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Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 8, False Dawn
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produced by Video Collection International, in Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 8 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
This documentary, produced by Video Collection International, is about the Soviet liberation of Leningrad and the retaking of German-occupied territories.
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produced by Video Collection International, in Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow, Season 1, Episode 8 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
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Scared Sacred
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directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by Tracey Friesen, fl. 2003, Harry Sutherland and Cari Green, National Film Board of Canada and Producers on Davie Pictures (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2004), 1 hour 45 mins
Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: can we be Scared into the Sacred? Can we take the trials of extreme historical situations and transform them into a force of awakening? Or will we succumb to groundlessness and fear? The film will take us on a journey to the pivotal 'Ground Zero's' of...
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directed by Velcrow Ripper, 1963-; produced by Tracey Friesen, fl. 2003, Harry Sutherland and Cari Green, National Film Board of Canada and Producers on Davie Pictures (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2004), 1 hour 45 mins
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A Symphony for a Common Man
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directed by José Joffily, 1945-; produced by Isabel Joffily, fl. 2009, Coevos Filmes, Canal Brasil, GloboNews and Globo Filmes (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2022), 1 hour 25 mins
WARNING: This video contains some graphic content (such as bomb blasts and war victims) which may not be suitable for all ages. So viewer discretion is advised.
Brazilian ambassador José Bustani, the first director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, tried to avoid the destruction of Iraq but was forced out under pressure from the USA. Today, similar situations are repeating themselves in the multilateral organizations. WARNING: This video contai...
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directed by José Joffily, 1945-; produced by Isabel Joffily, fl. 2009, Coevos Filmes, Canal Brasil, GloboNews and Globo Filmes (Estonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2022), 1 hour 25 mins
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Timewatch, Summer of the Bomb
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directed by Robert Marshall; produced by Robert Marshall, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1989, originally published 1989), 59 mins
A drama-documentary examining why America felt it necessary to use Atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, and what other options were open to them, using diaries, manuscripts and archive footage.
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directed by Robert Marshall; produced by Robert Marshall, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1989, originally published 1989), 59 mins
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Timewatch, The Last Day of World War One
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directed by John Hayes-Fisher, fl. 1996-1998; produced by John Hayes-Fisher, fl. 1996-1998, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 49 mins
The First World War ended at 11am on 11th November 1918 and took the lives of 9 million soldiers. But what happened on the last day of this conflict? Travelling to the Battlefields in France and Belgium, Michael Palin visits the places where Americans, British, French, Canadian and German troops were fighting as t...
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directed by John Hayes-Fisher, fl. 1996-1998; produced by John Hayes-Fisher, fl. 1996-1998, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 49 mins
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United News, Release 68, 1943
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1943, originally published 1943), 8 mins
Italy surrenders, 1943: Italians in New York City celebrate Italy's surrender. U.S. Troops land in North Africa. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at Casablanca. Allied planes bomb islands off Italy. Sicily is invaded by allied troops. The 7th Army and Britain's 8th Army land on Italy's mainland. Ital...
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1943, originally published 1943), 8 mins
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United News, Release 109, 1944
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1944, originally published 1944), 8 mins
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The Republican Convention in Chicago (Governors Bricker, Dewey, Landon, and Warren; Representative Joseph W. Martin; Chairman Harrison E. Spangler; Senator Taft; Wendell Willkie). 2. Members of the new Italian cabinet; U.S. soldiers, including Gene...
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1944, originally published 1944), 8 mins
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United News, Release 143, 1945
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1945, originally published 1945), 10 mins
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Japanese oil fields in Indo-China and ships are bombed, and a tanker is torpedoed. 2. Preparations are made for the Yalta Conference in Russia; supplies arrive and communications lines are strung; delegates arrive and are shown in conferences; the...
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1945, originally published 1945), 10 mins
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United News, Release 200, 1946
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1946, originally published 1946), 11 mins
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. UNRRA delegates at their meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 2. The flying boat Mars on the ground and in the air. 3. A circular aluminum house. 4. Arctic tests of the carrier Midway. 5. Trout are caught at a New Zealand hatchery. 6. Delegates ar...
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1946, originally published 1946), 11 mins
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Universal Newsreels, Release 86, October 23, 1930
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 86 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1930, originally published 1930), 9 mins
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about homeless life, charity and government aid.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 86 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1930, originally published 1930), 9 mins
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