Archive for the ‘War’ Category
Southern Comfort
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Southern Comfort
Call Number: VHS00278
by Keith Carradine; Powers Boothe;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : dist. by Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released in 1981 (105 mins.);
Summary: A weekend of maneuvers for nine National Guardsmen inadvertently violates the rights of the Cajun natives. A practical joke escalates into an uncontrollable full-scale skirmish between the untrained civilians and the bayou’s inhabitants
OCLC #: 81691632
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Black Rain
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Kuroi ame
Call Number: VHS00218
by Shōhei Imamura; Yoshiko Tanaka; Kazuo Kitamura; Etsuko Ichihara; Masuji Ibuse; Fox Lorber Home Video (Firm); Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha.; Angelica Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : Fox Lorber Home Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1989 (123 mins.);
Summary: This is an unforgettable movie about humanity and survival after the 1945 atomic catastrophe that changed the world forever.
OCLC #: 24358692
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Grand Illusion
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008La Grande illusion
Call Number: VHS00215 Copy 1
VHS00215 Copy 2
by Jean Renoir; Charles Spaak; Jean Gabin; Pierre Fresnay; Erich Von Stroheim; Crown Video (Firm); Cie Jean Renoir.; Réalisations d’Art Cinématographique (Firm); World Pictures (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: New York : Crown Video, [199-?]; Copy 2: Los Angeles, CA : Connoisseur Video Collection, 1991.;
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (117 mins.); Nominated for one 1939 Academy Award;
Summary: French officers as German prisoners of war in World War I reflect the changes in the social order and views of warfare as they each try to escape the realities of being in a prisoner of war camp.
OCLC #: 42511283
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
The Birth of a Nation
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Birth of a Nation
Call Number: VHS00213 Copy 1
VHS00213 Copy 2
VHS00213 Copy 3
by D W Griffith; Thomas Dixon;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Copy 2: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [198-?]
Copy 3: New York, NY: Kino Video, 1993, ©1915.
Notes: Originally released in 1915 (154 mins.); Copy 2 edition notes: 94 mins.,This collector’s edition of The Birth of a Nation was made from a 1933 print produced under the personal supervision of D.W. Griffith. It includes the orginal musical score for the movie which was adapted by Griffith to the 24 frames-per-second running speed needed for sound; Copy 3 edition notes: includes a 30-minute epilogue with rare stills and outtake footage;
Summary: A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man’s honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
OCLC #: 24232563
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Open City
Monday, October 27th, 2008Roma, città aperta or Rome, Open City
Call Number: VHS00178
by Roberto Rossellini; Sergio Amidei; Federico Fellini; Film Classics (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Italian, with English subtitles
Publisher: [Hollywood, CA] : Film Classics
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (105 mins.); Nominated for one 1947 Academy Award;
Summary: An inspirational film, and representative of neo-realistic cinema, about Rome during the Nazi occupation. A priest who is helping the Italian resistance fighters is discovered and arrested by the SS.
OCLC #: 42886741
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Saving Private Ryan
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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Saving Private Ryan
Call Number: VHS00172
by Steven Spielberg; Robert Rodat; Tom Hanks; Edward Burns; Tom Sizemore; Jeremy Davies; Vin Diesel; Adam Goldberg; Barry Pepper; Giovanni Ribisi; Matt Damon; Dennis Farina; Ted Danson; Dreamworks Pictures.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm); Mutual Film Company.; DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Pictures.; et al
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA: Dreamworks, 1999.
Notes: Originally released 1998 (169 mins.); Nominated for 11 1999 Academy Awards;
Summary: WWII Army Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with the brutality of war, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage
OCLC #: 41435695
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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War Classics
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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War Classics
Call Number: DVD00040
by Platinum Disc Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., ©2004
Chapters: Aerial gunner — Battle of blood island — A walk in the sun — Combat!: Mail Call;
OCLC #: 70905110
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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War Classics vol. 4
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008War Classics vol. 4
Call Number: DVD00039
by Stephen Boyd; Rosey Grier; Moses Gunn; Richard Pryor; Billy Dee Williams; Aaron Spelling; George McCowan; Bert Wheeler; Robert Woolsey; Dorothy Lee; William LeBaron; Paul Sloane; Lyle Talbot; June Duprez; Victor Varconi; Dixon R Harwin; Spencer Gordon Bennet; Gianni Garko; Klaus Kinski; Gianfranco Parolini; Platinum Disc Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., ©2004.
Notes: Originally released between 1930 – 1969;
Chapters: Black brigade aka Carter’s army / with Richard Pryor (1969, col., approx. 90 min.) — Five for hell with Klaus Kinski / (1968, col., approx. 88 min.) — Half-shot at sunrise / with Bert Wheeler (1930, b&w, approx. 78 min. — They raid by night / with Lyle Talbot (1942, b&w, approx. 69 min.).
OCLC #: 68217843
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
War Classics Vol. 3
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008War Classics Vol. 3
Call Number: DVD00038
by José Ferrer; Peter Robert Lamont Brown; Stewart Granger; Van Johnson; Platinum Disc Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., ©2004.
Notes: Originally released between 1943 – 1976;
Chapters: The sell out / with Richard Widmark (1976, col.) — Submarine base / with John Litel (1943, b&w) — North star / with Walter Brennan (1943, b&w) — Gung ho! / with Randolph Scott (1943, b&w).
OCLC #: 77099512
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
War Classics Vol. 2
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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War Classics Vol. 2
Call Number: DVD00037
by José Ferrer; Peter Robert Lamont Brown; Stewart Granger; Van Johnson; Platinum Disc Corporation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., ©2004.
Notes: Originally released between 1951 – 1988;
Chapters: Hitler’s SS : Portrait of evil / with Jose Ferrer (1985, col.) — Eagles attack at dawn / with Peter Brown (1988, col.) — Commando / with Stewart Granger (1962, b%w) — Go for broke! / with Van Johnson (1951, b&w).
OCLC #: 57534281
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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