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WWII documentary film to view
05-28-2012, 02:22 AM,
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WWII documentary film to view
This has interviews with "shellshocked" WWII vets after the war ended. It can be viewed online for 3 months.

Article:
http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news...erans?lite

Film:
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserve...light-1946
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05-28-2012, 02:32 AM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
Interesting find!

Thanks for sharing.
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05-28-2012, 03:56 AM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
Off of that link is a 32 minute clip about the infantry assault on San Pietro in the Liri Valley:
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserve...ietro-1945

The whole thing is combat footage and planning details and then showing what it was like afterwards for all involved.

This search page can be sorted by date:
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserve...h-the-nfpf

Not a whole lot about the wars, but some. It's strange because I can't find the San Pietro film by searching, it only comes from the Let There Be Light page.
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05-28-2012, 04:01 AM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
I've seen the San Pietro movie twice before. I thought I saw it as recent as last year when TCM (Turner Classic Movies) showed it.
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05-28-2012, 04:46 AM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
San Pietro document is a classic isn't it. I am quite sure one of the channels aired the restored Let There Be Light at this side of pond recently as well, like a year ago or so.

Good find. +1
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05-28-2012, 04:57 AM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
Pretty good. Never seen that.

Thanks!

Dave
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05-28-2012, 04:42 PM,
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RE: WWII documentary film to view
This was the 36th Infantry Division, my Texas brothers ripping this up (and getting ripped). I find it interesting that after the war when Gurderian was asked to compile a listing of the finest Allied formations he ever encountered in the war, number two was the 141st Infantry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, part of the 36th Infantry Division. These guys meant business and I think provide the proof that the citizen-soldier concept was completely workable.

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