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Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew for control of the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that the crisis originated with Jewish emigration to Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel. Yet the roots of the conflict are to be found much earlier – in British double-dealing during the First World War. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Arab and Jew created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East.
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land 2002
The Red Pledge
The Red Pledge
Film about the 5 Heroes of Vig, who died in a bloody battle during the National Liberation War.
The Red Pledge 1982
Secret Service
Secret Service
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Secret Service 1931
The Battle for the Marianas
The Battle for the Marianas
Successful but costly invasions of the Japanese-held islands of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, in the Mariannas chain.
The Battle for the Marianas 1944
Gas
Gas
Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.
Gas 1944
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa . An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.
The Night We Dropped a Clanger 1959
Winners Of The Wilderness
Winners Of The Wilderness
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
Winners Of The Wilderness 1927
Ferry Number Seven
Ferry Number Seven
Very little time has passed since the beginning of World War II. The young captain of the ship receives a crucial task - to deliver a secret cargo. But besides this, prisoners are brought on board. During swimming, convicts riot. At the same time, an enemy aircraft is circling the ship. In this difficult moment, the crew of the ship have to join forces with the prisoners, because this is the only way to resist death...
Ferry Number Seven 2018
Paris After Dark
Paris After Dark
Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His nurse supports his activities, but her Nazi-brainwashed husband provides the tension.
Paris After Dark 1943
Death of a Speechwriter
Death of a Speechwriter
Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of "animated visions of the apocalypse".
Death of a Speechwriter 1986
Hartheim : le château de l'horreur nazie
Hartheim : le château de l'horreur nazie
Hartheim : le château de l'horreur nazie 2021
Jungle Siren
Jungle Siren
A woman - raised in the jungle - tries to help an American stop a native uprising spurned on by Nazis.
Jungle Siren 1942
The Great King
The Great King
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.
The Great King 1942
The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation
An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.
The Great Impersonation 1942
2nd War Hats
2nd War Hats
Somewhere in a bombed city: transvestite heads show beautiful ladies hats. We see the latest fashion and hear cheerful music while the war continues.
2nd War Hats 1986
Le Jour où Hitler a perdu la guerre
Le Jour où Hitler a perdu la guerre
Le Jour où Hitler a perdu la guerre 2016
The Second Coming
The Second Coming
After a furious battle Thomas doesn't bury his twin brother, hoping for his resurrection.
The Second Coming 2008
Beklenen Bomba
Beklenen Bomba
Beklenen Bomba 1959
The Valley Train
The Valley Train
An adolescent boy in a kibbutz of the 1960s. A relationship between the boy and a young kibbutznik who serves in an elite unit. The boy dreams of resuming the train that once passed through the valley. In the background, Israeli wars disrupt life.
The Valley Train 1989
Bosnia: The Camp
Bosnia: The Camp
From May to August of 1992, during the Bosnian War, more than 3000 Bosnian Muslims--known as Bosniaks--and Croats were murdered by Serbian authorities in the town of Prejidor, Bosnia, and its surroundings and in the Omarska concentration camp near the city.
Bosnia: The Camp 2017
Frame for the Picture of My Homeland
Frame for the Picture of My Homeland
Based on a true story, the film presents events similar to those in the Lukić indictment.
Frame for the Picture of My Homeland 2005
The Dust Child
The Dust Child
In attempt to reach their Alpha company in Vietnam 1968, two American medics must search for their principles on discovering a wounded Vietnamese child in their tracks.
The Dust Child 2018
Silence
Silence
During the civil war in Turkey, many people were assassinated or disappeared while in custody. Mothers and families of the ones who disappeared in custody have held a demonstration every Saturday for the last 15 years. These mothers are called the Saturday mothers. The project tells the story of the encounter between an ex-soldier and a mother who's son disappeared in custody.
Silence 2010
Netto Perde Sua Alma
Netto Perde Sua Alma
The story of a man who invented a country.
Netto Perde Sua Alma 2002
The Hun
The Hun
During the late stages of World War I, a young American soldier, Private MacDonald, has just become his company's new message runner. Facing imminent German advances, MacDonald and his brothers in arms mentally prepare for the onslaught. The Hun portrays metaphorical themes in the fog of war through storytelling and myth, which can only amount to the reality; war is hell.
The Hun 2018
A People on the March
A People on the March
In 1962, René Vautier, together with some Algerian friends, organised the audio-visual formation centre Ben Aknoun to encourage a "dialogue in images" between the two factions. Together with his students he made a film that shows the history of the Algerian War and of the ALN (National Liberation Army), and life during the reconstruction.
A People on the March 1963
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Mark Twain tale of cowardly Confederate soldiers.
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed 1981
Raiding Invaders
Raiding Invaders
Raiding Invaders 1987
Komando Behçet
Komando Behçet
Komando Behçet 1974
Angelo
Angelo
An Italian man is released from prison after World War II, excited to meet the son his late wife had while he was away, only to be shocked when he discovers that the son is half-black, the result of an encounter between his wife and an American GI. Released in America as "Angelo"
Angelo 1950
Aribert Heim, médecin du camp de Mauthausen
Aribert Heim, médecin du camp de Mauthausen
Aribert Heim, médecin du camp de Mauthausen 2017
Wheel of Chance
Wheel of Chance
A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they leave. After they settle into their new country, the family does well: the surviving twin, Nicholai, becomes a crusading District Attorney. One of the cases he is assigned to prosecute is that of small-time gangster Jacob Talinef, who has killed a former girlfriend of Nicholai's. Further investigation of the case, though, reveals a shocking secret.
Wheel of Chance 1928
The Uprising
The Uprising
The Uprising shows us the Arab revolutions from the inside. It is a multi- camera, first-person account of that fragile, irreplaceable moment when life ceases to be a prison, and everything becomes possible again.
The Uprising 2013
When Hell Broke Loose
When Hell Broke Loose
Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's brother Karl, whom she has not seen in three years, and his fellow Nazi Ludwig visit Ilsa. Karl proudly informs her that he and Ludwig are "Werewolves", a group of Nazi assassins parachuted behind Allied lines for the purpose of killing Allied High Command officers. She and Steve go to Army Intelligence with their information, where Steve is immediately arrested for being A.W.O.L. Captain Melton of Army G-2 intervenes on Steve's behalf, as G-2 has had a suspicion about the existence of the "Werewolves" but no concrete info before now.
When Hell Broke Loose 1958
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin
Jung is a narrative documentary that follows the human and professional adventure of its protagonists, the Afghan people in the midst of civil war.
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin 2001
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
The first Civil War action short by Whitestone Motion Pictures. The struggle to put aside differences and see your brothers and sisters as equals, even if it means risking your life.
Lest We Forget 2009
Battle at Bloody Beach
Battle at Bloody Beach
This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years before
Battle at Bloody Beach 1961
The Norwegian Solution
The Norwegian Solution
Norway is per capita one of the world's biggest producers of weapons and ammunition. The Norwegian Solution gives us a rare look into the ammunition's factory Nammo, situated in the idyllic surroundings of Raufoss, in the middle of the country.
The Norwegian Solution 2009
Porcelain Unicorn
Porcelain Unicorn
In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.
Porcelain Unicorn 2010
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
Medal of Honor Recipient George Sakato said with tear, ' I am not a hero. I just killed a lot of people. It's not good. This medal is for the people who couldn't return their homes, not for me.' Even many soldiers who received the decoration still have deep scars in their hearts now. He is the veteran of 442nd Regimental Combat Team in WW2 composed of Japanese Americans, who were at first seen as the problem because of their race, but later seen as problem solvers because of their splendid achievements on the battle field. They had to fight not only the enemy but also prejudice. This is the story of the 442nd and their veterans now and then.
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity 2010