Sophie Scholl -

The Final Days

DVD, Blu-ray

The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine, a fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose, that dared call attention to the evil being perpetrated by the Nazi regime and paid dearly for doing so.

Patton

DVD, Blu-ray

One of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film won seven Academy Awards and gave George C Scott the greatest role of his career. It captures the spirit and essence of America's greatest fighting general, the man feared more by the German military than any other, complete with his strengths and flaws.

The Great Escape

DVD, Blue-ray

One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time, The Great Escape thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight.

Abbott and Costello:

The Complete Universal Pictures Collection

(2008) DVD - 15 discs

28 Abbott & Costello films produced during the height of their popularity in one collection, including Buck Privates which features the Andrews Sisters doing the immortal classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy!

Band of Brothers

DVD 6-discs, Blu-ray

This must-have, powerful HBO miniseries takes you into the hellish heart of war like nothing else, following the men of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne as they take part in some of the most difficult battles of the European war.

The Best of Spike Jones

CD - 2 discs

Spike Jones was a popular American musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals.

Going for Broke

DVD

The untold story of Japanese-American soldiers who valiantly fought for freedom around the world while battling prejudice at home. Hosted by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and narrated by George Takei (Star Trek), this documentary honors the heroes who grew out of this climate of hate and injustice.

Saving Private Ryan

DVD, Blu-Ray

An American masterpiece and one of the premier World War II films. The opening depiction of the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach alone makes this the most gut-wrenching, emotionally rocking movie about WWII ever made.

Battle of Britain

DVD, Blu-Ray

There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because it has such a terrific cast. Maybe because it's so technically well-made.

The Blitz:

London's Longest Night

DVD

From PBS Home Video. The story of the war's most concentrated aerial attack on London in 1941 and how the city nearly perished under the German barrage.

Baby Boomerang

DVD

Mark Arnett starts this award winning independent film with a simple goal: Make a documentary about WWII for people, like himself, who don't like documentaries. He wants to tell the story of his father's World War II experience to the spoiled, pretentious, and ungrateful baby boomer generation that he belongs to.

The Great Dictator

DVD, Blu-Ray

In this, Charlie Chaplin's first talking film, he skewers both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on sharp spears of ridicule. Since Adolf Hitler had the audacity to borrow his mustache from the most famous celebrity in the world -- Charlie Chaplin -- it meant Hitler was fair game for Chaplin's comedy.

Walt Disney Treasures

On the Front Lines

(2001) DVD - 2 discs

32 short subjects made for the war effort.
World War II transformed the Disney Studio. It spent the war years creating and producing training, propaganda, and educational films for the Armed Forces. This extraordinary volume includes the full-length feature "Victory Through Air Power," Donald Duck's Nazi nightmare "Der Fuehrer's Face" and a host of others - all considered among the best of Disney's work.

The War

A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

DVD - 6 discs

Ken Burns has definitely succeeded in breaking new ground, exploring in depth the effect of the war on common Americans, and not just the soldiers of The Greatest Generation that fought it. As the narration says at the beginning, "The war affected people in every house, on every street in every town in America."

Cartoons for Victory!

DVD

These World War II era cartoon shorts were never meant to survive past wartime and were all but forgotten since the mid-1940s. These Golden Age cartoon films serve as an interesting social document of the attitudes prevalent at the time.

• Four page full-color liner notes
• Commentaries
• Still gallery of cartoon propaganda posters
• Original cartoon character radio broadcast

The Essential Glenn Miller

CD - 2 discs, mp3

38 remastered original recordings of that Miller sound that was like no other!

• In the Mood
• Little Brown Jug
• Pennsylvania 6-5000
• Chattanooga Choo Choo
• and 34 more

The words "big band" and "swing music" mean Glenn Miller!

Very Best of The Andrews Sisters

CD

24 of Patty, Maxine and LaVerne's hits that made them legendary:

• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,
• Bei Mr Bist Du Schon,
• Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar,
• Shoo-Shoo-Baby,
• Rum & Coca Cola,
• Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree,
• Chattanooga Choo Choo,
• Rhumboogie,
• A Bushel & A Peck
• and 15 more

Kelly's Heroes

DVD

Clint Eastwood stars in this wartime comedy-adventure as a US Army lieutenant - busted down to private - who leads a ragtag band of soldiers on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. But their motives aren't so much patriotic as greedy as it turns out they're looking to steal a fortune in Nazi gold.

Valkyrie

DVD, Blu-Ray

Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolph Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.

World War II Collection, Vol. 2 - Heroes Fight for Freedom

DVD - 6 discs

Three of the six films in this set are classics, and each of their admittedly lesser companions rates a look.
• Air Force (1943)
• Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
• The Hill (1965)
• Command Decision (1949)
• Hell to Eternity (1962)
• 36 Hours (1965)