War Docos
Innovative German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl's pioneering masterwork epic "Triumph of the Will" (1934) was explicitly propagandistic yet historical in its spectacular yet horrifying documentation of the Nazi Party Congress rally in Nuremberg in 1934. It was a revolutionary film combining superb cinematography and editing of Third Reich propaganda. She also documented the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the stunning film "Olympia" (1938) - with graceful and beautiful images of 'Aryan' athletes in competition. To respond to the Nazi propaganda, Frank Capra was commissioned by the US War Department to direct seven films in a "Why We Fight" (1943) series of narrated WWII newsreel-style films. The first in the series, "Prelude to War," a look at the events from 1931-1939, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1942. These and many other truely great War Documentaries, including the BBC's brilliant "World At War" series, are available by scrolling below.
Right: William Wyler's Academy Award winning "The Memphis Belle"Â
Ultimate Battles: Alexander The Great - The Battle Of Gaugamela (2006)
Viewed as one of the greatest military engagements of the ancient world, in 331 BCE, the two most powerful armies in the world met outside a small vil... Read more
Ultimate Battles: Battle Of The Bulge (2006)
In December of 1994, Hitler launched 200,000 soldiers and over 500 tanks against the allied lines in Belgium, desperate to stave off defeat. Caught of... Read more
Ultimate Battles: Waterloo (2006)
On June 18th, 1815, the fate of Europe rested in the hands of two distinguished generals. Bonaparte, the Emperor of France, had marshalled his forces... Read more
Unlikely Heroes (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Richard Trank
Starring: Ben Kingsley
Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, 'Unlikely Heroes' tells the untold stories of Jewish resistance that took place throughout the Nazi Holocaust. In illust... Read more
Vietnam Air War (2000)
"Vietnam Air Wa"r is the most comprehensive film record ever produced of the aircraft, weaponry, strategy and tactics deployed during the Vietnam War.... Read more
Vietnam War (1985)
9.2/10
Starring: Walter Cronkite
For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an intensely publicized war, the first television war that... Read more
Vietnam War: Combat - Volume 2 (2002)
9.2/10
A follow on from the highly acclaimed 'Vietnam War' series with Walter Cronkite, this offers in-depth analysis, review and personal representations of... Read more
Vietnam War: Combat - Volume 3 (2002)
9.2/10
A follow on from the highly acclaimed 'Vietnam War' series with Walter Cronkite, this offers in-depth analysis, review and personal representations of... Read more
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
8/10
Director: Ari Folman
Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman employs a unique animated style in this innovative documentary that recalls his military service in the early 1980s. When... Read more
War Collection - Arnhem: A Bridge Too Far / The Dambusters / Battle of the Atlantic (1975)
'Arnhem': A Bridge Too Far' - Illustrated with the pick of British, German and American archive film, much of it rarely seen, this programme also talk... Read more