Films: Second World War

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1943
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Widely considered a masterpiece, directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger explore the changing notions of modern warfare against the tradition of British military systems from the Boer War...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1980
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Three African-American women and two white women discuss their defense industry employment, advocacy of labor rights, and societal expectations of them during and after World War II. Interviews...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1940
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The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. The hard-living, international crew of a British merchant ship become unnerved as they cross the Atlantic during...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1962
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This film tells the complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy--the invasion and establishment of Allied Forces in France during Operation Overlord, beginning June 6th, 1944 and the largest...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 2002
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This episode of the television series, Modern Marvels, focuses on the race against time for the United States to develop a nuclear weapon to use in World War II. Encouraged by Leo Szilard...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1943
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Due to a housing shortage in Washington, D.C., during World War II, Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur) agrees to rent part of her apartment to wealthy retiree Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) and...

Director(s): Pressburger, Emeric, Field, Connie, Ford, John, Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, Wicki, Bernhard, Dash, Sean, Stevens, George, Mann, Daniel
Year: 1960
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The Mountain Road is a 1960 war film based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist-historian Theodore H. White. Maj. Baldwin (James Stewart) is an American officer stationed in...

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