Author: Dorothy Haskett

  • Aircraft at War: The Memphis Belle Deluxe Edition [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    Shot in 1943,The Memphis Belle is the most famous documentary to emerge from WWII. Created by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler, the movie chronicles the 25th and final combat mission of a B-17 crew. A moving and real portrait of courage, it was personally endorsed by President Franklin Roosevelt, and shown in theaters throughout the United States on his order. Despite dramatizations like Twelve O’Clock High and the Matthew Modine starrer Memphis Belle, the original documentary is unparalleled. It’s simply the most definitive chronicle of the air war in Europe as it was fought by American bomber crews.

    Featured on this BluRay disc is a new, digitally enhanced transfer of The Memphis Belle in its entirety. Unlike previous versions of the film on VHS and DVD, the BluRay format provides incredible detail — you can literally count the rivets on the B-17. Also included are additional rare, authentic 8th Air Force films made during WWII. These include Operation Clarion, a confidential account of a bombing campaign, and two propaganda films: the 8th Air Force Report from Britain newsreel which includes a war bonds plea from General Eisenhower, and Mission Accomplished which was shown to defense plant workers.

    As a special bonus, a PDF file of 25 Missions, an original War Department pamphlet about the Memphie Belle and her crew is included on the BluRay. A computer with a BluRay drive is required to access this feature.

    Color and black and white, sound films. Run time: 77 minutes.

  • WWII in HD (Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    Product Description

    The only people to see the war like this were the ones who lived it. Until now…

    Seventy years in the making. Three thousand hours of color footage few knew existed. The first documentary to show original color footage of World War II in immersive HD, the world premiere HISTORYTM series WWII IN HD uses the journals and accounts of those who served in the war s biggest battles to create a personal, introspective and detailed look at life on and off the front lines. Follow 12 unforgettable Americans, and experience the war through their eyes, in their own words, as it really looked and sounded. WWII IN HD transforms their stirring journey into a tangible piece of history. Culled from rare color film found in a two-year worldwide search and converted to HD with meticulous technique, WWII IN HD provides a picture of World War II as it has never been seen before.

    Also included are two bonus specialss The Battle for Iwo Jima, and WWII in HD: The Air War. From the makers of WWII IN HD, both of these specials feature the same gloriously-restored, full color footage and incredible storytelling as the original miniseries.

    DISC 1: Darkness Falls / Hard Way Back / Bloody Resolve / Battle Stations / Day of Days

    DISC 2: Point of No Return / Striking Distance / Glory and Guts / Edge of the Abyss / End Game / Bonus

    DISC 3: The Battle for Iwo Jima

    DISC 4: The Air War

    Special Features

    • Two feature-length WWII in HD specials: The Battle for Iwo Jima and The Air War
    • Character Profiles
    • Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes – Finding the Footage, Preserving the Footage

  • Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    June 5th, 1944… A secret mission is launched prior to the D-Day Invasion. A small elite group of American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines and land right in the lap of the German Infantry. They are outnumbered, unsupported, and racing against the clock. Their sole duty is to stay alive long enough in order to find a strategic location and set up the Top Secret Navigation Equipment needed to guide in the main airborne assault on D-Day. Failure means the lives of thousands. This elite group of American paratroopers is a mix of renegades from different military units. They are strangers to one another, thrown together at the last minute, with no time to prepare and with two different Commanding Officers. This is a recipe for disaster. It is a violation of all the rules of warfare and only a miracle is going to make this mission work. Based on actual events. This untold story of these men, their mission and the facts behind it, has remained hidden for over 60 years.

  • Battlefield – Russia: The Eastern Front – As Seen On PBS [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    Turning sights and cameras to the Eastern front, this intense documentary retells the story of three amazing battles with intimate details of weapons used, the leaders and commanders and their strategies. This set includes The Battle for Russia, The Battle for Stalingrad and The Battle for Berlin . 2010/color-b&w/6 hrs/NR.

  • The War: A Film by Ken Burns [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    THE WAR a new seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. Six years in the making this epic 14-hour film focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns – Waterbury Connecticut; Mobile Alabama; Sacramento California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne Minnesota. These four communities stand in for – and could represent – any town in the United States that went through the war’s four devastating years. Individuals from each community take the viewer through their own personal and quite often harrowing journeys into war painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically altered their lives and those of their neighbors as well as the country they helped to save for generations to come.

  • WWII in 3D, Blu-Ray

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    Product Description

    For the first time, you will see dramatic moments of WWII that were captured in 3D with stereographs and then shuttered away in secret archives and attics, until now. This stunning collection of color 3D photos includes Allied reconnaissance photos, a trove of images that documents the rise and fall of the Third Reich, and photos secretly taken by a civilian in occupied France. WWII IN 3D also features an actual 3D motion picture film shot by the Nazis in 1943 and creates a fully immersive, three dimensional portrait of history’s largest and bloodiest conflict.

    BONUS FEATURES:English, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish and Mandarin subtitles

  • WWII in Hi Def [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    The second world war comes roaring back to life in a 10-film, hi-def experience specially selected from the U.S. National Archives. Includes December 7th: Short Version (1943/34 min.), December 7th: Long Version (1943/82 min.), With the Marines at Tarawa (1944/40 min.), The Battle of Midway (1942/30 min.), Let There Be Light (1946/60 min.), Nuremberg (1946/80 min.) and four films with narration by Ronald Reagan: General MacArthur, General Eisenhower, General Bradley and General Patton (1963/89 min.). 4 Discs. Color-b&w/NR.

  • World War II: 360 [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    It was a war and a series of military campaigns like no other. HISTORY puts viewers in the middle of the action with two revealing programs that use cutting-edge computer graphic animation and the latest technology to bring a 360-degree view of the Second World War. In Battle 360°, follow the only carrier to be front and center in every major sea conflict in the Pacific. The USS Enterprise and its men fought saw some of the fiercest multi-front battles ever witnessed in modern combat as they fought off the enemy from the air, the sea, and underwater. Then, travel with Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. as he leads his heroic soldiers in North Africa, in the invasion of Sicily, and in the charge across Europe to defeat Hitlers Third Reich. Patton 360° weaves a mix of CGI battle scenes, interviews with historians and men who fought under Patton, and commentary by modern-day military experts, offering a dramatic analysis of the brilliant strategy and leadership Patton exemplified as he beat back the Nazi tidal wave in WWII.

    BATTLE 360: For nearly a decade, the legendary World War II aircraft carrier USS Enterprise held a pivotal place on the turbulent seas of war, engaging in some of the fiercest multi-front battles ever witnessed in modern combat. The only carrier to be front and center in every major sea conflict in the Pacific, the Enterprise and her crews battles were marked by intense firepower, instinct, and a 360°-coordination between surface ships, the aircraft above, and the submarines below. In each episode using incredible CGI visualizations, BATTLE 360° follows the Enterprise and its men through another conflict of WWII as they fight off the enemy from the air, sea, and underwater. BATTLE 360°: THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE includes all 10 original episodes on 3 discs:
    DISC 1: Call to Duty / Vengeance at Midway / Jaws of the Enemy / Bloody Santa Cruz
    DISC 2: Enterprise vs. Japan / The Grey Ghost / Hammer of Hell
    DISC 3: D-Day in the Pacific / Battle of Leyte Gulf / The Empire s Last Stand / Bonus
    BONUS FEATURES: Additional Footage

    PATTON 360 uses cutting-edge computer graphic animation and the latest technology to bring viewers a 360-degree view of World War II. Patton, a complicated, colorful, and ferociously determined officer known as Old Blood and Guts, springs to life with the aid of archival footage, personal diary quotes, and commentary from historians and veterans. With insight into the forces he commanded and battles he led, youll be there for all the drama, from lightning-fast armored assaults to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battles inside Germany after crossing the Rhine.

    DISC 1: Blood & Guts / Rommels Last Stand / Baptism of Blood / Rogue General / American Blitzkrieg
    DISC 2: Leading the Charge / On Hitlers Doorstep / Siege Warfare / Battle of the Bulge / Crushing the Third Reich

  • Apocalypse: World War II [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    This captivating documentary series takes an in-depth look at the Second World War through the eyes of those who lived through it: the soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using archival footage – most of it previously unseen and now colorized – this series provides an intimate and breath-taking examination of history’s most devastating war.

  • WWII in HD [Blu-ray]

    ByDorothy Haskett Reading Time: 1 minute

    Product Description

    Seventy years in the making. Three thousand hours of color footage few knew existed. The first documentary to show original color footage of World War II in immersive HD, the world premiere HISTORYTM series WWII IN HD uses the journals and accounts of those who served in the war s biggest battles to create a personal, introspective and detailed look at life on and off the front lines. Follow 12 unforgettable Americans, and experience the war through their eyes, in their own words, as it really looked and sounded. WWII IN HD transforms their stirring journey into a tangible piece of history. Culled from rare color film found in a two-year worldwide search and converted to HD with meticulous technique, WWII IN HD provides a picture of World War II as it has never been seen before.

    DISC 1: Darkness Falls / Hard Way Back / Bloody Resolve / Battle Stations / Day of Days

    DISC 2: Point of No Return / Striking Distance / Glory and Guts / Edge of the Abyss / End Game / Bonus

    Special Features

    • Character Profiles
    • Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes – Finding the Footage
    • Preserving the Footage