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At the rise of what would become known as World War I, German patriot Paul Baumer and his friends enlist in the Imperial German Army. In search of adventure and eager to assert the superiority of their nation, the young men endure a brutal training camp and soon find themselves face to face with the full horrors of war when they are sent to the front lines to fight, and likely die.

A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II--he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.

Documentary celebrates the motion picture cameramen who served on the front lines of World War II, with archival footage and twenty-five exclusive interviews with photographers from every branch of the armed forces.

"Veit Harlan's vicious anti-semitic costume epic, "Jud Süss," the cinematic curt[r]ain-raiser for the Final Solution during the Holocaust includes the complete uncut German language version subtitled into English with new colorized subtitles. First generation state-of-the-art digital transfer from an original 35mm archival film print supplied courtesy of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. -- produced from a fine graine master 35mm restoration...

During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph...

Looks at the World War II experiences of five legendary directors--John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens--to assess the transformative impact of the war and period beliefs on Hollywood.