December Seventh
December 7th, 1941: the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. The people who were there share their memories of that fateful day, recalling the terror, confusion, and brav…
Narrated by Tom Selleck: Sunday, December 7, 1941 was a beautiful morning on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. A few sailors and soldiers were already up and playing a game of football near Pearl Harbor.
A World War II documentary detailing the American war effort in the Pacific theater, featuring real combat footage from naval and island battles.
An Oscar-winning 1945 documentary chronicling the final year of the Allied campaign in Europe during World War II, from D-Day to the surrender of Germany, crafted from footage by Allied cameramen.
Hosted by a young naval intelligence officer, this government-produced film was the U.S. Navy’s official rebuttal to North Korea after its naval forces hijacked the USS Pueblo in international waters.
An American yacht is sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way to Pearl Harbour, and when the single survivor is picked up by a US submarine, the commander tries desperately to warn the mainland of the …
After his ship is sunk by a German U-boat, a merchant sailor takes refuge on a remote tropical island. There he discovers that a notorious American gangster has built a hidden facility to supply the G…
A 1945 US military documentary following General Douglas MacArthur's campaign from the loss of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, using authentic wartime footage.
A retelling of the lives of a close-knit group of five brothers. The Irish-American Sullivan brothers grew up together in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression. During WWII they all joined the …
This documentary looks at the life and the fight for liberty aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, operating in the Pacific theater in 1944.
An emotional and gripping look at the attacks and the aftermath through the eyes, and the cameras, of six New Yorkers on 9/11.
Held hostage in a building where a bomb is set to go off. But where... and when?
The events of September 11th shook the globe but during the horror a few moments of animal triumph stood out - These are the tales of those animals.
Capra’s WWII documentary series explains Allied cause and enemy threat to U.S. troops.
A human portrait of New York and its citizens in the wake of the attacks on 9/11 and how they responded and overcame the tragedy.
Produced by the U.S. Marine Corps, this vintage informational film is a report on Operation Piranha, a 1965 amphibious assault conducted by the Marines against Vietcong forces on South Vietnam's Batan…
"Five" (1951) is a post-apocalyptic film following five survivors of a global nuclear catastrophe as they struggle to rebuild society and confront their differences in a devastated world.
This vintage informational film chronicles the U.S. Navy's Operation Sealab, a 1964 experiment in which four men spent eleven days living in an artificial habitat on the bottom of the sea.
Certain moments in life are unforgettable, often tied to where you were when you heard the news. September 11th, 2001, is one such moment. On that day, 19 extremists, motivated by religious fanaticism…
Documentary (with some re-enacted footage) of the British army's participation in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I.
This gritty, atmospheric war film dramatizes a chapter of World War II history in which 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearing execution if they surrendered, disobey their own superiors' orders and barrica…
Produced by the U.S. Navy, this Cold-War era documentary profiles the George Washington-class nuclear submarine fleet as it transitions from carrying Polaris missiles to the more powerful Poseidon ICB…
German soldiers endure the brutal realities of trench warfare during World War I.
WWII saga of five inseparable brothers who ship out together on the USS Juneau.