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End of Empire
directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman w...
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directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a persona...
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a personal dimension. Instead of enjoying a brilliant career in Singapore, Colburn witnessed its swift and violent end, as well as the symbolic end of the British Empire. In the 1930s it was widely believed that Singapore was an impregnable fortress. When the well-trained and equipped Japanese invaded Northern Malaya in 1941 shortly after Pearl Harbor, they easily defeated the under-prepared Indian, New Zealand and Australian troops who had joined the British there. When British officials realized Singapore would fall they evacuated the colonials, leaving the Chinese, Indian and Malay populations to fend for themselves. Throughout this Colburn worked as a medical volunteer, cleaning up the bodies left from Japanese bombing. Two British battleships were sunk with nine hundred British sailors lost and the British surrendered after six weeks. Under the Japanese occupation, one hundred thousand prisoners of war were arrested and imprisoned or executed in six weeks. Colburn was taken prisoner by the Japanese and spent four years in horrendous conditions, with almost no food or medicine available. He used his experience as a pharmacist to help his fellow inmates as much as he could. It is estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people perished in captivity. As Prof. Jayathurai says, "Churchill gave up Malaya for the defense of Europe. This was the end of the British Empire; everything after that was borrowed time." College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions, Crest Communications Production, Eva Petryshen
Author / Creator
Guo Fangfang
Date Published / Released
2001, 2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Eva Petryshen
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Invasions, Massacres, Lines of defense, Military maneuvers, Military occupation, Military strategy, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Torture, Civil defense, Japanese invasion of Singapore, February 8-15, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Eyewitness: Day Of Infamy
produced by Gerry Malir, fl. 2005 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 1 hour 16 mins
On December 7 1941 the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, situated on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Over sixty years after the event, eyewitnesses and experts have come together to commemorate this occasion and to provide eyewitness accounts of the bombing and the events following on from this dev...
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produced by Gerry Malir, fl. 2005 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 1 hour 16 mins
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On December 7 1941 the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, situated on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Over sixty years after the event, eyewitnesses and experts have come together to commemorate this occasion and to provide eyewitness accounts of the bombing and the events following on from this devastating attack. With interviews woven into new archive accounts of what really happened, history is reexamined by those who were invol...
On December 7 1941 the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, situated on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Over sixty years after the event, eyewitnesses and experts have come together to commemorate this occasion and to provide eyewitness accounts of the bombing and the events following on from this devastating attack. With interviews woven into new archive accounts of what really happened, history is reexamined by those who were involved.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gerry Malir, fl. 2005, Colin Bower, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Colin Bower, fl. 2005
Topic / Theme
Attacks (Battles), War, Bombings, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2005. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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Korea: The Unfinished War
directed by Brian McKenna; produced by Arnie Gelbart, Christine Le Goff and Stephen Phizicky (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2003), 53 mins
This film documents a war where neither side was victorious nor defeated; a struggle that came very close to thermonuclear war, and that still resonates in the geopolitical machinations between East and West. From 1950 to 1953 more than a million men fought under the United Nations flag, with most of the manpower...
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directed by Brian McKenna; produced by Arnie Gelbart, Christine Le Goff and Stephen Phizicky (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2003), 53 mins
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This film documents a war where neither side was victorious nor defeated; a struggle that came very close to thermonuclear war, and that still resonates in the geopolitical machinations between East and West. From 1950 to 1953 more than a million men fought under the United Nations flag, with most of the manpower from the United States. More Americans were killed in that war than in Vietnam. The boundary between North and South remains the most m...
This film documents a war where neither side was victorious nor defeated; a struggle that came very close to thermonuclear war, and that still resonates in the geopolitical machinations between East and West. From 1950 to 1953 more than a million men fought under the United Nations flag, with most of the manpower from the United States. More Americans were killed in that war than in Vietnam. The boundary between North and South remains the most militarized zone in the world. The war is still shrouded in secrecy; questions remain about whether biological weapons were used. Korea: The Unfinished War combines archival footage, first person accounts with soldiers and civilians on both sides, direct quotes from Truman, MacArthur, Mao and Stalin, clearly showing their roles in the conflict. Atrocities on both sides are cited. In the years since there has been an uneasy truce, often broken, between the Koreas. But beyond that, the Korean War bequeathed a global hangover which haunts mankind today — biological weapons. The films investigates Chinese and North Korean charges that the U.S. secretly deployed these weapons during the war. This important film provides the background for today's fear of nuclear testing by North Korea. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Arnie Gelbart, Christine Le Goff, Stephen Phizicky, Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna, fl. 1988
Author / Creator
Brian McKenna
Date Published / Released
2003-11-09
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna, fl. 1988
Person Discussed
Kim Il-sung, 1912-1994, Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, Syngman Rhee, 1875-1965
Topic / Theme
Communism, Heads of state, International relations, Military maneuvers, Social conflict, War, Cold War, 1945-1989, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2003. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Private Film Library: With A Camera At The Eastern Front
directed by Karl Höffkes, 1954- (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008, originally published 2008), 54 mins
Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Emb...
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directed by Karl Höffkes, 1954- (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008, originally published 2008), 54 mins
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Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Embedded journalists' in the fighting troops of WW II integrated journalists reporting from the front line of the course of a campaign are...
Karl Höffkes at Polarfilm in Germany is a historian who has collected private film footage since the 1950’s. Now one of the biggest film libraries in the world this series documents German history from a personal view. Hundreds of hours of digitalized footage never broadcast internationally – in colors!
'Embedded journalists' in the fighting troops of WW II integrated journalists reporting from the front line of the course of a campaign are not an invention of the present.
One of the film journalist was Goetz Hirt-Reger.He was trained in Berlin to film reporter and ordered as a soldier to the Eastern Front. Here he made spectacular, partly color films from the advance on Moscow, the battles of Orel, the tank battle of Kursk, the Kuban bridgehead and at the front of the Dnieper. He filmed the defenses of friendly Romania on the Black Sea, joined a raiding patrol against the Soviet lines and witnessed the bloody battle in the area of Kischinow and Jassy, where some 250,000 German soldiers fell, or fell into Russian captivity.
What hardly anyone knew Hirt-Reger filmed the entire period with two cameras. With one camera, he filmed the official recordings, with his private, he held what was in the 'Deutsche Wochenschau' not shown: the uncluttered life of German soldiers in a bloody war.
One of the most important film treasures from the 3rd Reich.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Karl Höffkes, 1954-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Nordic World
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Cold weather, Military life, Military maneuvers, Military medals, Military personnel, Prisoners of war, Road conditions, War, German Invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, Climate and the Environment, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Tirpitz - The Final Battle
directed by Roald E. Hansen (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2007, originally published 2006), 1 hour
A British bomber managed to sink the German battleship Tirpitz near Tromsø, Norway, November 12, 1944. Almost a thousands German soldiers died. Major Ehrler, one of Germany's best fighter pilots, was blamed for the sinking of the ship. He was court-martialed, but ended his life in an heroic air battle over Berlin.
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directed by Roald E. Hansen (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2007, originally published 2006), 1 hour
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A British bomber managed to sink the German battleship Tirpitz near Tromsø, Norway, November 12, 1944. Almost a thousands German soldiers died. Major Ehrler, one of Germany's best fighter pilots, was blamed for the sinking of the ship. He was court-martialed, but ended his life in an heroic air battle over Berlin.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nils Johnson, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Roald E. Hansen
Date Published / Released
2006, 2007
Publisher
Nordic World
Speaker / Narrator
Nils Johnson, fl. 2006
Person Discussed
Heinrich Ehrler, 1917-1945
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Airplane pilots, Airplanes, Bombardment, Sinking ships, Navy ships, Naval battles, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Vietnam - The US Government Collection, Vietnam - The US Government Collection, Volume 3: A Day in Vietnam, The Screaming Eagles in Vietnam,...
produced by United States. Navy and United States. Army, in Vietnam - The US Government Collection (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 1967), 1 hour 24 mins
Much of the film footage on this three disc set is from the U.S. Government Archives and includes a speech by President Lyndon Johnson as well as a documentary featuring John Wayne in an effort to unite the American people in the war effort. Original footage of Marine landings and air operations are included in th...
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produced by United States. Navy and United States. Army, in Vietnam - The US Government Collection (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 1967), 1 hour 24 mins
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Much of the film footage on this three disc set is from the U.S. Government Archives and includes a speech by President Lyndon Johnson as well as a documentary featuring John Wayne in an effort to unite the American people in the war effort. Original footage of Marine landings and air operations are included in the series as well as artillery gunfire.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Navy, United States. Army, Jack Webb, 1920-1982
Date Published / Released
1967
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Series
Vietnam - The US Government Collection
Speaker / Narrator
Jack Webb, 1920-1982
Topic / Theme
Naval fleets, Combat duty, Paratroops, Soldiers, Military maneuvers, Armed forces, Military life, War, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, War and Violence, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1967. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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VJ Day: War & Peace
produced by Gerry Malir, fl. 2005 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 1 hour 15 mins
August 6 1945, 8.15 a.m. the first atomic bomb used in warfare, codenamed 'Little Boy' was dropped on Hiroshima, resulting in the death of 70,000 people. Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb, codenamed 'Fat Man' was dropped on Nagasaki, leading to a Japanese surrender on August 15, marking the end of the w...
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produced by Gerry Malir, fl. 2005 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 1 hour 15 mins
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August 6 1945, 8.15 a.m. the first atomic bomb used in warfare, codenamed 'Little Boy' was dropped on Hiroshima, resulting in the death of 70,000 people. Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb, codenamed 'Fat Man' was dropped on Nagasaki, leading to a Japanese surrender on August 15, marking the end of the war. This insightful program, made to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of VJ-Day, charts the events that led to the end of the war, in...
August 6 1945, 8.15 a.m. the first atomic bomb used in warfare, codenamed 'Little Boy' was dropped on Hiroshima, resulting in the death of 70,000 people. Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb, codenamed 'Fat Man' was dropped on Nagasaki, leading to a Japanese surrender on August 15, marking the end of the war. This insightful program, made to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of VJ-Day, charts the events that led to the end of the war, including the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941, along with interviews from many different sources and nations who witnessed it all first-hand.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gerry Malir, fl. 2005, Noah Margetts, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Noah Margetts, 1970-
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Bombings, Nuclear warfare, War, Victory over Japan Day, August 15, 1945, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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A World Beneath the War: The Secret Tunnels of Vietnam
directed by Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013; produced by Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 56 mins
In 1965, the villagers of one district of Central Vietnam found themselves on the front lines of an increasingly brutal war. For these villagers, the war became a struggle for survival. They would choose a remarkable course of action. Rather than flee their ancestral village, they dug a series of tunnels and moved...
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directed by Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013; produced by Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 56 mins
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In 1965, the villagers of one district of Central Vietnam found themselves on the front lines of an increasingly brutal war. For these villagers, the war became a struggle for survival. They would choose a remarkable course of action. Rather than flee their ancestral village, they dug a series of tunnels and moved their entire communities underground. Through the personal stories of tunnelers, as well as one American former P.O.W. held in the tun...
In 1965, the villagers of one district of Central Vietnam found themselves on the front lines of an increasingly brutal war. For these villagers, the war became a struggle for survival. They would choose a remarkable course of action. Rather than flee their ancestral village, they dug a series of tunnels and moved their entire communities underground. Through the personal stories of tunnelers, as well as one American former P.O.W. held in the tunnels, we are transported into this subterranean world.Rare archival footage, much of which has never been seen in the West, reveals miles of catacombs where as many as 2,000 people took shelter. We follow an artist who takes his son back to Vinh Moc village, and explains how markets, theaters, hospitals, and schools were created in those war years. An American Air Force historian gives his perspective. This extraordinary film contains a capsule history of the war, a war which the Vietnamese call "The American War." High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Janet P. Gardner, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Fine arts, Bombardment, Civilian war casualties, Physical health, Prisoners of war, Towns, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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