On June 14, 1941, 15,424 Latvians were deported from their country, including about 4,000 infants, children and adolescents. Many of the youngest died on the way, others died later from starvation, disease and over work in the Soviet camps. Some of the deported children survived and returned to Latvia, others remained in Siberia for their whole lives. Dzintra Geka's latest documentary "Road to Siberia, 1941" is an emotional account about those deportees who grew up in Siberia, far from their homeland..
An examination of the events that lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbour..
The year is 1941. Nazi Germany has declared war on the USSR and begins launching air assaults on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Stalin immediately orders a retaliatory air campaign under the code name “Wings over Berlin.” The closest entry point to Berlin from the USSR border was an airfield on the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It would be a 7-hour flight over enemy territory in outdated aircraft leaving no chance of survival for the tail crew members in case of attack. Despite overwhelming odds, the first units completed the mission and made it back to base safely, unlike many others that followed..
A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the cult comedy classic, featuring outtakes, rare behind-the-scenes home movies, and trivia facts..
At dawn on June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On the same morning, Germany demanded permission from the Swedish government to transport 18,000 German soldiers from Norway to Finland across Sweden by railway. This was a difficult problem for the Swedish government. On one hand remaining friendly with Germany at the height of its power, on the other maintaining a strict neutrality. The Swedish cabinet meet in Stockholm to decide upon the best reply to the German demands..
Whether romancing his longtime sweetheart, Olive Oyl, rescuing defenseless infant Swee'pea, or wrestling his nasty nemesis, Bluto, Popeye summons his spinach-induced strength to save the day. With one gulp of the vitamin-rich vegetable, Popeye transforms his scrawny body into a human dynamo! For high seas hijinks or landlocked levity, turn to the hilarious animated antics of that two-fisted tar--Popeye..
Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru..
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941..
Documentary - Tracing his career up to the point of his 1966 motorcycle accident and subsequent disappearance from the spotlight, this unauthorized documentary uncovers a side of Bob Dylan never revealed before. Includes extensive interviews and rare footage. - Mickey Jones.
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his daughter, an aspiring tap-dancer and singer, to perform on the air. This is unfortunate as she is tone-deaf. To compensate, the owner hires a real singer to dub the daughter's voice. The singer and the owner's nephew fall in love and mayhem ensues. Songs include: the Oscar nominated "Who Am I?," "Swing Low Sweet Rhythm," "In The Cool of the Evening," "Make Yourself at Home," "The Swap Shop Song," "The Trading Post," "Sally," "Ramona," "Sweet Sue," "Dinah," "Margie," and "Mary Lou.".
An amateur silent film documenting the effects of German bombing raids on the city and the docks in May 1941. Liverpool landmarks glimpsed include the Royal Liver Building, Mersey Docks, Our Lady and St Nicholas Church, St Luke's Tower, Derby Square, Haymarket and Lewis's department store..
October 1941. With the German army of thousands advancing on Kalinin in order to capture it and open a direct route to Moscow, a small army of only two thousand people, without tanks and artillery, prepare to defend their city..
Lewis Stone urges moviegoers to appreciate those in the US armed forces who will be spending the holidays overseas, away from their families. On behalf of everyone in motion pictures, he wishes them "a very happy, and a free, holiday.".
Part two of the Husker Century trilogy describes the struggle and spirit that brought Nebraska's football program from difficult times during World War II, through 17 losing seasons in 20 years, to the arrival of Bob Devaney. Exciting game films and interviews with former Huskers Dennis Claridge, Frank Solich, Jerry Tagge, and Johnny Rodgers tell the inside story of the Devaney era, culminating with the 1971 "Game of the Century", Nebraska - Oklahoma. "Spirit of Play" chronicles the events and profiles the individuals who sparked the Big Red spirit that spread across Nebraska like prarie fire..
Le 14 mai 1941, 3747 juifs étrangers sont arrêtés par la police parisienne lors de la rafle dite du "billet vert", la première en France. Plus de huit décennies après ce drame, un reportage photo sans équivalent vient d'être miraculeusement retrouvé. Cette centaine de clichés pris par les services de propagande allemands documentent cette matinée au cours de laquelle ces hommes ont été arrêtés et emmenés dans les camps d'internement de Pithiviers et de Beaune-la-Rolande..
A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely through it's imaginative and emotional effect..
