The German 88th mm Gun
An informative clip about the German 88th mm gun and it’s various uses.
Movies
The Flapper Queen: Louise Brooks
What Edward VIII was to men’s clothing, what Alvin York was to Doughboys; so Louise Brooks was to the flappers. She was the gold standard; she set the bar high and all comers had to cow-tow.
The Enola Gay Navigator Remebers the Mission
Enola Gay”” navigator, Dutch Van Kirk, describes the planning and execution of the A-bomb raid on Hiroshima, and the fate of the crew of the Enola Gay after the war.”
The Emancipation Proclamation
The first in a series of nine documentary files, produced by the Lincoln Institute discussing the issues surrounding the drafting of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Duke of Windsor & Mrs. Simpson
Excerpts from a 1960s documentary in which the Duke and Wallis Simpson remember the opening days of their love affair.
The Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII was a man with many flaws, to be sure, however style and good tailoring was not one of them. In this clip you will see footage from various parts of his life. The audio portion of the clip is a re-reading of his abdication speech.
The Dug Out Read by Siegfried Sassoon
Poet Siegfried Sassoon “reading” his poem “The Dug Out”:
WHY do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,And one arm bent across your sullen, cold,Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,Deep-shadowed from the candle’s guttering gold;And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head . . . .You are too young to fall asleep for ever;And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
The Docks at Ellis Island
Silent footage made by the Biograph Company depicting scenes at the Immigration Depot and a nearby dock on Ellis Island. Appears to show, first, a group of immigrants lined up to board a vessel leaving the island, then another group arriving at the island and being directed off of the dock and into the Depot by a uniformed official.
The Discovery of U-Boat 109
World War I Imperial German Submarine (UB109) sunk off Dover by remote charge. A U.K. diving club has adopted this wreck and made this short film.
The Development of WW II Aircraft Carriers
A segment from a documentary concerning the disregarded international naval aviation negotiations of the 1930s and the development of Twentieth Century aircraft carrier.
Also featured is the part played by Carriers during the earlier parts of the war; from Pearl Harbor to the Dolittle Raid of 1942.
The Crowd “” part I”
The Crowd (1928) is a genuine, immortal, timeless American silent film masterpiece from director King Vidor, whose earlier big WWI epic The Big Parade (1925) had been a major box-office hit for MGM studios.
To capture the authenticity of the city, the director sometimes used a ‘hidden camera’ in his on-location shoots in New York. Stylistically, the film, in various places, resembles the German expressionist films of F. W. Murnau and Fritz Lang, although it also uses fluid and natural camera movements. King Vidor received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director, and the film itself was nominated as Best Unique and Artistic Picture in a short-lived award category.
The Chilling D-Day Scene from Saving Private Ryan
Detroit News:Hitler’s Wall Broken as Allies Move InlandSUPREME HEADQUARTERS, (AP) — Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast of France in tremendous strength by cloudy daylight today and stormed several miles inland with tanks and infantry in the grand assault which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”,355,425,1.197183099,4 to 3,,https://www.youtube.com/v/FhC1ZPVLvO4,FhC1ZPVLvO4,Detroit News:Hitler’s Wall Broken as Allies Move InlandSUPREME HEADQUARTERS, (AP) — Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast of France in tremendous strength by cloudy daylight today and stormed several miles inland with tanks and infantry in the grand assault which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called a crusade in which “”we will accept nothing less than full victory.””
The Centaur”” by Windsor McCay”
The 1921 animated classic in which we learn that centaurs have to deal with that circle of life thing, too.
The Canadian Army in France
Wartime Canadian Army Newsreel footage depicting the D-Day preparations, assault and Johnny Cannuck’s march on Paris.
The Campaign in Tunisia
Footage of the British and American forces sailing to Tunisia to fight the Afrika Korps. Rommel’s supply lines were extended to central Libya, while Montgomery’s were short. With one of the greatest contributions by Enigma decrypts, Rommel’s convoys were constantly sunk. With little supplies, sagging Italian moral, a 2:1 numerical inferiority, and now facing an inspiring leader, Army Africa was doomed to defeat.
The British Mark IV Tank
Rare footage of the British Mark IV tank mixed with additional clips of British infantry in the trenches and on the attack.