Veterans Day

• " PROFILES OF COURAGE, CONTROVERSY & SACRIFICE "

  Through fascinating WWII footage, this fresh, new look and rapid-fire video tackles controversial subjects with candor and objectivity while defining one of America's most challenging eras.  This video is divided into four programs for easy viewing: "Why Pearl Harbor?"   "Home Front USA"   "Minority Units"  and  "The Atomic Bomb".

  Minority Units -  Set against the backdrop of major WWII battles, this segment explores the roles, contributions and the sacrifices of African American, Japanese-American and Native American units in the U.S. Armed Forces. 

Through rare and unusual film footage, you'll experience the excitement and drama of the The 10th Mountain Division: "America's Elite Mountain Division". This video goes far beyond the unit which is still active. In the end, this unique mountain climbing combat outfit battered the Germans out of their last mountain stronghold in northern Italy and cleared the Adige Line. 

 RT: 45 minutes. B/W.

The remarkable story of the U.S. Navy's most versatile ship: the destroyer, comes to life. From 1902 through the modern era, this video shows in detail the destroyers. Nicknamed "Tin Cans" in WWII, they hunted U-Boats, led the way in the island hopping war in the Pacific and defended air craft carriers from Kamikaze onslaught. Hard to find video.

RT: approx. 30 minutes. B/W.

Second only to the Normandy Invasion, this controversial Allied invasion of the French Mediterranean coast came within an eyelash of being scrubbed.  Originally planned to coincide with the D-Day invasion, instead it got "bogged down" over military objectives.

RT: approx. 30 minutes. B/W.

Poetry and Songs from the Civil War

No one has captured the emotion of the American Civil War better than the poets and the songwriters. In this unique video, film footage, archival photographs and illustrated drawings are woven between the words and music to re-tell the gripping story of the tragic war between the North and the South. Historians, poets and patriots will find this original anthology a memorable addition to any video library.

On June 28, 1914 an assassin's bullet struck down the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand in the Balkan capital of Sarajevo. One by one the nations of the European network declared war on one another, while America remained neutral.

But neutrality was short lived. On May 7,1915 America's sentiment turned when German U-Boats torpedoed and sank the British steamer Lusitania claiming 124 American lives. Then, on April 6, 1917, President Wilson declared war and the Doughboys went into action.

RT: 70 minutes   B/W & Color.  NTSC Playable All Regions.

The Story of the Stars and Stripes

The true story of this world famous Army newspaper from its beginnings during the Civil War through the Korean War. Hard to find video.