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
City of Ghosts (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Matthew Heineman
A documentary that follows the efforts of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their home... Read more
Classic Fighters: Marlborough 2007 (2007)
This three hour plus DVD contains: Nieuport 11, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunks, Percival 'Piston' Provost, Miles Messenger... Read more
Code Breakers (2005)
6.1/10
A gripping insight into the wartime cryptanalyst's role; the tale of the Enigma machine and it's operators in all the theatres of World War II. This w... Read more
Combat at Sea: The Complete Series (1994)
6.6/10
This documentary series relives the history of naval combat, focusing on great sea battles, naval strategy, and mighty warships from great navies of t... Read more
Combat on the Russian Front (1998)
On the Russian Front there were no rules; no code of honour; no decency or humanity. It was the largest and most brutal war in history, a barbaric str... Read more
Complete History of the Green Berets (2000)
5.6/10
JFK called their trademark beret "a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom." One of the world's most... Read more
Complete History of the Navy Seals (1999)
Starring: Narrated by, Tom Selleck
Long before President Kennedy commissioned the Navy SEALS in 1962, the Navy Combat Demolition Units were running demolition during WWII on D-Day, when... Read more
Crossing the Line (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Daniel Gordon
Witness the stories of four US army defectors who abandoned their homeland to seek out a new life in communist North Korea in this fascinating documen... Read more
Crusade in the Pacific (1951)
7.7/10
This richly detailed, visually stunning documentary series covers the entire dramatic saga of World War II in the Pacific. Get a soldier's eye view of... Read more
Culloden 1746: The Last Highland Charge (1993)
Starring: Brian Blessed, (narrated by)
On a barren Scottish moor in April 1746, the tired and hungry men of the last Highland army made their final desperate charge against a well-disciplin... Read more