donderdag 28 oktober 2010

Hunters in the Sky - EP5

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................22 mins
Size:........................350Mb

Episode 5: Hell in the Pacific
Americans are outnumbered everywhere, but turn the tide at Midway. The ragged Cactus Air Force on Guadalcanal battles against odds over the bitterly contested South Pacific.


Hunters in the Sky - EP4

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................22 mins
Size:........................349Mb

Episode 4: Tigers Over China
New fighter aces are born with the emergence of the Flying Tigers. They were the first all volunteer American force to battle the Japanese in the Chinese sky.


woensdag 27 oktober 2010

Hunters in the Sky - EP3

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................22 mins
Size:........................350Mb

Episode 3: Red Star Rising
The Soviet Air Force is all but wiped out by the Luftwaffe, but recovers to fight the invader to a standstill in the most atrocious winter ever encountered.


dinsdag 26 oktober 2010

Hunters in the Sky - EP2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................22 mins
Size:........................349Mb

Episode 2: Defending the Realm
The German blitzkrieg by the invincible Luftwaffe crushes Poland, France, Denmark and Norway,but a handful of fighter pilots saves the Empire during the Battle of Britain.


zondag 24 oktober 2010

Hunters in the Sky - EP1

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................22 mins
Size:........................350Mb

The most comprehensive series ever produced on the Fighter Aces of World War II. Each program includes extraordinary air combat footage shot at the height of raging dogfights. Surviving Fighter Aces from all sides of the conflict - from Japan, Germany, Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia and the United States, provide vivid and graphic first hand accounts of what it was really like to be a fighter pilot in some of the greatest air battles the world has ever known.

Episode 1: Knights in the Sky
A galaxy of international aces are seen in aerial combat as a series prelude. They describe the qualities great aces must have, and recall a heritage that begins with chivalrous fighter duels of World War I and ends when Luftwaffe pilots hone their skills in Spain during the bloody dress rehearsal for World War II.


vrijdag 22 oktober 2010

Malta Story

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr39mins
Size:........................696Mb

This British wartime drama focuses on the crucial battle for control of Malta. Lieutenant Peter Ross, a Royal Air Force reconnaissance photographer, gets shot down over Malta while flying to Egypt. Since he cannot get off the island, the British forces there employ his talents to help defeat the Nazis. Ross sets out to find and photograph the location of the Nazi forces attacking the island,but he still finds time to fall in love with Maria, a local girl. The film mixes archival combat footage with documentary-style re-enactments to create a realistic portrayal of the historic battle.


donderdag 21 oktober 2010

Charlotte Gray

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr56mins
Size:........................0.97Gb

Cate Blanchett stars as an ordinary woman who is drawn into extraordinary service in World War II. With her knowledge of French, Charlotte is the perfect candidate to be a courier to German-occupied France, to support the French Resistance. Compelled by a desire to serve her country as well as her own, deeper, personal motivations, Charlotte takes on an assignment, only to find that even a "simple" undercover mission can take unexpected and dangerous turns.


dinsdag 19 oktober 2010

Winter in Wartime

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................Dutch - English Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr39mins
Size:........................803Mb

The time is January 1945, and food is scarce in Nazi-occupied Holland. A 14-year-old, Michiel is bored and dreaming of adventure, itching to play his part in the Resistance. He has an opportunity when he and a friend witness the shoot-down of an RAF pilot who goes into hiding in the nearby forest. Michiel resolves to help the pilot escape, and as he gets more deeply involved in the Resistance, he places his family in jeopardy.


maandag 18 oktober 2010

the secret war of Harry Frigg

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr50mins
Size:........................699Mb

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WW II, it is a propaganda nightmare for the Allies.The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General (2 stars) and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape,
but then he meets the countess ...


zondag 17 oktober 2010

der fall Gleiwitz

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr03mins
Size:........................696Mb

THE GLEIWITZ CASE offers an almost documentary account of the events surrounding the Nazi's staged attack on a radio transmitter near Gleiwitz on the German-Polish border on August 31st, 1939. Under the command of SS officer Helmut Naujocks, six ethnic Germans living in Poland are selected and prepared for the secret operation to take over the station and create the appearance of an assault, complete with radio message by the alleged Polish insurgents. One dead concentration camp inmate in Polish uniform is left behind as proof of the attack. This little-known "incident" gave the Third Reich a reason for invading Poland and, in so doing, starting World War II.


donderdag 14 oktober 2010

U-47 Kapitänleutnant Prien

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr27mins
Size:........................698Mb

This film from the fifties takes a perspective partly based on the case of a "Kaleu" - a Kapitänleutnant who really existed and was used by german propaganda in ww2 for his courage and tactical creativity. It is a well done film from these days, when other german war movies of the post-war period from today´s point of view had a lack of brilliance in both action and historical accuracy.



woensdag 13 oktober 2010

Convoy, War for the Atlantic - EP4

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................47 mins
Size:........................1.09Gb

Brink Of Defeat
Eager to finally win the Battle of the Atlantic, Hitler sends his U-Boats to America in search of easy prey. Can the Allies continue to hold on?


Convoy, War for the Atlantic - EP3

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................47 mins
Size:........................1.09Gb

Death Blow
With German U-Boats still prowling the North Atlantic, the Allies look to new technology to give them the upper hand and secure their convoys.


dinsdag 12 oktober 2010

Convoy, War for the Atlantic - EP2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................47 mins
Size:........................1.09Gb

The Hunt
Still reliant on the all-important convoys across the Atlantic, British ships seek a way to strike back against their deadly foe, the U-Boat.


maandag 11 oktober 2010

Convoy, War for the Atlantic - EP1

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................47 mins
Size:........................1.09Gb

Find out how Atlantic convoys and brave sailors served and saved Britain during WWII. As the rest of Europe fell to the Nazis, only the convoys of ships bringing vital supplies from North America kept Britain from surrendering. This four-part series follows the story of that Atlantic war, charting the turning tide of the campaign as U-boats and supply ships played a deadly game of cat-and-mouse on the ocean’s watery expanse. From the early success of the German submarines, to the escalating arms race and new techniques that saw the Allies fight back, find out how the Atlantic convoys and the brave sailors who served in them saved Britain.

Wolfpack Rising
As Britain stands alone against Nazi Germany in 1940, packs of Nazi U-Boats threaten to bring her to her knees by targeting supply convoys.


zaterdag 9 oktober 2010

vrijdag 8 oktober 2010

Fighting Aircraft of WWI

Genre:.....................WWI Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr31mins
Size:........................732Mb

Before the First World War flying had just caught the imagination of the public, yet within a short space of just a few years, all of the major nations were developing aircraft. The very nature of war itself was rapidly undergoing a transformation, with new techniques in artillery, military tactics and the armament of aircraft. Consequently, this was the first war which involved a struggle for control of the air, which developed into another battlefield, alongside the battlefields of land and sea.


donderdag 7 oktober 2010

the War in the Air

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr16mins
Size:........................494Mb

This documentary covers the strategy and tactics of aerial warfare adopted by all the combatants during the Second World War. Including, how battles were won, aerial and bombing campaigns, fighter techniques, protection of the sea-lanes, spies in the sky, nightfighters and the individual fighter aces.



dinsdag 5 oktober 2010

Fighter Aircraft of the Luftwaffe

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................52 mins
Size:........................697Mb

This documentary chronicles the gradual disintegration of the Luftwaffe over the course of the Second World War. Despite the skill of the pilots and many innovations in German aircraft design, the Nazi aerial forces were worn down by the superiority of Allied air power. Included footage from both the German and Allied archives, plus 3D computer generated animation and analysis by leading authorities.


maandag 4 oktober 2010

German Jet Fighters

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................48 mins
Size:........................696Mb

In 1944, Hitler ordered the full-scale production of, what he called the Miracle Weapons. A new breed of aircraft designed to change Germany's declining military fortunes. As a result, the first Jet Fighters were unleashed on the world. The potentially devastating ME262 and Arado 234 were underdeveloped and their moderate successes could not prevent the desperate situation which resulted in the introduction of the dangerous ME163 Komet and the disastrous Heinkel HE162 the Peoples Defender, more dangerous to its pilot than the enemy.


Roaring Glory Warbirds - B-25 Mitchell

Genre:.....................Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................44 mins
Size:........................870Mb

The coughing start-up of both 1700 horsepower engines; the sound of raw power as you lift off the grassy airstrip; the unmatched sensation of a high-speed strafing run with fourteen .50 caliber machine guns blazing; low level bomb release, a total 6000 pounds in all! Pilot Jeff Ethell takes you along on this incredible journey through the misty layers of time, just after Pearl Harbor, when Doolittle's Raiders lifted off the aircraft carrier Hornet and also lifted the morale of every American.