John Ford
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifty years after his death, John F. Kennedy's life, legacy and youthful vigor continues to intrigue and enthrall an entire nation! Relive and introduce, to younger generations, the compelling story of this unforgettable leader and the inspired dynasty he left behind. Insightful and concise this 8 part documentary series covers JFK's life from barely surviving birth to the tragic events in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Remembered for his charisma,...
5) Rio Grande
Series
Language
English
Description
A Cavalry unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a campaign against marauding Indians.
Pub. Date
1943.
Language
English
Description
December 7th, 1941, produced on behalf of the US government, painstakingly recreates the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. It even manages to build up suspense by staging several scenes of the unsuspecting military personnel at work, play and worship. So convincing were many of the attack scenes that they have since been excerpted in several documentaries. The wartime short : Recognition of the Japanese Zero was designed as a public service film to help...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Standard full frame version.
Language
English
Description
December 7th: Reconstructs the events at Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack. -- The fleet that came to stay: explains the invasion of Okinawa from the U.S. Navy point of view and illustrates the operation using scenes of the combat.
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Commemorative edition.
Language
English
Description
December 7, 1941: A recreation combining actual footage and historically accurate dramatized footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor newsreel: Special report on the Pearl Harbor attack. Formal Japanese surrender: Newsreel footage of the Japanese surrender from Tokyo Bay and the USS Missouri. Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter: An Air Force training film that dramatizes how to distinguish the Japanese Zero fighter plane from...
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Classic biographical telling of the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth to his death.
10) WWII in color
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Contains seven documentaries: "The battle of Midway" is a U.S. Navy-sponsored documentary about one of the most famous modern naval battles, fought in the Pacific during World War II. The celebrated director John Ford presents the battle as it happened with little, if any, post-production elements added other than narration. "Report from the Aleutians" is a John Huston film about the soldiers assigned to the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific,...
11) Stagecoach
Series
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A collection of "actual war footage & dramatic recreations" of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, including interviews with military personnel from both sides, both before and after the attack. Recognition of the Japanese Zero fighter was originally a training guide created by the U.S. government and was used to teach the Air Force how to spot a Japanese Zero from the U.S. P-40
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
Pub. Date
©2011, ©1959.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a 1200 Union volunteers whose task is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by a running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
16) Fort Apache
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In the old west, a military martinet has trouble with his family as well as the Indians.
17) Cheyenne autumn
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Three-hundred starving Cheyenne men, women and children, forcibly resettled in the barren wastelands of Oklahoma, set out on a desperate 1500-mile trek back to their Yellowstone homeland. A true-life story.
18) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection volume 516
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Special edition, Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians. On the National Film Registry. Special features include a documentary, featurette, and more.
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