Author Archive: Retro

Dir. Frank Capra. From Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” series, volume 6. Explores the culture and industry of China, Japan’s determination to conquer the Chinese, and the Chinese resist the invasion of the Japanese.

The great naval battle that changed the course of WWII. The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the North Pacific, but was defeated by U.S. forces with a loss ratio of 4:1 in favor of the Americans. On hand was a crew of naval photographers directed by John Ford.

Narrated by Ronald Reagan, the documentary We Take New Guinea offers footage of American troops capturing key islands during World War II that led ultimately to the successful invasion of New Guinea.

Captured German newsreels show Nazi youth camps and the indoctrination of German children.

Dir. Frank Capra. From Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” series, volume 5. England’s brave few defend against the onslaught of the Nazis.

Jimmy Stewart Narrates. WWII bobmber is followed on an aerial reconnaissance over Italy.

Battle for the Russian front during World War II.

History of of the Pacific war with emphasis on General McArthur, including the surrender of the Japanese abord the USS Missouri.

Rare footage showing American and British construction of a man-made harbor on the coast of Normandy before the invasion.