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
Nukes In Space: The Rainbow Bombs (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Peter Kuran
Starring: Narrated by, William Shatner
A follow up to Peter Kuran's award-winning film 'Trinity And Beyond' this is a spell-binding look at the development of missiles and space-based nucle... Read more
Battleplan: The Complete Series (2005)
An 18-part series that explores the history of military tactics, from blitzkrieg to blockade, from raiding operations to strategic bombing and on to g... Read more
For Sama (2019)
8.5/10
Director: Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the... Read more
The Story of the SAS (2005)
6.1/10
Starring: Andy McNabb
From their conception in the Western Desert during WWII, to the covert operations of today, this documentary details the history of Britain's elite Sp... Read more
Burma 1941 - 1945 (2003)
The Burma Campaign was the longest continuous operation involving British and Commonwealth forces during the Second World War. The troops called thems... Read more
War in Iraq (2003)
On the night of March 19th-20th, 2003, two U.S. F-177A Stealth Fighters launched a surprise attack on a secret location in Baghdad where Saddam Hussei... Read more
Partisans of Vilna (1985)
8.4/10
Director: Josh Waletzky
Starring: Narrated by, Roberta Wallach
An enormously riveting and inspirational tale of WWII and the Holocaust, "Partisans of Vilna" chronicles the amazing endeavors of the Jewish resistanc... Read more
Kokoda Frontline (1942)
Starring: Damien Parer, Peter FitzSimons
This ground-breaking documentary released in 1942 became Australia's first Oscar-winning film - the first and only Oscar given for news footage. Reno... Read more
Sedition (2005)
Director: Russell Campbell
This fascinating documentary tells the sobering account of New Zealand's WW II conscientious objectors who fought against legislation and stuck to the... Read more
Gray Matter (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Joe Berlinger
In Spring of 2002, filmmaker Joe Berlinger ('Brother's Keeper'), travelled to Vienna to observe the burial of preserved brains belonging to over 700 c... Read more