Documentary / History / War  (1944)  91 minutes ~ Black & White Documentary about one bombing mission over Germany by the American Eighth Air Force, from the initial planning for the mission thru final completion of the mission, with all of its intricacies from beginning to end. Director:  William Keighley

Documentary / Drama / Western  (1979)  90 minutes ~ Black & White Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state. Director:  Sergio Eisenstein Writers:  Gregori Aleksandrov (additional material), Sergio Eisenstein (original screenplay) Stars:  Sergey Bondarchuk, Gregori Aleksandrov

Documentary (1961) 111 minutes ~ Black & White Trailer: Feature: Original Title: Den blodiga tiden “Mein Kampf” presents the raising and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Poland and the life Hitler, which is told since he was a mediocre student and frustrated aspirant of artist living in slums in Austria […]

Documentary  (1971)  99 minutes ~ Color Trailer: Feature: Documentary focusing on great white sharks. Director:  Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb Writer:  Peter Gimbel Stars:  Tom Chapin, Phil Clarkson, Stuart Cody

Short / Documentary  (1942)  10 minutes ~ Black & White Feature: It was vital that the US Navy have their men’s plumbing working smoothly and with no issues at this time.

Short / Documentary  (1942)  10 minutes ~ Black & White Feature: It was vital that the US Navy have their men’s plumbing working smoothly and with no issues at this time.

Documentary (1954) 39 minutes ~ Color Trailer: [jwplayer mediaid=”46607″] Feature: The United States Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department of Defense, has declassified a series of historical films on the nuclear weapons program. This documentary deals with the Operation Castle, a series of high-energy (high-yield) hydrogen / nuclear tests by Joint Task Force […]

Documentary (1998) 210 minutes ~ Black & White and Color Trailer: Feature: Operation Tumbler Snapper (47 min) – Despite its effectiveness in World War II, little was actually known about an A-bomb’s power. What ships could survive a blast and what ships couldn’t? Just how powerful was the shock wave? These are the tests that […]

Documentary/War/History ~ B&W ~ 150 Min. Trailer: Feature: BIG BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II (1939-45). World War II was the greatest rampage of destruction in the history of humanity – or inhumanity. Over a period of six years, 1939 to 1945, more than 50 million human beings died by violence, disease, exposure, or starvation, as […]

Documentary (1913) 56 minutes ~ Black & White Trailer: Feature: What 80 Million People Women Want concerns women who, at the beginning of the 20th century, battled publicly to win their gender the right to vote. The leads play a couple engaged to be married. She is an advocate for the cause, and he supports […]

Documentary / Drama / War (1966) 70 minutes ~ Black & White Trailer: Feature: Director Lionel Rogosin used stock footage combined with interviews of retired military officers at a posh party in this offbeat but compelling documentary. The human wreckage in the wake of World War II atrocities is in stark comparison to the civility […]

Documentary (2010) 80 minutes ~ Color Feature: Outspoken freedom advocate Ian R. Crane presents his take on how the European government is trying to implement a totalitarian regime and infringe upon the basic rights of all Europeans. In this controversial program, among the issues that Crane covers are a possible swine flu conspiracy, a U.K. […]

Christmas /  Documentary / Musical  (1958) 90 minutes ~ Black & White Trailer: Feature: Produced by the USO for the US troops overseas, this must-see concert film features over 50 celebrities from stage, screen and TV in an evening of music and comedy. These stars include Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Bob […]

Documentary (1976) 75 minutes ~ Color Trailer: Feature: A documentary about the search for the legendary Bigfoot, a large humanoid creature (also known as Sasquatch) who is rumored to inhabit the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Directors: Lawrence Crowley, William F. Miller Stars: Rene Dahinden, John Green, Sam Melville

Documentary (1977) 80 minutes ~ Color This documentary examines the phenomenon of Bigfoot, and contains interviews with various people who claim to have seen or had contact with the legendary creature. In The Shadow of Bigfoot was the culmination of the efforts of Tom Biscardi, Ivan Marx, and Dr. Warren Cook to dispel any and all […]

  Documentary (1945) 63 minutes ~ Black & White Trailer: Feature:  Directors: Frank Capra (uncredited) , Joris Ivens (uncredited) Stars: John Beal, Howard Duff, Walter Huston    

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***Not Available In The U.S./Canada*** Documentary (1964) 102 minutes ~ Color Original Title:  Mondo pazzo Trailer: The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals. Director: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi< Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov

***Not Available In The U.S./Canada*** Documentary (1962) 108 minutes ~ Color Trailer: A “shockumentary” consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence. Director: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi Writers: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Yves […]

Documentary (1963) 110 minutes ~ Color Original Title:  La donna nel mondo Trailer: Feature: The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent. Director: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara (uncredited), Franco Prosperi (uncredited) Writers: Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Belinda Lee, Peter […]

***Not Available In The U.S./Canada*** Documentary / Horror (1966) 122 minutes ~ Color Original Title:  Africa addio   The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.  Director: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi Writers: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Julius Nyerere

Drama / Documentary  (1942) 80 minutes ~ Black & White  Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. In dramatizations, we see a farmer beaten for speaking up at a meeting, a union man […]

Documentary / Horror (1975) 86 minutes ~ Color Feature: A documentary exploring the legends of vampires, using books, paintings and early films on the subject. Director: Calvin Floyd Writers: Radu Florescu (book), Yvonne Floyd, Raymond McNally Stars: Tor Isedal, Christopher Lee

Short / Documentary (1944) 18 minutes ~ Black & White and Color Feature: Documentary depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa. Tarawa, or Betio Island, was assaulted on November 20th, 1943 by the 2nd Marine Division. The Japanese defended Tarawa with approximately 3,000 […]

Documentary (1945) 10 minutes ~ Black & White Feature: This documentary short film, produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces, celebrates and delineates the history and service of the Negro pilots and crewmen trained at Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama. The Tuskegee Airmen, as they were known, were the first black troops to serve as […]

Documentary (1935) 114 Minutes ~ Black & White Original Title: Triumph des Willens Triumph of the Will was commissioned by Hitler in 1934 and directed by Leni Riefenstahl, and covers the events of the Sixth Nuremberg Party Congress. The original intention was to document the early days of the NSDAP, so future generations could look […]

Documentary (1945) 87 minutes ~ Black & White A Documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events […]

Documentary (1944) 75 minutes ~ Black & White A Documentary on the British and American North African campaign during World War II. Directors: Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart , John Huston Writer: Anthony Vellier Stars: Leo Genn, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Burgess Meredith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Documentary (1996) 75 minutes ~ Color Feature: Eyewitness accounts of death and destruction wreaked by two killer tornadoes! Since 1950, tornadoes have struck every state in the union, killing thousands. On one day in 1978, 147 deadly twisters swept through Ohio, Kentucky, and Alabama, killing 307 people in the US and 8 in Canada. This […]

Documentary (1945) 20 minutes ~ Color An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, this Technicolor production unfolds with graphic energy the nearly month-long battle for Iwo Jima, a volcanic island lying 700 miles southeast of Japan, in which 20,000 Japanese and nearly 7,000 American fighting men were killed. A struggle eternalized by Joe Rosenthal’s photographers […]

Documentary / Short (1975) 29 minutes ~ Color Original Title: Debrief: Apollo 8 Time has shown the march of scientific progress as humans slowly reached through new barriers and even greater heights to understand the world around them. The footsteps of progress down time’s corridor quickened as people reached outside the world they had come […]

Short / Documentary (1947) 44 minutes ~ Color Feature: Filmed in 1944 and early 1945 but edited only in 1947, this 45 minutes well preserved and almost forgotten documentary (by the great William Wyler) is about the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter bomber and its use in missions over Italy. In the prologue outstanding shots showing various […]

Documentary (1992) 30 minutes ~ Color Feature: It is an undisputed fact of history that, during World War II, the Germans ran a network of prison and labor camps, both in Germany and in the territories they controlled. Into these camps were sent Jews, prisoners-of-war, resistance fighters, Gypsies, and other people considered enemies of the […]

Documentary (1992) 32 minutes ~ Color Feature: It is an undisputed fact of history that, during World War II, the Germans ran a network of prison and labor camps, both in Germany and in the territories they controlled. Into these camps were sent Jews, prisoners-of-war, resistance fighters, Gypsies, and other people considered enemies of the […]

Documentary (1947) 58 minutes ~ Black & White Original Title: Sud narodov Soviet produced look at the trials that followed the fall of Germany. This riveting Russian documentary takes you inside the trials of the notorious German war criminals, brought to trial to account for their actions. The footage includes excerpts from the trials of […]