What is your favorite WWII documentary film?

[999000]

Hogan's Heroes!! 999000

[Rob52240]

Anyone remember this documentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCQIGiXf0JA

[TOMCAT21]

GI Diary

[Hajo]

World at War gets my vote.  When that was first shown on TV the series showed the US audience visually what happened in the not to distant past.

It was interesting to the general population who got only snippets of film and articles in news papers to inform them of the wars progress.

I remember sitting there as a young lad with my brother and parents watching.  Our Sister hadn't been born yet.

[RngFndr]

Too many to list..
I have a large collection..

My favorites are the ones from the 50's..
The participants were still around to give their testimony.. Memories were still fresh!  

[Dragon Tamer]

I have victory at sea, haven't watched it yet but I probably will now. While the BBS was down I ended up watching a lot of films on youtube, usually about a specific plane. Here are my three favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHF1CLPJfvo&list=WL438194775091FE03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGTn4CCU1S0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJzKjtjZnY

I also had one of the P-51 development and deployment that was going to be in place of the Russian aircraft video, but I forgot to save the link... oh well.

[BaldEagl]

Undisputed that World at War was the best.  Victory at Sea was also very good but no one's mentioned Wings yet.  Wings is a good series if you want to learn a little about the design and history of the aircraft.  And of course, while not always 100% accurate Dogfights is an entertaining series.

[RngFndr]

Undisputed that World at War was the best.  Victory at Sea was also very good but no one's mentioned Wings yet.  Wings is a good series if you want to learn a little about the design and history of the aircraft.  And of course, while not always 100% accurate Dogfights is an entertaining series.

Do you mean the one that used to be on (old) Discovery as "Great Planes"?? I have MANY of those episodes on VHS.. Yep, that's a good one, each episode focused on a particular plane, with tons of great film you don't usually see.. Some were obviously pilot training classroom films, and films for ground crew.. Awesome..

(Aside from the British narrator who consistantly said .50 cal, was "50 mm" machineguns, Oopsee! )

[ozrocker]

I like Documentaries, but I love newsreels

There's a plethora of German WW2 newsreels on youtube.
Just look for Deustche Wochenschau.


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[Dark]

If I remember the name right it is called apocalypse.  Was a DVD special on military channel. Got it at best buy for 5$ . Dsnt show a whole lot of long fights but some good stuff.  Saddest part was watching the Russians strapping explosives on dogs and running under a German tank. It is a semi graphic DVD. But still good none the less. But favorite is world at war.

[RngFndr]

Some Guys are doing colorizations of German War films..
Just stunning,  Major great work!

[BoilerDown]

The Color of War: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292774

I like this one a lot better than WW2 in Colour, which is what the History Channel has been showing more recently.  The narration in The Color of War favors the individual soldiers a lot more, and relates the effects combat had on them.  It focuses less on history lessons and more on the horrors of war in the modern age.  The former I can learn anywhere, the latter you can't really get anywhere except in this series.

[Brooke]

"Clash of Wings" series from the Discovery Channel.  The WWII footage in them is awesome.  I watch *a lot* of WWII historical stuff and have seen the clips used in most series many times over, but this series has lots of excellent footage that I had never seen before.  Also, this series is almost entirely historical footage.

"Lost Evidence" series from the History Channel.  These are excellent, with historical footage and also very high-quality re-enactment (more toward the level of Band of Brothers).

"Battle 360" and "Dogfights" series from the History Channel.  Good, although the computer graphics in them is sometimes not top notch.

"WWII in HD" series from the History Channel.  Some good historical footage.

[Seadog36]

Clash of Wings is excellent. Try "Thunderbolt" 1949 lots of amazing color footage of the 57th FG P-47s operating jabo missions out of Corsica.

http://www.youtube.com/movie/thunderbolt

[Masherbrum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptijNcDanVw

That is the my favorite "WWII Dcoumentary".

Non-WWII?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUSq7pxux4

Both of them are a step above the rest.