Author Archive: Retro

Dir. John Huston’s record of life on a lonely airbase in Alaska. HA official documentary about the misson of the US forces on an island of the Aleutians, from which US bombers are attacking the Japanese occupied island Kiska. Includes footage from a bombing raid over Kiska with B-17 and B-24 bombers. In Color.

Events leading up to the storming on the beach of Normandy.

Autobiography of Harold Russell who lost both hands in battle during World War II.

GENERAL J. LAWTON COLLINS TELLS OF THE FIGHT TO TAKE THE SIEGFRIED LINE IN WORLD WAR II, AND OF THE CAMPAIGN TO CROSS ONTO THE SOIL OF GERMANY.

The fall of Nazi Germany including Normandy, the Battle for Paris, and allied bombing of German industrial centers.

A legendary propaganda/documentary of the Third Reich’s 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. Featuring a cast of thousands as well as, of course, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Goering and other top party officials.

This World War II documentary follows the battle in securing the Anzio beachhead. Shows the fighting and the casualties involved in this important battle.

Soviet-produced look at the trials of the Nazi leaders that followed the fall of Germany in World War II.

In this documentary film, Submarine Warfare, host Gene Kelly guides the viewer through life on board a World War II fighting submarine. Serving the country underwater offered unique challenges, both personal and mechanical, and the expertise of these men in their “sardine cans” was an important factor in the outcome of the war. War footage includes a hunt for enemy subs in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the ferocious battle for New Britain.