The Unfiltered Lens — How Film Maker John Huston Fought to Bring Home Images of WW2

“While some of his early projects for Uncle Sam consisted of simple recruiting films… Huston’s more memorable work would come later – and it would come from the front lines.” LEGENDARY AMERICAN movie director John Huston…

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“Kolberg” — Nazi Germany’s Cinematic Swan Song

“The 104-minute feature film was a dramatization of the historic battle by Prussian patriots to defend Pomerania’s last un-conquered city from Napoleon.” THE LAST THING Germany’s dazed and weary masses wanted or needed in early 1945 was a movie —…

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A Call To Arms — Nine of History’s Most Famous Wartime Propaganda Films

THE HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER American Sniper has raked in a cool $90 million since its debut on Jan. 16. But the Clint Eastwood action drama has been under fire from some who complain that the movie…

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Filmmaker Explores Smallpox and the Franco Prussian War

PRIOR TO THE 20th CENTURY, armies on campaign typically lost more men to disease than battle. Consider the following: During the Napoleonic Wars, 375,000 French soldiers died in combat, while more than 800,000 succumbed to illness.[1]…

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‘Why We Fight’ – America’s World War Two Propaganda Masterpiece

“The U.S. government still chose to bankroll a series of films to explain to both servicemen and civilians alike the reasons for America’s involvement in the widening struggle.” FEW TIMES IN HISTORY HAVE AMERICANS been…

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Lights, Camera, Awful – Could These Be The Worst WW2 Movies Ever Made?

(Originally published Oct. 3, 2014) HOLLYWOOD’S NEXT WORLD WAR TWO BLOCKBUSTER, Fury, is set to blast its way into theatres later this month. The film, which stars Brad Pitt and the increasingly eccentric Shia LaBeouf, follows…

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