict is brewing. Captain Jack 'Lucky Jack' Aubrey and his Man-of-War HMS Surprise is under orders to sink or capture the French privateer Acheron, which has been deployed to the region. After seven weeks of uneventful sailing, the Acheron strikes first, all but crippling the Surprise in...
5) Three kings
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Absurdly comic tale set after the end of the Gulf War, when three American soldiers looking to plunder stolen gold become involved in an uprising
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John Huston adapts and directs this tale of fear and bravery from Stephen Crane's novella, patterned by cinematographer Harold Rosson after Civil War photos of Matthew Brady. Audie Murphy, America's most decorated World War II hero, plays the untested youth first running from and later facing his fears, and G.I. cartoonist Bill Mauldin is his wise, easygoing pal. Pin a badge of honor on this overlooked classic.
7) Stop-loss
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, upending his new...
8) Flyboys
Publisher
distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming the true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
9) Megan Leavey
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A film based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED...
10) Hatari!
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Director Howard Hawks reteams with John Wayne, who heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa. Only they don’t use bullets – they capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Cinematography, Color. *"one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'." - Derek Adams, **Time Out***
Language
English
Description
Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage
14) 300
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
Series
Publisher
Marathon Music & Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The North Star: A Russian village defends itself against the Germans. (1943) with Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan and Walter Huston
Commandos (color): Setting up the Allied invasion in North Africa. (1968) with Lee Van Cleef and Jack Kelly
Five for hell: Suicide mission behind German lines. (1967) with Klaus Kinski
16) 1915
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[ 2006]
Language
English
Description
A classic Australian World War I saga, this miniseries captures the hopes and heartaches of innocent country boys as they embark on the greatest and worst adventure of their lives, when they face the filthy deprivations and shocking savagery of trench warfare.
17) Still the drums
Language
English
Description
After he is listed as missing-in-action for thirty-nine years in Vietnam, the remains of Lt. Jack E. Buchannon are brought home and buried as he is awarded the Medal Of Honor. Following the funeral for their fallen comrade, Jack's three childhood best friends, all Vietnam veterans, look back on their lives and service to their country.
18) Zulu dawn
Publisher
Tango Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
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