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WAR VIDEOS

Battle Force -- PG -- DV199
Former Olympics friends find themselves on opposite sides in WWII in this adventure film. Stars John Huston, Henry Fonda, Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar with narration by Orson Wells. 1977

Big Lift -- NR -- DV13
The story of an American flyboy who meets a gorgeous German woman and falls in love amid the bombed-out ruins of post WWII Berlin. Find out if true love can survive the misery and deception left in the wake of war. Stars Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas. 1950

Breakthrough -- PG -- DV16
Near the end of WWII, a war-weary German sergeant (Richard Burton) is caught between an American tank assault and his own commanding officer, a fanatic who insists on fighting to the last man. With Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, and Kurt Jurgens. 1978

Captive Heart -- NR -- DV171
In this powerful WWII drama a Czech captain (Michael Redgrave) hides among British prisoners in a German POW camp after assuming the identity of a British soldier. 1946

Cold Mountain -- R -- DV263
Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Rene Zellweger star in this tale of a wounded Confederate soldier making his way home to his true love amid the horror of the Civil War. 2003

Farewell To Arms -- R -- DV204
A superb adaptation of the Hemingway novel set during WW I about the passionate romance between a U. S. ambulance corpsman (Gary Cooper) and a beautiful English nurse (Helen Hayes). 1932

For the Moment -- PG -- DV38
During World War II, one of the young men training as pilots at RCAF facilities on the prairies meets a local farm girl whose husband is serving overseas. Mutual attraction leads to undeniable passion. A compelling drama. Stars Russell Crowe and Christianne Hirt. 1994

Good Morning, Vietnam -- R -- DV44
Robin Williams is a radio DJ who entertains the troops during the Vietnam War. This is a somewhat ribald, but honest, portrayal of the conflict in Vietnam. 1988

Gung Ho! -- NR -- DV239
This early World War II film stars Randolph Scott as a colonel commanding an elite strike force that fights the Japanese on Makin Island in a bloody battle repaying Pearl Harbor. 1943

Jarhead -- R -- DV332
The tedium and terror of the 1991 Gulf War are realistically portrayed in this film based on the memoir of a former Marine. 2005

Kansas Pacific -- NR -- DV57
With the Civil War looming, an Army engineer (Sterling Hayden) is assigned to complete a vital railway line linking eastern cities with the western frontier. But Southern saboteurs attack the project at every turn, and the action escalates to a violent showdown. 1953

Last of the Mohicans -- NR -- DV243
An American scout (Randolph Scott) and his two Mohican companions help the British fight the French and their fierce Huron allies in this superb adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic novel. 1936

Life is Beautiful -- PG-13 -- DV62
A bumbling waiter saves his wife and son during World War II. The original Italian has been dubbed in English by the actors. 1998

Saving Private Ryan -- R -- DV87
A brutally realistic film portrayal of Omaha Beach and other battles of WWII surround the story of the search for one soldier. Tom Hanks stars in this Steven Spielberg production. 1998

Schindler's List -- R -- DV89
The true story of one man's heroic efforts to save individuals from the Nazis. A Spielberg film starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley. 1993

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon -- NR -- DV93
Holmes and Watson take time out from being detectives to help the Allies rescue the inventor of a bombsight from the Nazis. Starrring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. 1942

Sophie's Choice -- R -- DV98
Meryl Streep is a WWII concentration camp survivor who moves to Brooklyn and meets a man (Kevin Kline) who changes her life. 1982

Stage Door Canteen -- NR -- 286
During WW II three soldiers find romance at a recreation center in New York where Broadway stars entertain servicemen. Features Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Katherine Hepburn, Harpo Marx, Helen Hayes, Edgar Bergen, Peggy Lee, Ray Bolger, George Jessel and Gypsy Rose Lee. 1943

Three Came Home -- NR -- DV218
An American woman (Claudette Colbert) interned by the Japanese during WWII struggles to keep herself and her little boy alive in this compelling drama about courage and friendship. 1950

Till The Clouds Roll By -- NR -- DV185
This delightful musical biography of songwriter Jerome Kern offers great tunes and an all-star cast: Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Dinah Shore. 1946

Walk in the Sun -- NR -- DV250
During the Allied invasion of Italy an American infantry platoon must strike inland from the beach and secure a farmhouse as an advance command post. Stars Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, John Ireland and Lloyd Bridges. 1946

We Dive At Dawn -- NR -- DV219
Superb WWII saga of a British submarine’s mission to find and sink a German battleship starring John Mills. 1943

 

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