Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
John Wayne, a tough Marine sergeant, takes men and makes them Marines. He does it with discipline and authority.. and with his fists when he has to. The men begin to understand when they see him in action and he earns their respect.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
In 1943 a crack force of German paratroopers lands in England, prepared to kidnap Churchill. Disguised as Polish soldiers, the men are accepted by the villagers where they land, but are exposed when the German uniform of one of their number is revealed. The entire village is taken hostage, and the race to capture Churchill is on.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging.
Publisher
CBS/Fox Video
Pub. Date
1986, c1962
Language
English
Description
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
9) Casablanca
Publisher
WB Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The story of a struggle among individuals who have sought refuge in Casablanca after fleeing Nazi occupied Europe.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Courage under fire: "When Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling is asked to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding the actions that led to her death. As he struggles to uncover the truth, he also finds himself forced to confront his own tormenting demons."--Container.
Man on fire: "Burned-out CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired to protect...
12) Alexander
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.
14) Patton
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1984
Language
English
Description
Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand.
16) Victory at sea
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. The videos introduce the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea.
17) Hamburger Hill
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The story of LTC John Paul Vann (Paxton) and his work as a military and civilian advisor in Vietnam over a ten year period (1962-72) until his death in an accidental helicopter crash. As a military advisor, Vann attempted to fight corruption in the Vietnamese army, recognizing the need to build trust among the Vietnamese peasantry. When his recommendations were ignored by the U.S. military, he exposed falsified battle reports and other deceptions...
20) A bridge too far
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A dramatic recreation of an Allied airdrop behind German lines in Holland, and the subsequent disastrous Battle of Arnhem.
In MNLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by East Central Regional Library can be requested from other MNLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request