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1) Hiroshima
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with B&W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the final months of World War II. While war rages in the Pacific, newly installed President Truman and his chiefs of staff wrestle with the unprecedented moral question of whether to drop the atomic bomb, and Emperor Hirohito and his proud Samurai generals face the moral dilemma of whether to surrender or fight on to the end.
2) Rough Riders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fact-based, rough and tumble western depicting a young and energetic Theodore Roosevelt leading his legendary Rough Riders in their fight against oppressive Spanish rule at the turn of the 20th century.
3) Parade's end
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A repressed man is torn between being faithful to his vindictive wife and being with the woman he loves in England in the midst of World War I.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2005-[2006]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 452 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary follows members of the Arkansas National Guard from Clarksville and their families before, during, and after a deployment to Iraq. Ten episodes, each approximately 44 minutes.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 53
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
6) Entrusted
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amidst the terror of the Second World War, Maria Von Gall organizes the evacuation of Jews from France using funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts. Sensing her freedom is being threatened, Maria trains her brilliant 11 year-old son Thomas in survival tactics and entrusts him with a secret list of bank codes. Thomas soon becomes the target of ruthless professor Gregor Laemelle, a Nazi collaborator who will do anything to gain possession of the codes....
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Digital collector's ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (388 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows two women working as spies for England in Nazi-occupied France. Liz is an Englishwoman who is recruited by a British intelligence agency during the height of World War II. Since the Armed Forces have been reduced by German counter-intelligence activities, it has become imperative to gather civilian volunteers to work with the resistance forces in occupied France. She and other agents will be trained and deployed by Col. James Cadogan who needs...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 375 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the height of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Based on real-life stories, filmed on location, this suspenseful series features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity.
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in rural England during the Second World War, the highly popular, award-winning drama returns for a third five-part series and continues to follow the lives and loves of the Land Girls who are working the fields in the Women's Land Army.
11) Sharpe's enemy
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (220 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 character guide ([8] p. : color illustrations. color ports. ; 17 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
14) Sharpe's eagle
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson (Cochrane) loses most of his men and his regimental flag during battle, Sharpe (Bean), spurred by the memory of a friend who was recently killed sets out for revenge. He is determined to capture the French mascot, a carved golden eagle which is carried into combat. Sharpe is also looking to a settle a personal score with two arrogant officers who have angered him at their mistreatment of the elegant widow Josefina...
15) The Vietnam War
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
10 Blu-rays (18 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A combination of archival photos and voice-overs reading letters, diaries, and documents telling the story of the Vietnam War from beginning to end.
17) Victory at sea
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Collector's ed.; full screen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (685 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. Introduces the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (12 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow the lives, loves, highs, and lows of members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II. As men fought on the battlefields, women from all walks of life worked the farms that fed the nation, doing their part to keep the home front running.
19) Sharpe's justice
Publisher
Distributed under exclusive license from Carlton International by BFS Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sharpe returns to England and is ordered to the North where he is to command the local militia in a troubled town. It is here that Sharpe faces an agonizing decision - whether to side with the town's corrupt gentry or to support his own kind, the rough and tough of the world who are abused by their superiors.
20) Sharpe's mission
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars. The struggle between France and Britain is entering its final stages. The Duke of Wellington has taken one step over the Pyrenees. Napoleon needs to know where he will take the second. British officer Richard Sharpe joins Colonel Brand travelling behind enemy lines to blow up a French gun powder magazine. Sharpe becomes suspicious...
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