Manchukuo: Asia’s Unfinished War
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Movies
M1 Garand Rifle
Various graphic clips from “Band of Brothers”, “Saving Private Ryan” and the “The Thin Red Line”. All three of these films stood out from earlier war movies for the perfect audio inclusion of what has been described as the “ping” sound. These films were also unique in that they also depicted the ejection of the en-bloc clip (which created the sound).
Lydia: A Soviet Woman Sniper
An interview with Lydia, one of the Russian women snipers of the World War Two Soviet Army.
Luftwaffe in Action – Air War over Europe 1943-44
A compilation of various German wartime newsreels, showing fighter control operations and intercepts of American 4-engine bombers. German voice-over.
Little Annie Rooney – Trailer
(1925)
Tough slum girl (Mary Pickford) faces a crisis of the heart when the boy she loves (William Haines) is accused of shooting her cop father. Her brother stalks the accused slayer and finally shoots him down in the street. Mary rushes to the hospital and offers her blood for a life-saving transfusion, even though she thinks she’ll die.
Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – America’s Bloodiest Day
It is September 17, 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln needs a victory in order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and end slavery in the South. But Robert E. Lee has other plans – invade the North.
Lieutenant James Reese Europe
A quick clip from a wonderful documentary concentrating on the wartime experiences of James Reese Europe, the extraordinary band leader of the 369th Infantry Regiment. Shortly after the war, Reese was murdered in Boston.
Letter from Gallipoli
An assortment of photographs from the beach at Gallipoli are displayed while a voice-over artist reads from a letter written by one of the ANZAK combatants.
Lenin and his Revolution in Color
Colorized footage of Lenin, World War 1 and the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.Sadly, Youtube’s conversion of the file to a flash movie has degraded the colour slightly.
Lena Horne – Stormy Weather
(1943)
Here’s the full version of a performance from the 1943 film of the same name (“Stormy Weather”), the great Lena Horne delivers a sizzling performance of her signature song.
Late War Aircraft Development
A look at some of the final aircraft designs introduced in the war. William Barker wages a spectacular fight against scores of German fighters in thwe closing weeks of World War One.
La Guardia Reads the Comics
July 1945 – New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia reads Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie comics over the air during a newspaper deliverymen’s strike.
Ku Klux Klan Saves the South”” – from Birth of a Nation”
THE BIRTH OF A NATION”” (1915) PART 6: KU KLUX KLAN SAVES THE SOUTH”