Henry Fonda
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
Experience America's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. This film explores the circumstances surrounding the evacuation of a wounded soldier from the battlefield in Vietnam to a stateside hospital. Focusing in on the role of the medical evacuation team and the flight nurse, the scenes cover the entire pickup or "dustoff" sequence, with footage of a helicopter's retrieval of a wounded...
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Washed-up, alcoholic vagabond Ben Chamberlain drifts into a godforsaken railhead town looking for a woman named Alma. When that woman winds up dead, Ben finds himself wrongfully accused of murder by the corrupt railroad chief deputy Vince McKay and his trigger-happy posse. McKay gives him a horse; some supplies and a one-hour head start into the desert before sending his band of cutthroats after him.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
7) 12 angry men
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
Pub. Date
1981, 2003.
Language
English
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The Germans launch a counter-offensive in the Ardennes when they discover Allied plans to invade Germany at the end of 1944; World War I ace British pilots try to keep German planes behind enemy lines while facing obstacles on the ground; three British Army veterans find adventure on India's northwest frontier, helped by a young Indian water boy; guilt over the death of his former commanding officer and a failing marriage plague submarine commander...