Australians at War EP2

Genre:.....................WWI-II Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................54Mins
Size:........................496Mb

EP02. Who'll Come a Fighting the Kaiser With Me?
Probably the most well known of our involvements was that of Gallipoli, 1915. The legend of the ANZAC was born on these beaches in World War I. An 8-month occupation in this area of Turkey delivered unimaginable horrors for our forces. The troops displayed loyalty and courage to the end and will evermore be remembered by these traits.

Australians at War EP1

Genre:.....................WWI-II Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................56Mins
Size:........................496Mb

From the Boer War in 1899 to the present day peacekeeping missions, Australians at War is the most comprehensive visual record of our wartime history ever made. Australian men and women, veterans of all our conflicts and witnesses to our past, speak movingly of the events that shaped their lives and those of millions of Australians. Combining archive film, stills, and interviews, Australians at War breathes life into our past; a past that influences our present and future.

EP01. We're On a Long Trek Now
After arriving too late for the succinct war in Sudan, Australia finally had a chance to prove themselves on the plains of South Africa in the Boer War. Soon enough, our naivety was stripped away in this 3-year war, which gave way to a conflict none of us could have foreseen. Disease claimed half of the casualties.

Battle of the V1

Genre:.....................WWII Action-Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr41Mins
Size:........................698Mb

Stefan (Michael Rennie), a Polish resistance fighter, is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a forced labour camp. He finds himself at Peenemunde, a top secret base where German scientists are working on a new and deadly form of weapon - the V.1 flying bomb. Now, the race is on to get the information back to britain. Stefan teams up with another prisoner, Anna (Milly Vitale) - and together they manage to get the news out: a top level conference is scheduled at Peenemunde for factory managers and technicians fromall over the Reich. The R.A.F's response is quick and lethal. They launch a devastating 1,000 bomber raid against the rocket base - setting the project back months.

Hill 60

Genre:.....................WWI Drama
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr57Mins
Size:........................699Mb

The extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward, the legendary Australian metal scientist. In 1916, Woodward faced the most difficult decision, ultimately having to separate from his new young love for the deadly carnage of the Western Front. On treacherous territory, behind the German enemy lines, Woodward and his
secret platoon of Australian tunnelers face a suicidal battle to defend a leaking, tunnel system. A tunnel packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War...

Napola

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................German - English Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr50Mins
Size:........................1.29Gb

Berlin 1942. Friedrich (Max Riemelt), is a sixteen-year old amateur boxer from a working class family, who dreams of doing something with his life. His big chance comes when he's discovered at a boxing match by a young man who teaches at an elite Nazi National Political School, or Napola. The young man helps Friedrich to enter the institution, and there becomes Friedrich's mentor, guiding him through the rigors of the strictly run school. Among Friedrich's new friends is Albrecht (Tom Schilling), the son of a high-ranking official. A fragile young man who prefers to train his mind rather than his body, Albrecht is critical of the Nazi ideology being crammed into the students' minds. Friedrich starts to see that there is no room here for anyone unwilling to follow the party line. After the students are forced to take part in a nighttime massacre of unarmed Russian youths in the nearby woods, Albrecht writes an essay condemning the Germans' barbarity.

BBC Radio Collection - The Second World War

From Neville Chamberlain's historic declaration of war in Germany in 1939 to the sounds of rejoicing crowds on VJ Day in August 1945, the BBC brought the full picture of both the battle front and the home front, as well as the major speeches, to an attentive nation. The strident sounds of battle, the stirring and inspiring words of Churchill, Montgomery and Roosevelt, reached every sitting room. News and information about the war - in all it's ramifications - was brought home with the rawness and immmediacy of these original reports.This unique chronicle of war recordings, preserved for over 40 years, is both a testament to the BBC War Correspondents and a rare document in history.

08/15 - Part 3

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr32Mins
Size:........................968Mb

Part III shows Germany in free-fall. Top commanders desert their disintegrating armies, while SS renegades stop at nothing to hold onto their stolen wealth. Amidst murderous plots, dizzying intrigue, and wholesale collapse, Asch observes many former super-patriots who now leap at the chance to collaborate with the victorious Allies.

08/15 - Part 2

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr43Mins
Size:........................866Mb

Part II gives us a grunts-eye view of the Russian front. Again, Asch and his comrades contend with commanders whose incompetence can have lethal consequences. The film ends with a German retreat across the front, and the battlefield death of a close comrade.

08/15 - Part 1

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr43Mins
Size:........................866Mb

Based upon the celebrated novels by Hans Helmut Kirst, the 08/15 film trilogy marks a touchstone in postwar German culture. A corrosively satiric look at German army life--the title comes from a notoriously malfunctioning gun type, the 08/15, which became a popular short- hand among soldiers for everything wrong with the military--the films depict the life and times of lance corporal Asch, a model soldier constantly out of step with his overbearing superiors. Kirst's novels, especially popular among German veterans, made him postwar Germany's best- selling author. The 08/15 films, directed by Paul May, were likewise successful; Part I became West Germany's biggest box-office hit of the 1950s.

Part I takes us into German barracks life on the eve of World War II. Asch, pushed into open rebellion when a cruel officer drives a fellow soldier to the brink of suicide, wages a battle of wits with his superiors. Asch survives this round, prompting an investigation into barracks conditions; his hard-won victory is overshadowed by impending war.

the Cruel Sea

Genre:.....................WWII Drama/Action
Language:.................English - English Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................2Hr07Mins
Size:........................891Mb

This 1953 film has become a classic of British cinema largely because it is a straightforward, no-frills adaptation of the book and retain's much of the original's compelling yet almost understated dramatic focus. On convoy duty in the North Atlantic, the crew of HMS Compass Rose face as a matter of routine the threat of destruction from U-Boats as well as a constant struggle against the elements. The convoys themselves are Britain's only lifeline and their loss would lead to certain defeat, but in the early years of the war the ships sent to protect them can do almost nothing to prevent the U-Boat attacks

Allied-Axis 12-15 - PDF

Under Ten Flags

Genre:.....................WWII Drama/Action
Language:.................English - English Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr28Mins
Size:........................894Mb

The Sensational 665-Day Pursuit of the Killer-Ship Atlantis!
Van Heflin is the commander of a German merchant raider during WW II who employs a bewildering array of tricks,repainting the ship, flying neutral flags, erecting false smokestacks, and even having crewmen dress as women passengers--to lure Allied ships near enough to be blown out of the water with his boat's concealed guns.

the Bruneval Raid

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................47Mins
Size:........................671Mb

In 1942 a reconnaissance Spitfire photographed a strange shaped piece of German apparatus in a Normandy field. It turned out to be a sophisticated German radar system whose secrets had to be discovered.

Above us the Enemy

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................52Mins
Size:........................782Mb

The underwater war saw many innovations and a rapid increase in electronic technology, which eventually enabled the Allies to achieve ultimate victory.

The end of the Scharnhorst

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................46Mins
Size:........................699Mb

She was faster than any British battleship, but in what was to become known as The Battle of the North Cape, the Scharnhorst was about to meet her destiny at the hands of Admiral Fraser in one of the most exciting naval engagements ever.

Images of War4 - PDF

What really happened to Rommel

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................52Mins
Size:........................685Mb

He was nicknamed the Desert Fox and highly decorated by Hitler. However, Rommel was not in sympathy with the Nazi party and may have been involved in the plot to kill Hitler. Did the legendary German General commit suicide or was he murdered?

Human Torpedoes

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................52Mins
Size:........................782Mb

In 1941 four Italian frogmen used their two-man underwater ‘chariots’ to place explosive charges on two British battleships in Alexandria Harbour. They were the first of many brave men to use these unconventional weapons.

Destroying Hitlers Oil

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................46Mins
Size:........................671Mb

Amazing footage has become available which shows the raid by the US Air Force against the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania which supplied 60 percent of Hitler’s oil in 1943.

Secret Mission to North Africa

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................46Mins
Size:........................671Mb

Before the Allies could invade North Africa in 1943, a critical question needed to be answered: Would the Vichy French guarding the coastline meet the Allied troops with open arms... or with bullets? Now learn of the daring plan to gain crucial French support and of the American general who risked his life on the Secret Mission to North Africa.

the Man who Never was

Genre:.....................WWII Drama
Language:.................English - English Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr43Mins
Size:........................699Mb

As the North African campaign of WWII drew to a close it became obvious that the Allies next move would be to invade Sicily. A deception was therefore needed to try to lure away some of the German defences. Inter-services "XX Committee" (XX for double-cross) members Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu, and Squadron Leader Sir Archibald Cholmondley hatched the then unheard of plan of planting a body in the sea off Spain where prevailing currents would surely carry it inshore to the Huelva region, known to be the territory of one of the Nazis' best Spanish agents. The body, dressed as a major in the Royal Marines and apparently killed in a plane crash, would be carrying supposedly top secret documents aimed at convincing any reader that the invasion target was not Sicily at all, but Greece. Montagu himself plays a cameo role in the film as an Air Marshall.