Introduction A video memorial to US soldiers killed in the War on Terror. Outline A video memorial to US soldiers killed in the War on Terror. Trivia Production & Filming Details Video Link(s)
The Cost of War (2019)
Diary of a Sergeant (1945)
Introduction Diary of a Sergeant is a 1945 American short propaganda film produced by the US government. It starred Harold Russell and focused on the loss of his hands in an accident. Outline Harold Russell, an American soldier who lost his hands in a training accident, tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter… Read More
The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916)
Introduction The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell is a 1916 Australian silent film about the execution of nurse Edith Cavell during World War I. Although one of the most popular Australian silent movies ever made, it is considered a lost film. Refer to The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917). Outline The story is told in four… Read More
The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917)
Introduction The Murder of Captain Fryatt is a 1917 Australian silent film about the execution of Captain Charles Fryatt during World War I from John and Agnes Gavin. It is considered a lost film. Outline The Gavins claimed the plot “followed closely the facts contained in the official report of the British Admiralty” about the… Read More
The Cure (2020)
Introduction The Cure is a 2020 short action film by director Ahmet Atalay. Outline In the near future, a mysterious virus has taken over a large portion of the world’s population. Upon contamination, it kills the host within a day. There is no permanent cure, only a temporary serum that resets every 24 hours. Special… Read More
Five Minutes of Friendship (2014)
Introduction Five Minutes of Friendship is a short comedy film by director Dino Weisz. Outline As former National People’s Army border guard the Berlin Schaller returns once a year to his old operation site. Wild nature overgrows the once clear-felled area of the border region. The landscape is changing rapidly. Schaller remembers how he was… Read More
Good Will To Men (1955)
Introduction Good Will To Men is a 1955 remake of the 1939 Film, Peace on Earth. Outline Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera remade the cartoon, Peace on Earth (1939), in CinemaScope in 1955. This post-World War II version of the film, entitled Good Will to Men, featured updated and even more destructive forms… Read More
Peace on Earth (1939)
Introduction Peace on Earth is a one-reel 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated only by animals, as it is claimed in the short that human beings have gone extinct due to war. Outline Two young squirrels ask their grandfather (voiced by Mel Blanc) on Christmas Eve who the… Read More
Meet the Fleet (1940)
Introduction Technicolour dramatised recruiting short made by Warner Bros. for the US Navy. Film is also known as “Anchors Aweigh.” Outline The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training. Production & Filming Details Director(s): B. Reeves Eason. Producer(s): Writer(s): Owen Crump. Music: Howard Jackson (uncredited). Cinematography: Charles P. Boyle. Editor(s): Louis Lindsay. Production: Warner… Read More
LEGO Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick (2008)
Introduction Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick is a 3-D computer-animated Lego short film that was directed by Peder Pedersen. It combines details from all four Indiana Jones features into one continuous adventure with a humorous twist, and includes several inside-jokes for fans of both the Indiana Jones films and the… Read More
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