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2) The pianist
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene...
Publisher
Moore Foundation
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the journey of two Holocaust survivors, Mike Vogel and David Mandel, as they revisit the hell they knew as Auschwitz; also illustrates how the prejudice, intolerance, and violence that characterized the Holocaust provide timely lessons for all of us today. This revised edition features youth discussing these important topics.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A snow lion is a mythic beast of Tibetan legend. As a protector of the nation, the snow lion is emblazoned on the Tibetan flag. Today the Tibetan flag is outlawed in its own homeland. Ten years in the making, filmed during a remarkable nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are powerfully chronicled through riveting personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images...
Publisher
Tell Me a Story Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"The early 70s was a time of rebellion and experimentation. As the nation reeled with social upheaval, creativity flourished. Telluride was changing -- mining was dying, skiing was born. What emerged was a lively community forging a new identity in a spectacular isolated mountain landscape." -- container
9) Papillon
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Thrilling adventure of an escape from a French Guiana prison
10) Step into liquid
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Dana Brown, as his father Bruce Brown before him, has created a documentary hailing the sport and lifestyle of surfing through images and interviews
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In August 1945, the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented and the bombings precipitated the end of World War II. Contains archival footage and stunning photography. Interviews are from both Japanese survivors and the Americans who believed that their involvement would help end a brutal conflict
13) Oregon at war
Series
Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The onset of World War Two found Oregonians still reeling from the Depression. But Oregon emerged from the war with a thriving economy, fast-growing cities and a changed population. Seventeen Oregonians describe what happened - on the battlefield and at hime - in Oregon at War. (From cover)
14) Lioness
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
U.S. policy forbids women from serving in military units whose primary objective is direct ground combat. This documentary makes public, for the first time, the hidden history of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat, fighting alongside their male comrades in some of the most violent counterinsurgency battles. Told through intimate accounts and interviews with military...
15) Winter soldier
Publisher
Winterfilm [production company]
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Vietnam veterans speak about atrocities committed upon Vietnamese soldiers and civilians during their time in the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. Through testimony given at the Winter Soldier Investigation held by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in 1971, press conferences, and interviews with individual participants, the film graphically portrays the effect of U.S. government policy and practice, which turned soldiers into animals bent on destruction...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Journey deep behind battle lines to experience a different side of the Vietnam War - the side seen only through the lenses of North Vietnam photographers. Renowned British photojournalist Tim Page travels back to the land where he nearly lost his life to meet with North Vietnamese war photographers, revealing remarkable, never-before-seen photos and personal stories long hidden by time and tragedy.
18) The Great escape
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape
19) The ground truth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home
20) Papillon
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Thrilling adventure of an escape from a French Guiana prison
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