29TH COMBAT INFANTRY DIVISION
The history of the U.S. 29th Combat Infantry Division from its beginning as a Colonial Militia to honors in World War II.
1950s 28 min BW
50,000 GERMAN PRISONERS IN ALLIED INTERNMENT CAMPS
Unedited footage of surrendered German Wehrmacht in an Allied internment camp in Miesenheim Germany with German prisoners loaded in railway box cars being transferred by train.
1945 BW 8min (SILENT)
ADOLF HITLER IN SUDETENLAND 1938
Scenes of German leader Adolf Hitler as he visits the Sudetenland in 1938 as he meets with various Nazi leaders and takes in the adoration of German citizenry and tours the city standing up waving in a convertible car.
1938 BW 3min (SILENT)
ALLIED BOMBERS OVER FRANCE
USAAF Eighth Air Force B-26 Marauder and B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers in various missions attack Axis targets over France while in Italy General George S. Marshall, Major General Lucas and Lt. General Mark Clark survey the Italian Front.
1943 BW 10min (SILENT)
ALLIED OFFENSIVE - NORTH AFRICA 1943
British and American military forces mount a campaign against North Africa with landings from Casablanca to Algiers.
1943 16 min BW
AMERICAN FORCES - FRENCH MOROCCO, N. AFRICA
Unedited color footage of American troops under the command of Lt. Gen. George Patton arrives on troop ship at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, North Africa in 1942. Scenes of American and French Officers and miscellaneous scenes in French Morocco.
1942 COL 24min (SILENT)
AMERICAN TROOPS IN GERMANY 1945
Unedited footage of American troops moving through Germany March 24-April 8, 1945.
1945 COL 18min (SILENT)
ARMY AIR FORCE ALERTS: 1942 - VOLUME 1
Events and news stories about new weapons systems and training from the Army Air Force during World War II.
1942 BW 30 min
ARMY AIR FORCE ALERTS: 1942 - VOLUME 2
Events and news stories about new weapons systems and training from the Army Air Force during World War II.
1942 BW 19 min
ARMY AIR FORCES - TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY
General H.H. Arnold introduces this film that documents the world-wide activities of the Army Air Forces in WWII and explains the training activities and the formation of the fighting units.
1940's BW 42 min
ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE: 1944 - ISSUE 32
Invasion Fleet And Allied Forces Ready For D-Day
1944 BW 9min
ARMY NURSES AT BENGHAZI
Unedited footage of WWII Army Nurses stationed at the 15th Field Hospital near Benghazi Libya during the North Africa campaign.
1940's BW 3min (SILENT)
ARMY'S FIRST, THE - WWI AND WWII COMBAT
The battlefield history of the United States First Army with scenes of the battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in WW I, landing on the beaches of Normandy, the drive across France and the First Army fighting its way into Germany to meet the Russians at the Elbe River in WW II.
1917 - 1945 BW 28 min
ARTILLERY - KING OF BATTLE
History of the development of U.S. Army field artillery from the cannon used by Washington in 1775 to the big guns and battlefield missiles of today.
BW 26 min
AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA
Color footage of the Desert War waged in the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps Panzer tanks with actual tank battlefield scenes in Tunisia.
1942 COL 42 min
AXIS SNEAK CRAFT - ATTACKING ALLIED SHIPS IN HARBOR
In WWII Germany and Italy used four types of sneak craft to deliver explosive warheads to destroy Allied ships in a harbor and to destroy waterway locks.
1940s BW 28min
B-17 BOMBERS - SHUTTLE MISSIONS TO GERMANY
The first shuttle bombing mission where B-17 Bombers bomb targets in Germany, fly on to North Africa, re-arm and bomb targets in Germany again before landing back in England.
1943 COL 9min (SILENT)
B-24 LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE
Spotlight on various B-24 Liberator missions over Europe with numerous scenes showing bombing, bomb damage, and fires.
1942 - 1945 BW 21 min
BATTLE IN FRANCE 1944 | CARENTAN AND ST. MERE-EGLISE
Unedited scenes of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment and the 101st Airborne Division in and around Carentan France and St. Mere-Eglise France.
1944 BW 11min (SILENT)
BATTLE FOR CASSINO
Allied forces attempt to take the town of Cassino, Italy using waves of B-17 bombers and massive artillery barrages.
1944 10 min BW
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
WWII Britain stands alone against an overwhelming German Blitz designed to wear down British defenses to the point that a Nazi invasion of England would be successful.
1945 BW 53min
BATTLE OF NAPLES - 1943
Unedited battle scenes in Italy as troops fight from street to street supported by close-air support.
1943 BW 11min (SILENT)
BATTLE OF RUSSIA
Early history of Russia and various invaders, World War I then on to World War II and the German Blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow, the Siege At Leningrad, fierce fighting at Stalingrad to a massive Russian counter-offensive that begins pushing the Germans back and eventually defeating them..
1945 BW (10 reels = 83 min)
BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO
Directed and Narrated by: JOHN HUSTON
Documents the battle in the Liri Valley, Italy 1943, unmatched in evoking the physicality and human price of armed conflict.
1945 40 min BW
BATTLE OF THE BULGE - THE ENEMY STRIKES
December 1944, an ambitious counteroffensive is launched with the objective of forcing the Allies to settle for a negotiated peace.
1944 11 min BW
BATTLEFIELDS OF YESTERDAY
Flashback to the major battles of World War II and scenes of those locations as they look today.
1954 28 min BW
BEACHHEAD TO BERLIN
Actions of the U.S. Coast Guard in WWII England in preparation of Operation Overlord the D-Day invasion of Europe with the securing of beachheads along the Normandy Coast.
1944 COL 21min
BENITO MUSSOLINI: IN DEATH 1945
Italian Communist partisans display the mutilated bodies of Benito Mussolini, mistress Clara Petacciother Italian Fascists.
1945 6 min BW (SILENT)
BERLIN GERMANY 1945 - POST WAR CLEAN-UP
Clean up and reconstruction of Berlin Germany after WWII detailing the damage and destruction of the city and the clean up by citizen brigades and Rubble Women.
1945 BW 10min (SILENT)
BERLIN-POTSDAM CONFERENCE 1945
With the Allies victorious in WWII, The Big Three - President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill replaced by the new Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin gather in Potsdam Germany to negotiate terms for a post-WWII World.
1945 BW 21min
BIG RED ONE, THE
Film has two parts; part 1 is the American Soldier and part 2 is the battles fought by the 1st Infantry division or Big Red One in World War II.
1940's - 1950's BW 28 min
BLACK PILOTS - TUSKEGEE TO AIR HEROES
Pilot training for African-Americans in Tuskegee Alabama to their activities as a highly decorated pursuit squadron in the Italian Theater of WWII.
(public domain films) 1940's BW 7min (SILENT)
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP LIBERATION - VOLUME 1
Unedited footage shot four days after Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army.
1945 COL 19min (SILENT)
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP LIBERATION - VOLUME 2
Unedited footage shot five days after Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army
1945 COL 19min (SILENT)/p>
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP - U.S. SOLDIERS AND TANKS IN GERMANY
Unedited footage of various scenes of Buchenwald Concentration Camp and the survivors after liberation in April 1945. Footage of U.S. Soldiers and tanks advancing through Germany in March 1945.
1945 COL 16min (SILENT)
CAIRO CONFERENCE - ALLIED LEADERS MEET
Code-name Sextant, Allied leaders President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek gather In Cairo Egypt to discuss future war efforts against the Axis enemy.
1945 8 min BW (SILENT)
CANADIAN 1ST ARMY - MOVING INTO GERMANY
Canadian 1st Army and their initial move into Germany in the winter of 1945 with close-ups of Canadian soldiers and tanks.
1945 8 min BW (SILENT)
CANADIAN TROOPS - ORTONA, ITALY 1944
Combat troops from Canada as they conduct military operation in and round Ortona, Italy during World War Two.
1944 10 min BW (silent)
CAPTURED GERMAN WWII FILM - VOLUME 1
Captured German WWII film documenting combat on land, sea and in the air as well as scenes of occupation and logistical operations in support of advancing German Forces in Europe.
1940s BW 20 min
CAPTURED GERMAN WWII FILM - VOLUME 2
Captured German WWII film documenting combat on land, sea and in the air as well as scenes of occupation and logistical operations in support of advancing German Forces in Europe.
1940s BW 21 min
CAPTURE OF BOLOGNA, ITALY
Combined American, British and Polish military forces liberate the city of Bologna Italy to the cheering of Italian civilians.
1945 BW 9min (SILENT)
CAPTURE OF GERMAN SUBMARINE U-505
The U.S. Navy makes American military history by capturing the German submarine U-505 on the open ocean.
1944 15 min COL (SILENT)
CARRY THE FIGHT 1943
A compilation of WWII scenes from around the World such as Chinese troops marching along the Great Wall, Russian tank traveling at high speed in Stalingrad, fires burning in London, American factory workers entering defense plant and more.
1943 BW 6min (SILENT)
CHURCHILL'S ISLAND
WWII England fights off a massive aerial campaign of German bombers and fighters as German Dictator Adolf Hitler decides to use the Luftwaffe exclusively to degrade British defenses and destroy English morale before committing German forces to a sea invasion of Great Britain.
1945 BW 20min
COMBAT IN BASTOGNE
Encircled by the German Army during the Battle Of The Bulge, the 101st Airborne fight to survive in bitter Winter combat.
Encircled by the German Army during the Battle Of The Bulge, the 101st Airborne fight to survive in bitter Winter combat.
COMBAT OPERATIONS - THE CONSTANT REALITY
Combat scenes from WW II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Urgent Fury (Invasion of Grenada), Operation Just Cause (Invasion of Panama), and Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War).
9 min BW COL
CONQUEST BY AIR 1945
The WWII Allied air campaign of bombers and fighters in the European Theater with mass bombing runs agains Nazi industrial targets, fighters in air-to-air combat and strafing runs against enemy transportation and other targets of opportunity.
1945 BW 21min
CRETE - THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE
Documents the battle for the Island of Crete before America entered the war, between the British forces with limited artillery, tanks, and planes against superior German Forces.
1941 BW 29 min
D-DAY CONVOY TO NORMANDY
Documents the preparations by Allied Forces leading up to and including scenes of the D-Day invasion in Normandy.
1944 BW 28 min
D-DAY MINUS ONE
Tribute to the soldiers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 9th Troop Carrier Command and their critical role on June 5, 1944 that helped make the D-Day Normandy Invasion the following day a military success.
1944 BW 16min
DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP
Unedited footage and General coverage of the German prisoner of war, pow, concentration camp near Dachau, Germany.
1940s COL 32 min
1943 JEWISH DEPORTATION TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ
Rare 1943 WWII footage of Jewish deportation trains to Auschwitz. Editorial use for Holocaust, Nazi, and WWII documentary projects.
Historical Film 1943 BW 2min (SILENT)
DER FELDZUG IM ISTEN 1941 (CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST)
German invasion of Russian occupied Lithuania, collaborationist troops, Russian P.O.W.s.
1941 BW 10 min
DESERT VICTORY
The battle of El Alamein in 1942 halted Rommel’s eastward advance and lead to the retreat of the Afrika Korps. After months of build-up, British General Montgomery began an 80-day counter-offensive that culminated in the British capture of Tripoli and Rommel’s defeat in 1943.
1943 62 min BW
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Documenting the start of WWII and the Nazi conquest of Western Europe beginning immediately after the fall of Poland to the capture of Paris France.
1944 BW 57min
ESCAPE FROM NAZI EUROPE 1940
American Export Lines establishes a Lisbon to New York route in which thousands of refugees flee Nazi Europe.
1940 BW 6min (SILENT)
EVA BRAUN HOME MOVIES - ADOLPH HITLER COLOR FOOTAGE
Vivid color home movies of German Dictator Adolf Hitler at his Eagle's Nest Retreat in the Bavarian Alps with scenes of Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Minister Of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler in full Nazi uniform and more.
1940 COL 27 min (SILENT)
FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL IN NORTH AFRICA
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel directing the German Afrika Korps campaign against the British 8th Army during WWII in North Africa.
1942 BW 8min
FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL VISITS MAGDA GOEBBELS AND CHILDREN
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel pays a visit to Magda Goebbels, wife of infamous Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and her six children.
1943 BW 12min (SILENT)
FIGHT FOR THE SKY - US FIGHTER PILOTS vs LUFTWAFFE
Documenting life of a pilot in the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in Europe as they fly fighter sweeps and escort missions.
1945 BW 41 min
FIGHTER KILLS IN EUROPE - GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE 1944
Allied gun sight camera views of German fighters being shot down during dogfights as well as strafing runs on ground targets.
12 min BW
FINLAND FIGHTS - 1940
Known as the Winter War, Russia attacks Finland, who then appeals to the American public to support the Finnish war effort and relief fund.
1940 BW 6min
FRENCH CAMPAIGN 1944, THE
General Bernard Montgomery launching Operation COBRA to break out from the Normandy beachhead.
1945 15 min BW
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
Documenting the life of General George S. Patton who lived for action and glory and is a study in duty, patriotism, and loyalty to his country and his men.
BW 28 min
GERMAN ATROCITIES
The horrific reality of the Holocaust as the German Final Solution was implemented and documented in the following camps of Hannover, Arnstadt, Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Dachau and Belsen.
1945 BW 35min
GERMAN COLONIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
German colonists in Argentina 1935-1937; Scenes of German-owned businesses, the role of the NSDAP Nazi Party, boys and girls of the Hitler Youth Movement, Nazi Flag and Argentina Flag flying together.
1935-1937 BW 30min
GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA
German combat films used to document the WWII invasion of Russia, codename Operation Barbarossa as German forces unleashes it Blitzkrieg tactics.
1941 BW 18min
GERMAN NEWS NO. 8
WWII German U-Boat Attack, King Christian X Of German Occupied Denmark, Coal Mining In Saar Region Of Germany.
1942 BW 6min (SILENT)
GERMAN NEWSREEL - EXCERPTS 1942
German U-Boat (submarine) in action, General Rommel and the Afrika Korpsin North Africa, German railroad gun fired against Leningrad, German troops stop a combined Russian air and ground attack.
1942 BW 8min
1935 FILM COMPILATION – NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM, PALESTINE JEWISH LIFE, NAZI LEADERS
Explore 1935 archival footage capturing Nazi anti-Semitism, Jewish life in Palestine, and speeches from Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels.
1935 21 min BW (SOUND - PARTIAL)
GERMAN WEEKLY NEWS: 1941 - 1942
Variety of German war footage from airborne troops and artillery in Italy to German air and ground forces fighting in Russia.
10 min BW
GERMAN WEEKLY NEWS: 1943
Nazi Dictator Adolph Hitler Meets King Boris III of Bulgaria, Scenes of the Hitler Youth, German Naval Units Make Port In Japan, Russian Eastern Front and Nazi Troops In Italy.
1943 BW 19min
GERMAN NEWS: NO. 34 - 1943
Variety of German war footage from Coastal guns to naval engagements to submarine combat against surface ships.
1943 9 min BW (GERMAN LANGUAGE)
GERMAN TORPEDO AND E-BOAT MANEUVERS
German sailors in naval training for handling weapons and equipment aboard German Torpedo and E-Boats in the North Sea.
1936 8 min BW (SILENT)
GERMAN U-BOAT - FROM SHIPYARD TO COMBAT
Unedited footage of German U-Boats under construction in a shipyard and in combat against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic 1942.
1942 BW 6min
GERMANIC VOLUNTEERS WAFFEN SS GERMAN PROPAGANDA FILM
German Army in action, training camp for Foreign Nationals into the Waffen SS; volunteers are Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish.
1941 BW 11min
HITLER'S SECRET WEAPONS
Development and deployment of of German V-1 and V-2 rockets against the allies during World War II.
1940s 18 min BW (SILENT)
IN DEFENSE OF PEACE
International events since the end of World War Two such as the formation of the United Nations and the rise of Communism.
1951 22 min BW
INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA MOHNE DAM - HAMM, GERMANY
American 103rd Infantry Division liberates Innsbruck, Austria, plus the Mohne Dam near Hamm Germany documenting the defensive works to deter air and water attacks.
1945 BW 8min (SILENT)
INVASION OF EUROPE: NORMANDY - VOLUME 1
Unedited footage of operations after the Invasion Of Normandy with scenes of the Omaha beachhead, transferring of supplies from ship to land, policing of the beach and surrounding waters.
1944 COL 6min (SILENT)
INVASION OF EUROPE: NORMANDY - VOLUME 2
Unedited footage of operations after the Invasion Of Normandy with scenes of cargo being transferred to smaller ships, patrolling of waters against attacks by sea and air, first aid rendered to wounded soldiers.
1944 COL 8min (SILENT)
INVASION OF EUROPE: NORMANDY - VOLUME 3
Unedited footage of operations after the Invasion Of Normandy with scenes of the Battleship USS Texas firing salvos in a gun support mission, transferring of wounded from area, ship maintenance, officers changing of the watch.
(public domain films) 1944 COL 12min (SILENT)
INVASION OF POLAND BY GERMAN ARMY 1939
Captured German films document the 1939 invasion of Poland and the use of Blitzkrieg combining infantry, tanks and aircraft.
1939 BW 20min
ITALIAN PARTISANS 1945
Victorious Italian Partisans in Bologna Italy and Milan Italy after the surrender of Nazi Germany thus ending WWII hostilities on the Italian Front.
1945 BW 6min (SILENT)
JEWS IN DOMBROVA, POLAND
Unedited scenes of the Jewish ghetto Dombrova, Poland occupied by Nazi Troops, where Jewish citizens are forced to wear a yellow Star of David with the word Jude on their clothing at all times.
1939 BW 11min (SILENT)
KNOW YOUR ALLY - BRITAIN
WWII Allied Propaganda Film depicting America and Britain in solidarity against the Axis Powers while showing the cultural differences and tastes between Americans and Britons, soldiers and citizens working hand-in-hand to defeat fascism.
1943 BW 42min
LEST WE FORGET
A thorough overview of WWII Europe touching on all aspects the land, sea and air campaigns, V-E Day celebrations, the damage and destruction of Europe after the surrender of Germany.
1940's BW 84min
LIBERATION OF ROME 1944
General Montgomery and the British 8th Army land at Reggio Calabria. The Italian navy surrenders to the Allies.
1944 BW 21 min
LT. COL. FRANCIS S. GABRESKI FLYING ACE IN TWO WARS
Unedited footage of pilot Francis S. Gabreski who became an Ace during WWII and then again during the Korean War.
1943 BW 4min
LUFTWAFFE BATTLE SCENES
German film documenting various aircraft - Ju-87 Stuka, Junkers Ju-88, Messerschmitt ME-109 and Messerschmitt ME-110 in aerial combat and bombing as well as arming and field maintenance.
10 min BW
MALTA - LIVING UNDER THE GUN
Life of the citizens of Malta as they go about their daily lives amid the rubble and damage caused by incessant Nazi bombing.
1943 12 min BW
MANY ROADS TO GLORY
Todays Army Transportation Corp depends on trains, trucks, helicopters. and airplanes to move men and supplies to any combat zone in the World.
BW 28 min
MARCH TO THE FUHRER
Nazi propaganda film promoting their perverse ideals and documents the frightening hysteria of the German people.
1940 45 min BW
MEMPHIS BELLE
Based in WWII England, the B-17 Bomber Memphis Belle is poised to be the first to complete its 25th bomber mission which qualifies the crew to be rotated back to America.
1943 COL 39min
MOSCOW STRIKES BACK
Scenes of Russia's massive counterattack against what was initially an unstoppable German offensive to capture Moscow.
1942 56 min BW
NAPLES HARBOR - SUNKEN SHIPS AND BOMB DAMAGE
Unedited footage of war damage to Naples Italy and its harbor as Allied forces take control of the city.
1943 BW 9min (SILENT)
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND PRISONS
The horror of German Concentration Camps and Prisons, as documented by advancing Allied Armies during World War Two.
1946 29 min BW
NAZI DEATH MILLS - CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Horrific scenes of German Concentration Camps documenting the war crimes at Auschwitz, Majdanck, Treblinka, Belsen, Buchenwald and other Nazi Death Camps with scenes of piles of dead bodies, skeletal bodies of the survivors, gas chambers hooked to canisters of Zyklon B and cremation ovens.
1945 BW 21min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #1 - RISE OF THE NSDA PART 1: 1921-1933
The rise to power of the Nazi Party or NSDAP ( National Socialist German Workers' Party) in Germany 1921-1933.
1921-1933 BW 11min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #2 - RISE OF THE NSDA PART 2: 1921-1933
German Reichstag Elections , German Chancellor Adolph Hitler - First Speech, Election Day For Nazi Party - Berlin Germany .
1921-1933 BW 8min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #3 - TAKING CONTROL OF GERMANY: 1921-1933
The start of the Anti-Semitic campaign against Jews, foreign press conference with Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler, book burning of un-German and immoral works.
1921-1933 BW 10min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #4 - TAKING CONTROL OF GERMANY: 1921-1933
Swastika Becomes National Symbol Of Nazi Germany, Nuremberg Rally For Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess Reaffirms Hitler's Faith In SA After Night Of The Long Knives.
1933-1935 BW 7min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #10 - PREPARING FOR WAR PART 1: 1935-1939
Nazi Party Rally Of Freedom - Nuremberg Rally 7th Party Congress 1935, German Reception For Prime Minister Gombos Of Hungary 1935.
1935-1939 BW 7min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #11 - PREPARING FOR WAR PART 2: 1935-1939
German Troops Re-Occupy Rhineland, Confidence High Adolf Hitler Policies Will Win German Vote, Ambassador Ribbentrop Outlines Hitler's Plan For World Peace, Adolf Hitler Addresses Hitler Youth At Packed Stadium, Nazi Party Reich Convention - Nuremberg Rally 8th Party Congress.
1935-1939 BW 11min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #12 - PREPARING FOR WAR - PART 3: 1935-1939
German Sailors Killed In Spanish Civil War Brought Home 1937, Nazi Party Rally Of Labor - Nuremberg Rally 9th Party Congress 1937.
1935-1939 BW 11min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #15 - PREPARING FOR WAR PART 6: 1935-1939
Germany Launches Its First Aircraft Carrier The Graf Zeppelin, Adolf Hitler Predicts Annihilation Of Jewish Race If War Starts, Germany Occupies Rest Of Czechoslovakia, Adolf Hitler Ridicules Plea From President Roosevelt To Curb Aggression.
1935-1939 BW 11min
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #16
Signing Of European Axis Pact | Welcome Home of German Legions From Spanish War | Inspection Of West Wall Fortifications
1939 BW 8min (SILENT)
THE NAZI PLAN REEL #20 - THE WAR IN EUROPE - PART 3: 1939-1944
Germany Invades Russia In Operation Barbarossa, SS Leader Heinrich Himmler Tours Concentration Camp Near Minsk Russia, Adolf Hitler Of Germany Declares War On The U.S.
1939-1944 BW 10min
NAZIS STRIKE
Details the Nazi Party's rise to power prior to World War Two and covering German aggression from 1934 to 1940 with many animated maps explaining German tactics and scenes of Adolf Hitler making speeches, in conferences, and planning for war with military officers.
1945 43 min BW
NORMANDY INVASION
The Invasion of Normandy, code name OVERLORD, is considered the decisive battle of the war in Western Europe.
1945 21 min BW
NORMANDY INVASION: PRACTICING FOR AIRBORNE ASSAULT
Numerous practice missions utilizing gliders were made in preparation for the coming airborne invasion of Fortress Europe.
1944 BW 20 min
NORMANDY INVASION: AIRBORNE ASSAULT OVER FRANCE
Documenting Airborne invasion of Fortress Europe and of the men that parachuted and was landed by glider behind the lines.
1944 BW 31 min
NORMANDY INVASION: AIRBORNE ASSAULT OVER FRANCE - REELS IN HD
Documenting Airborne invasion of Fortress Europe by the paratroopers of the American 101st Airborne Division and 82nd Airborne Division via parachute and glider.
1944 BW 23min
NORTH AFRICA - 376TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
Operating from bases in North Africa the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group aka The Liberandos fly B-24 Liberator Bombers on missions against Axis Forces.
1940's BW 14min (SILENT)
NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
Unedited footage of the WWII North African Campaign in 1942 with scenes of field artillery, bombing devastation, Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and more.
1942 COL 26 min
NUREMBERG
Activities of the Nazi Party, the atrocities they wrought during WWII, the Holocaust, medical experiments; all brought out using film evidence during the War Crimes trial.
1949 75 min BW
NUREMBERG TRIALS - I.G. FARBEN EXECUTIVES
German chemical conglomerate I.G. Farben notorious for its role in the Holocaust as the main supplier of Zyklon B the lethal gas used to kill millions jews.
1947 BW 20min
OPERATION TITANIC - SHUTTLE BOMBING GERMANY
Bombers stationed in England and Italy bomb targets in Germany, land in Russia, re-arm and bomb Germany again.
1944 BW 37 min
OSS SUPPORT TO ITALIAN PARTISANS - THE CAYUGA MISSION
The pre-cursor to the CIA, one of the mandates of the OSS Operational Group's during WWII was in helping to organize and coordinate partisan activities in Italy.
BW 10 min
OUR RUSSIAN FRONT
Russian propaganda film using rare soviet footage showing the Russian people's determination to fight the Germans and fascism.
1942 38 min BW
P-47 THUNDERBOLTS BOMBER ESCORT - RAMROD TO EMDEN
P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fighter planes of the 8th Army Air Force escorting bombers on a bombing mission to Emden, Germany.
1943 BW 29 min
PARATROOPERS, NISEI SOLDIERS, PRIVATE SNAFU
Paratroopers Blitz-WWII, American Born Japanese soldiers (Nisei Soldiers) in Italy, and creating Private SNAFU Cartoons.
1940's BW 10min (SILENT)
PLOESTI ROMANIA - BOMB DAMAGE
Captured German film documenting the bomb damage and destruction of oil refineries, rail transportation, and aircraft factories over Romania.
1944 BW 12min
PORTUGUESE WEEKLY NEWS
Generalissimo Francisco Franco | Explosive German Motor Boats Of The Kriegsmarine | German-Occupied France | War Front: Latvia
1940's BW 12min (PORTUGUESE)
PRELUDE TO WAR
A compact look at events from 1931 to 1939 leading up to World War II. The film was used as a U.S. Army training film before it's theatrical release and addresses the question of "Why we fight".
1942 53 min BW
PRISONER EXCHANGE - ST. NAZAIRE, FRANCE | DUTCH UNDERGROUND - VALKENBERG, HOLLAND
Rare prisoner exchange between German and American P.O.W.s in France and brief unedited footage of the Dutch Underground.
1944 BW 10min (SILENT)
PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Footage of the preparation in Italy for the invasion of Southern France and troops landing and advancing in France.
1945 BW 10min
RED BULL ATTACKS, THE
History of the 34th Infantry Division - The Red Bull from training in the U.S. to combat in Tunisia and then on to Italy.
1940s 28 min BW
RISE AND FALL OF NAZI GERMANY, THE
Germany strapped with a crushing burden mandated by the allies and the Treaty Of Versailles propels Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party to power which leads to World War II and ultimate defeat.
18 min BW
ROAD TO WORLD WAR II, THE
Events, political leaders and the "smaller Pre-WWII conflicts" that coalesced into a global war that brought death and destruction of to every corner of the planet.
19 min BW
ROLE OF ARMOR, THE
Documenting the evolution of tanks and armored vehicles and the role armor has played in WWI through the Korean War.
BW 28 min
RUSSIANS CAPTURE KONIGSBERG PRUSSIA
Russian forces capture the seaport city of Konigsberg with Russian tanks and troops entering the city, thousands of German POWs while German refugees flee the city.
1940's BW 6min
SEEDS OF DESTINY - A REFUGEE'S PLIGHT
Documents Nazi Germany's plan to subjugate its European neighbors by withholding necessary food, clothing, and medical supplies and attention.
1946 BW 20 min
SIEGE OF WARSAW POLAND
A two week period in September 1939 as the German Luftwaffe continue their aerial attack on Warsaw Poland while on the ground the German Army continue their brutal shelling of the city with artillery.
1939 BW 10min
SKY BLITZ
Documents one of the German blitzkrieg paratrooper attacks on Holland in May 1940. The objective was the highway and rail bridges at Moerdijk which crosses the Hollands Diep.
1944 BW 25 min
SMASHING OF THE REICH, TH
The Allies begin a desperate and costly strategic daylight bombing campaign using the famous B-17 bomber without fighter escort.
1962 83 min BW
STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - PARIS, FRANCE 1945
Franchise to the famous Stage Door Canteen in the US opens in Paris France for allied military personel.
1945 BW 12 min
TARGET FOR TODAY: VOLUME 1 - PREPARATION
The 8th Bomber Command stationed in England prepares for bombing missions on several German military targets.
1944 BW 46 min
TARGET FOR TODAY: VOLUME 2 - ATTACK!
Bombers of the 8th Bomber Command fly deep into Germany striking several German military targets.
1944 BW 47 min
TEAMWORK: BLACK AND WHITE SOLDIERS UNITED
Responding to German propaganda about U.S. race relations, this film depicts black and white soldiers united against Nazi tyranny.
1946 16 min BW
THAT JUSTICE BE DONE - WAR CRIMES TO TRIBUNALS
Compares the Nazi sense of justice, as exemplified in aggressive war and atrocities, with that of the war crimes tribunals at Nuremberg.
BW 10 min
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (TRIUMPH DES WILLENS)
Legendary Nazi propaganda film documenting the Nuremberg Party Rally of 1934 and Adolf Hitler's terrifying ability to entice and incite crowds to his beliefs by the very power of his words.
1934 109 min BW (GERMAN LANGUAGE)
TRUE STORY OF LILI MARLENE, THE
Soldiers of the British 8th Army in the desert of North Africa, and German troops on the Russian front and the effect the song" Lili Marlene" had on these men in WWII.
1940s BW 21min
TRUE GLORY - 1945
The Allied invasion and liberation of Western Europe from the Normandy Beaches to the Battle of The Bulge to Germany itself.
1945 82 min BW
TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN
Unedited footage documenting the surrender of over 275,000 Italian and German Army soldiers in May 1943 in Tunisia after Axis resistance in Africa collapsed.
1943 COL 22 min
TUNISIAN VICTORY
The North African Campaign in WWII (codename Torch) from the Allied landings in Casablanca, Morocco, Oran Algeria, and Algiers, Algeria to the surrender of the German and Italian Armies in Tunisia.
1942-1943 BW 79min
UKRAINE IN FLAMES - GERMAN ATROCITIES AND DESTRUCTION
Documents the destruction of the cities and towns of the Ukraine and the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people by the Nazis in WWII.
1940's BW 9min
U.S. TANK ADVANCE, GERMAN P.O.W.'s, BURNING VILLAG
Unedited footage of U.S. tanks and M3 Half-Tracks roll through an unidentified village in WWII Europe, German soldiers surrender turning over equipment and marching away from front lines as P.O.W.'s.
1945 COL 16min (SILENT)
V-1 THE ROBOT BOMB - LONDON BOMBING RAIDS WWII
The Nazis unleash a new terror weapon against the British populace as V-1 Flying Bombs rain down upon the cities of England.
1944 BW 8min
VICTORY BRIDGE - RHINE RIVER | GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON MEETS RUSSIAN OFFICERS
Opening day for the "Victory Bridge", a replacement for the Dulsburg-Hochfeld Railway Bridge and General George S. Patton and officers meet their Russian counterparts.
1945 BW 9min
VICTORY IN THE WEST (SIEG IM WESTEN)
Extensive Geman Propaganda Film detailing the military conquest of Holland, Belgium and France in the spring of 1940; thus forcing the surviving allied forces to retreat from the European continent.
1940 BW 112 min (GERMAN)
V-E DAY 1945 CELEBRATION INNSBRUCK AUSTRIA
Unedited footage V-E Day celebration in Innsbruck Austria as civilians line the street as the 103rd Infantry Cactus Division parades and pass in review.
1945 BW 11min (SILENT)
V-E Day 1945 - PARIS AND LONDON
Celebration in Paris, France and London, England to the news that war in Europe, a war that cost millions of lives, was over.
1945 10 min COL (SILENT)
V-E DAY CELEBRATIONS IN EUROPE 1945
Massive crowds of citizens and soldiers gather around England celebrating the end of war in Europe.
1945 BW 7min (SILENT)
THE WAR 1941-1944 REEL 1
WWII between 1941-1942 with scenes of war-torn Britain, the attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, war damage in Russia and China, American industry gears for war, Americans inducted into Armed Forces and more.
1941-1942 BW 10min
WAR COMES TO AMERICA
A historical and sociological treatment of America's reaction to the terrifying events across the ocean and the effects on the American people as the nation makes a transition from isolationism to involvement in the fight against the Axis.
1945 66 min BW
WARTIME ART THEFT - PAINTINGS TAKEN BY GERMANS
Unedited footage of the plunder and looting of European art by the Nazis and the recovery by "Monument Men" of the 5th Army working for the MFAA.
1945 BW 8min (SILENT)
WARTIME ART THEFT - RETURN OF ART TREASURES
Florentine art treasures stolen by the Nazis returned to Florence, Italy July 21, 1945 by U.S. 5th Army.
1945 BW 6min (SILENT)
WEST WALL, THE 1939 | BUILDING THE SIEGFRIED LINE
Documenting the construction of the Siegfried Line. Shows antitank obstructions and trenches, barbed wire entanglements, and the French and German fortifications facing each other.
1939 BW 23 min (GERMAN LANGUAGE)
WINGS FOR THIS MAN - TUSKEGEE AIRMEN TRAINING TO COMBAT
The organization and training of the Tuskegee airmen at Tuskegee Airbase, AL; the first black combat fighter squadron.
1940's BW 10min
WORK HORSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT, THE
Story of Old Hickory 30th Infantry Division with WWI flashback scenes to combat training and operations in WWII.
1940s BW 29 min
WORLD AT WAR, THE
This film is a pictorial record of a decade of war that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Western Hemisphere. Nothing has been staged. Every scene in this film is authentic.
1931 - 1941 65 min BW
WWII THE BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES
The Allies employ lessons learned from from the failed Dieppe Raid or Operation Rutter in how critical logistics and support in a successful beach landing as well as tactics used by the assaulting troops.
1940's BW 21min (SILENT)
WWII FRANCE 1944: 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION | 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION
Unedited footage of WWII France with scenes of the 29th Field Artillery and the 4th Infantry Division just beyond Mere-Eglise France and the 82nd Airborne Division in France June 9, 1944.
1944 BW 10 min (SILENT)
WWII OCCUPATION - YOUR JOB IN GERMANY
Military orientation film explaining the role of post-WWII occupation troops in Germany, the martial history of the German peoples and current incarnation of Nazism and the importance that troops remain alert and aloof while on duty and off.
1945 BW 14min
WWII UKRAINE LIFE
Unedited travelogue of WWII Ukraine with scenes of Ukrainian cities, villages and collective farms shot by German photographers in the summer of 1943.
1943 BW 11min (SILENT)
ZEIGT FILM: IT'S UP TO YOU - GERMANY 1929
Pre-WWII Germany Weimar Republic in its Depression Era that gave political rise to the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler where he grabbed power and re-armed Germany culminating into WWII in Europe.
1929 BW 6min
