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
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (2008)
Director: Paul Cowan
For six fateful months in 1919, Paris was the centre of the world. The last shots had been fired in the most devastating war in history - and world le... Read more
Shake Hands With The Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Peter Raymont
In the North American spring of 1994, the world was gripped by OJ Simpson and his gloves, as 800, 000 men, women and children were literally hacked to... Read more
Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2006)
From the beginning of French colonisation to the fall of Saigon in 1975, this is the complete story of the Vietnam War, its roots, its battles, its he... Read more
The Boneyard (2008)
5.4/10
Director: Jeff Watson
The Davis Monthan air force base in Tucson, Arizona is the home of AMARG the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group more commonly known as... Read more
Sink the Bismarck! (History Channel) (1996)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Kirk
Starring: Narrated by, John Hillerman
On orders from her Nazi masters, the most powerful war machine ever to set sail on the high seas was loose in the Atlantic Ocean. The Royal Navy could... Read more
The World at War: Volume 3 (1973)
9.2/10
Director: Hugh Raggett, Martin Smith, Ted Childs
Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier
The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the Germans' first major defeat at Stalingrad... Read more
The Architecture of Doom (1991)
Director: Peter Cohen
Starring: Adolf Hitler
Featuring never-before-seen film footage of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi regime, "The Architecture of Doom" captures the inner workings of the Third Rei... Read more
The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler (1968)
6.6/10
The rise and fall of the Third Reich told with actual footage, interviews with Hitler's sister, a fellow prisoner with Hitler before he came to power,... Read more
National Geographic: Vietnam's Unseen War - Pictures from the Other Side (1985)
7.5/10
National Geographic journeys deep behind battle lines to experience a different side of the Vietnam War - the side seen only through the lenses of Nor... Read more
Hitler in Colour (2005)
7.8/10
Starring: Adolf Hitler
Narrated by Brian Cox, this fascinating documentary analyzes the life and horrible crimes of Adolf Hitler. Along with gripping eyewitness accounts, th... Read more