"Without Lemnos, there would have been no Gallipoli campaign."
Many Australians know of Gallipoli. Few know of Lemnos and of this humble Greek island's critical contribution to the Dardanelles campaign. For the first time, with rare photo archives and compelling personal accounts, this unique documentary explores a little-known setting during Australia's first war that was crucial in the shaping of the country's modern identity, with fascinating new themes.
Pria Viswalingam
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Gidget Robin
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Jack Robin
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Piper Tobin
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Rohan Viswalingam
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Many Australians know of Gallipoli. Few know of Lemnos and of this humble Greek island's critical contribution to the Dardanelles campaign. For the first time, with rare photo archives and compelling personal accounts, this unique documentary explores a little-known setting during Australia's first war that was crucial in the shaping of the country's modern identity, with fascinating new themes.
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders, this film consists primarily of dead and surviving prisoners and of facilities used to kill and torture during the World War II.