Documentary / Biography - DVD

<p>Produced by the legendary filmmaker Frank Capra, this Armed Forces Information Film is a fascinating and authentic overview of the bloody and dramatic Japan-US conflict in the Pacific Theater in 1944. Featuring animation from Walt Disney Studios, "Attack in the Pacific" guides the viewer...

<p>John Huston's moving documentary about returning war veterans was suppressed by the United States government for over thirty years after it was produced. "Every man has his breaking point," says narrator Walter Huston. "These in the fulfillment of their duties as soldiers were forced...

<p>SEE - weird shocking rites that precede primitive sacrifices! SEE - maidens prepared for marriage in a ritual 6000 years old! SEE - Uncensored Sights That Can Never Be Filmed Again! It's all here inKaramoja, a stunning documentary of an African expedition. Legendary entrepreneur...

<p>Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.</p>

<p>Such narrators as Lloyd Nolan and Burgess Meredith add their voices to this documentary about the attack by Allied forces on various Japanese strong-holds in the South Pacific in 1943 during the Second World War. The piece was produced by Frank Capra, and includes...

<p>The War Department Presents Appointment in Tokyo, a documentary about the U.S. ocean battles of World War 2. With all enemy film taken from captured official Japanese newsreels, this 56 minute documentary primarily follows General Douglas MacArthur and his men from the Philippines in...

<p>This fascinating compilation of footage comes from the personal collection of actor Ken Murray, who arrived in Hollywood in 1927, bought himself a 16mm camera, and started shooting the people around him. Here, he gathers the footage together for one heck of a tribute...

<p>Narrated by distinguished character actor and Oscar nominee Dan O'Herlihy (Robinson Crusoe), Hunters of the Deep is a profound and beautiful documentary that tracks several oceanographers and geologists during their intrepid explorations of the deep sea. Capturing numerous varieties of fish, mammals, ocean flora...

<p>This upbeat, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, freeform musical revue was produced by groundbreaking director, activist and founder of the Associated Film Producers of Negro Motion Pictures, William D. Alexander. Here, the viewer is afforded a rare opportunity to witness a myriad of live performances from some...

<p>Actual newsreel footage depicts the darkest hours of WWII in this two documentary collection by producer-director of the U.S Army Signal Corps, Frank Capra. Includes: THE BATTLE OF CHINA, and WAR COMES TO AMERICA. See individual titles for complete details.</p>

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<p>Over 1,100 U.S. soldiers were killed during the takeover of a small Italian village that blocked the way for the Allied Forces against Germany. This short documentary, directed by John Huston, is a stirring examination of that important battle. It provides such a blunt...

<p>From the invasion of North Africa to the fall of Tunis! This captivating documentary is part of a series containing original archive footage filmed under actual battle conditions by service and newsreel cameramen attached to American, British, French, Russian and enemy forces. Directors Frank...

<p>Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany! Three time Oscar winner William Wyler (Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday) directed this stirring documentary about the 25th and final bombing mission of the "Memphis Belle," a Boeing B-17F bomber that had participated...

<p>The propaganda is hot and heavy in this installment of Frank Capra's classic war series, shot under the auspices of the US War Department. Japanese war atrocities, dead babies, rabid Japanese soldiers at a rally, all add up to an ugly portrayal of Japan...

<p>Hippies! Bikers! Dancing in the streets! Teen riots on Sunset Boulevard! Protesters! It's all here in this fascinating documentary from the exploitation team of director Harry Kerwin and cinematographer Earl Wainwright. A 1960s documentary wouldn't be complete without a bit of narration from that...

<p>Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1975, this stirring chronicle tells the tale of Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his attempt to ski down Mt. Everest in 1970. Narrator Douglas Rain reads from Miura's actual diary giving a first-hand look of...

<p>Legendary boxing champion Joe Louis is the subject of this biopic from director Robert Gordon (It Came from Beneath the Sea, Tarzan and the Jungle Boy). Former amateur boxing star Coley Wallace stars as the champ, while the rest of the cast includes John...

<p>This Oscar winner for Best Documentary was the official World War II Government film statement identifying the various enemies of the Allies. It was the first film in Frank Capra's seven film Why We Fight film series, and is preserved at the National Film...

<p>Baseball great Jackie Robinson steps into the lead role in this biopic from director Alfred E. Green (The Jolson Story, Copacabana). Robinson, born in Cairo, Georgia, was the first African American player allowed into major league baseball. The film, which features the cinematography of...

<p>The inspiring story of Rob Selvig, pioneering coach of the University of Montana's Lady Griz basketball team. In an era when gender discrimination in sports was the norm, Coach Selvig built a "house" of inclusion and empowerment by recruiting female athletes from the ranches,...

A true story of a poor Irish immigrant who sets sail for America in 1928 with dreams of becoming a millionaire. Stricken with tuberculosis and miraculously healed through prayer, he spends his life, with the help of the most iconic celebrities of Hollywood, championing...

As directed by Leslye Abbey, the documentary Caution: Show Dogs travels into the uniquely American subculture of dog shows, where hundreds of canine breeders from across the U.S. gather together to present the creme-de-la-creme of dogs, and compete for the much-coveted title of 'Best...

<p>A documentary about women's alcoholism chronicles the progression of the disease in Bette Van den Akker - a nurse, wife, and mother who died in the fall of 2007.</p>

<p>The Devil's Music is the first film to document the strange story of notorious shock-rocker Erika Spawn, who was the most infamous woman in the world after her music had been linked by the tabloid press to real-life atrocities. Through recently obtained footage, we...

<p>Filmmaker Bryce Lemon and his sister went on a spiritual expedition. They journeyed beyond frequented tourist paths and into the unfamiliar. What they found was even more real than ever expected. Travel from the Costa Rican jungle and the Maluku Indians to medieval and...

<p>What's The T? is a documentary that explores the challenges, successes and lives of five transgender women. The fabulous ladies represent normality and abnormality, seamlessly in their daily efforts to achieve a balance of feminine and masculine. A positive 'you go girl' take on...

From the Director of the hit movie -- GREASE -- his personal history following select classmates from graduation/ prom thru 50 years of high school reunions -- The Jock, The Cheerleader, The Class President, The Nerd, The Most Likely to Succeed, etc.

This definitive documentary explores the triumphant but tragic story of the brilliant poet, master short story writer, and influential critic Edgar Allan Poe. It recounts how he invented the detective story, pioneered science fiction, and shaped the horror tale, yet was plagued by alcohol,...

This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman's remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic readings with captivating period music, insights from scholars, and photography filmed in key locations, this...

Physical media reigns supreme in KIM'S VIDEO, a tribute to the iconic video store in NYC that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small Sicilian village for "safekeeping." What starts as...

Filmmaker David Farrier (Tickled) faces off against his greatest foe yet in a bizarre game of cat and mouse with a mysterious con man.

<p>Director Alex Winter explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube; a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world. With exclusive access to some of YouTube's biggest stars; the film presents an eye-opening and...

<p>Art Deco design is where our modern world began and1930s Shanghai may have been the place where art deco enjoyed its most diverse interpretation. During the 1920s and 30s, Shanghai was the most glamorous, cosmopolitan city in Asia. Dubbed "The Paris of the East,"...

Cattleman's Days: The Grandaddy of Colorado Rodeos" tells the story of that grand and glorious time when a community gathers to celebrate their heritage in Colorado's oldest continuous running rodeo. This documentary was produced by Doug and Mary Lou Nemanic of Documentary America. It...

<p>We take flight safety entirely for granted and scarcely bother to pay attention to the in flight security briefing. Should we be so casual? Every plane that lifts off has to negotiate a dozen hazards to arrive at its destination safely, from the increasingly...

The passion to build higher has been around for hundreds of years. The great medieval master builders competed to build the tallest and most slender bell towers and cathedral spires, without knowing much about the science of building loads. But it is really the...

What lies at the bottom of the oceans? This unique documentary follows a group of scientists from Cambridge in the UK and from Russia on a voyage to explore the mysteries of the seabed over 3000 metres beneath the mid Atlantic. Using a state-of-the-art...

This extraordinary documentary tells the story of a small group of inventors who are seeking in various ways to unlock the vast amounts of energy locked up in water! A vast untapped storehouse of one of the greatest fuels in the universe, hydrogen. At...

In March of 1914, against social and religious taboo, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematician, left his wife and family in India to sail to Trinity College in Cambridge, England. He was just twenty-six years old. With almost no formal training in pure mathematics,...

<p>Hollywood Icons - Archive Documentaries. The James Dean Story is a 1957 American documentary released two years after Dean's death. This documentary chronicles Dean's short life and career through still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him after his mother's death...

<p>Archive biographies of the four greatest American generals of World War II. Patton - Known by his troops as "Old Blood and Guts". He could march his men over 100 miles in a day to recapture a town from the Germans. "Attack, attack and...

<p>The Archive of World War Two is a series of original archive documentaries filmed under actual battle conditions by service and newsreel cameramen attached to American, British, French, Russian and enemy forces. The True Glory is the stirring story of the Allied Invasion of...

<p>Between 1942 and 1945 the US built up from scratch the largest overseas air force in its history based on over 120 airfields in Britain. The 8th US Army Air Force, The 'Mighty 8th' as it became known. Its declared objective was to dismantle...

<p>Moonwalk One - Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, and the third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned...

<p>The Fighting Lady is a must-see movie! Produced in 1944, this award winning film documents life aboard an anonymous aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific. Because of wartime security restrictions the name of the ship was only later revealed to be the USS Yorktown....

<p>The South China Sea is a fabulous hunting ground for treasure hunters. In the 18th and 19th centuries a stream of trading ships from Holland and England, and huge ocean going junks from China, criss crossed these seas, carrying countless treasures from the Orient....

<p>New York is the skyscraper capital of the World. For over a 100 years architects there have been reaching skywards with their buildings to create the towering skyline for which the city is so famous. Never in all that time has anyone actually charted...

This is the program that no one else has dared to make. What is the real connection it asks, between baldness and testosterone... and male sexual potency? No man wants to be bald. But what if baldness really is an outward and visible sign...

<p>HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus was first discovered 30 years ago, so it rarely grabs space on the front pages these days. But it remains very much a deadly killer. About 34 million people around the World suffer from it HIV. The virus attacks...