#world war ii film

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On February 1, 1968 The Dirty Dozen debuted in Norway.

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September 8, 1942 — "HEDY LAMARR SPURS WAR BOND SALE! The glamorous star makes personal appearance before thousands of admiring fans in Newark, New Jersey, as drive, slated for the entire country, goes into high gear."

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The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)

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Dancing is for people who are free.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

dir. Taika Waititi

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⬆️ Star Wars influence ⬆️

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All Quiet on Western Front, (2022)

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MULES CARRY WOUNDED AND SUPPLIES ON FIFTH ARMY MOUNTAIN FRONT

Object description: The mules carry wounded soldiers on their return journey. In the mountainous areas on the Fifth Army front, mules carry supplies, ammunition and equipment. In some cases they carry medical sipplies forward and evacuate wounded. On the French sector, a Moroccan Medical Battalion is relying on mules to carry their precious supplies of medical equipment forward.

Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)

Creator: No. 2 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit

Production date: 1944

Catalogue number: NA 13884

Imperial War Museum

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A Bridge Too Far(1977)

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can we talk about how The Zone of Interest is a movie that's really about everything you can't see? can we talk about how the families of German high command officers lived perfectly normal lives behind thick concrete walls that they hoped would become overgrown with vines and flowers so they wouldn't have to be constantly reminded of what was behind it? can we talk about how these men committed unspeakable acts of genocide behind these walls, then came home and went about their day as if everything was right in the world? as if hundreds of human beings weren't being worked/gassed to death and their bodies burned in crematoriums every single day, practically in their backyards? can we talk about how excellently important this film is for Americans today with everything that's happening in the world? can we talk about how the families of those SS officers are just like the Israeli people who colonize the Gaza strip and treat the people who live there like they're inhuman? and can we talk about how their Jewish predecessors, who were hated and hunted and massacred by the millions for generations, are SCREAMING from beyond the grave?

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A Bridge Too Far, Richard Attenborough

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On March 7, 1941, The Great Dictator debuted in the United States.

Here's some new Charlie Chaplin art!

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February 18, 1942: "Lana Turner Spurs Bond Sales! The lovely film star does a land office business for Defense, autographing every purchase . . . and for service men, a special dividend, a real Hollywood clinch!"

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A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)    

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (dir. Guy Ritchie).

For those who saw Inglourious Basterds and were left wondering what if the director behind Sherlock Holmes and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword made their own hyper-stylized and even more anachronistic version of a WWII suicide mission from Winston Churchill, this might be for you. It's a wild, over-the-top fictionization of the real-life Operation Postmaster caper involving James Bond creator Ian Fleming and starring Henry Cavill as the historical figure who would become the basis for the icon British super spy character.

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Poster art by Robert McCall

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Just saw Oppenheimer and I was a bit disappointed with how they portrayed Truman. He came across pretty poorly IMO. It was only one scene but I wondered what you thought.

I understand your disappointment and it certainly wasn't a very in-depth portrayal of Truman, but according to the book that the movie was largely based on -- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) -- the meeting that Oppenheimer had with President Truman went down pretty much as depicted in the film.

As Bird and Sherwin write in American Prometheus:

(O)n October 25, 1945, Oppenheimer was ushered into the Oval Office. President Truman was naturally curious to meet the celebrated physicist, whom he knew by reputation to be an eloquent and charismatic figure. After being introduced by Secretary [of War Robert P.] Patterson, the only other individual in the room, the three men sat down. By one account, Truman opened the conversation by asking for Oppenheimer's help in getting Congress to pass the May-Johnson bill, giving the Army permanent control over atomic energy. "The first thing is to define the national problem," Truman said, "then the international." Oppenheimer let an uncomfortably long silence pass and then said, haltingly, "Perhaps it would be best first to define the international problem." He meant, of course, that the first imperative was to stop the spread of these weapons by placing international controls over all atomic technology. At one point in their conversation, Truman suddenly asked him to guess when the Russians would develop their own atomic bomb. When Oppie replied that he did not know, Truman confidently said he knew the answer: "Never." For Oppenheimer, such foolishness was proof of Truman's limitations. The "incomprehension it showed just knocked the heart out of him," recalled Willie Higinbotham. As for Truman, a man who compensated for his insecurities with calculated displays of decisiveness, Oppenheimer seemed maddeningly tentative, obscure -- and cheerless. Finally, sensing that the President was not comprehending the deadly urgency of his message, Oppenheimer nervously wrung his hands and uttered another of those regrettable remarks that he characteristically made under pressure. "Mr. President," he said quietly, "I feel I have blood on my hands." The comment angered Truman. He later informed David Lilienthal, "I told him the blood was on my hands -- to let me worry about that." But over the years, Truman embellished the story. By one account, he replied, "Never mind, it'll all come out in the wash." In yet another version, he pulled his handkerchief from his breast pocket and offered it to Oppenheimer, saying, "Well, here, would you like to wipe your hands?" An awkward silence followed this exchange, and then Truman stood up to signal that the meeting was over. The two men shook hands, and Truman reportedly said, "Don't worry, we're going to work something out, and you're going to help us." Afterwards, the President was heard to mutter, "Blood on his hands, dammit, he hasn't half as much blood on his hands as I have. You just don't go around bellyaching about it." He later told [Secretary of State] Dean Acheson, "I don't want to see that son-of-a-bitch in this office ever again." Even in May 1946, the encounter still vivid in his mind, he wrote Acheson and described Oppenheimer as a "cry-baby scientist" who had come to "my office some five or six months ago and spent most of his time wringing his hands and telling me they had blood on them because of the discovery of atomic energy."