A Soldier Beside Me is a psychological drama that explores the internal psyche of a soldier in his final moments. Set in a desolate, smoke-filled jungle following a skirmish, the story centers on Soldier 1, a 27-year-old infantryman. He is joined by Soldier 2, a cynical and vocal companion who challenges the traditional notions of military duty, hierarchy, and sacrifice.
"Action Stations" documents the work of a Canadian corvette escorting Allied convoys across the North Atlantic during World War II. Combining staged battle reconstruction with observational footage, the film portrays shipboard training, life at sea, and the pursuit and sinking of an enemy submarine.
An Italian movie.
Despite the attention paid to the U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) since their daring takedown of Osama bin Laden, few know the story of how the first U.S. Navy frogmen became the renowned warriors of today. NAVY SEALs--THEIR UNTOLD STORY details their fascinating transformation and the people who made this story happen. Discover how these clandestine commandoes morphed with evolving threats from Hitler to bin Laden. The Navy's first special warfare units date back to World War II, and, without them, much of U.S. and world history would have been written differently, from the beaches of Normandy to the Pacific theater, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Through firsthand accounts and never-before-seen footage, this unprecedented documentary recounts many of the ticking-clock missions of the "Commandoes of the Deep."
A tale of a twelve years old Larik, one of the young heroes of Civil War in Russia.
Short film.
Vietnam 1967: Military intelligence has collapsed, Viet Cong have infiltrated the clandestine American spy network, and the U.S. can't rely on the South Vietnamese. John Murphy, then an elite adviser, analyst, and operative for the Army, CIA, and South Vietnamese intelligence services, reveals the gray areas of critical, on-the-ground intelligence work, where trust is hard-won and easily lost.
During the 1980s, Russia fought a disastrous war in Afghanistan. Shot by a Western crew, the 40 minute film includes footage of combat missions with the Spetsnaz elite units, helicopter gunship pilots from a Kabul-based Air Assault Unit flying missions, the patrolling of the Salang mountain pass and the military hospital in Kabul. Soviet General Lev Serebrov referred to the making of the film as "An experiment in glasnost".
In the mid-18th century, Thailand's King Textron was defending his Ayuthaya Kingdom as he fought against the Myanmar invasion. At the same time, his wife Queen Taya was having a secret affair with the swordsman Chai, who may actually be a Myanmar traitor intending on toppling the Ayuthayans from within the palace. Filled with dazzling swordplay action and epic battle scenes, THE LORD OF AYUTHAYA is a stirring account of one of Thailand's most famous battle in history
A Soviet documentary chronicling a single day of the Great Patriotic War—June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the conflict. Filmed simultaneously across all fronts and the home front by 160 newsreel cameramen, and edited by Mikhail Slutsky at the Central Studio of Documentary Films, it offers a sweeping portrait of total war. Released in October 1942, the project captured the Soviet struggle against the German invaders in a single, coordinated day of filming.
Private Randle (Frank Randle) and army pals, Privates Young (Dan Young) and Enoch (Robbie Vincent) are invited by Private Desmond (Pat McGrath) to spend some off-duty time at his stately home. Private Desmond is too busy courting an ATS girl (Antoinette Lupino) to notice the squaddies are running riot in his house.
A training film for OSS agents on how to analyze statistics obtained about German industrialization and war production.
WWI thriller set on the Austro-Russian front. A long distance gun wards off an enemy attack, until a traitor among 13 soldiers signals the whereabouts of the battery.
The film tells the story of the struggle to liberate Maraş from French occupation. Maraş is occupied by the French. The occupying forces issue a proclamation demanding that the people obey the French. The people refuse to obey the enemy and begin to organize among themselves. Two enemy soldiers attack a girl named Zeynep. Ali, who is at the head of the organization, rescues Zeynep. After this incident, the people begin to clash with the occupying soldiers. Realizing that the people have risen up, the French prepare to attack key points in the city. However, Ali and his friends, who are aware of these preparations, will devise a plan to liberate Maraş.
After the end of the WWII, a group of bridge builders comes to the village of Lyubotin, but around them, disturbing the peaceful life, the “Banderites“ are rampaging around.
One famous day. Five heroes. Five key turning points that changed the course of World War Two during the D Day landings, told through the eyes of the people who made a difference. Using rarely seen archive, dramatic reconstruction and written accounts from eye witnesses and personal testimony from our five heroes, this is D Day as never seen before.
Story based on a true incident. Terrorists massacre fifty seven people in a remote village in Sri Lanka. The ill trained, unorganized Home guards could not protect the Village. A brave army Major stationed in area awaiting retirement. A female voluntary teacher convinces the Major about his Extra/Additional responsibility and tells what use of his many gallantry medals if people next door sleep in jungle at night or farmers languish in hunger without being able to cultivate. The Major, through army, trains the Home guards, turn them into a formidable force who protect the village when terrorists launch next attack to wipe out village.
Based on the memory of a war, that of Vietnam, the images race away, the senses become confused, the memories explode. Why would some people be stronger and more intelligent than others on principle?
ASHCAN is a theatrical docu-fiction. It tells the story of the secret prison where the main Nazi leaders were incarcerated following the Allied victory on May 8, 1945 under U.S. authority at Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg.
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