May December

Seventy years in the making. Three thousand hours of colour footage no one knew existed. The first documentary to show World War II from the perspective of both sides in full, immersive HD colour, the HISTORY™ series WWII in HD uses the diaries of soldiers who fought in the war’s biggest battles to create a personal, introspective and detailed look at life on and off the front lines. Though it was illegal for U.S. soldiers to carry diaries, many hid them away in their packs and recorded their experiences in detail.

The World at War (1973–74) is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was, at a cost of £900,000, the most expensive factual series ever made. It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, narrated by Laurence Olivier and included music composed by Carl Davis. The book The World at War written by Mark Arnold-Forster to accompany the TV series was released in 1973.

In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech.

The World at War is a 26-episode British television documentary series on World War II and the events immediately before and after it

Непревзойденная по глубине и масштабу, эта многочасовая программа включает выдающуюся коллекцию кинохроники, составленную из архивов 18 нации; кадры домашнего видео, включая цветные съемки Адольфа Гитлера, сделанные Евой Браун; и непредвзятый рассказ о центральных военных событиях Второй Мировой войны. Фильм содержит интервью участников и очевидцев этой войны - от секретарши Гитлера до простых людей, оказавшихся за линией фронта. Берущие за живое, незабываемые истории, произошедшие с реальными людьми.

Austrian documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Our Daily Bread) marked the turn of the century with this yearlong project visiting rural communities in the most remote places across the globe. Mounting the epic filmic trek in the year 2000, Geyrhalter's team sought to find people who were untouched by the millennium hysteria of the day. Time seems to stand still in some of the places they visit but their film is in no way a portrait of primitive cultures. Elsewhere is a testament to the human spirit and an ennobling witnessing of the salt-of-the-earth people we never hear about.

An event programme for the 70th Anniversary of V-E Day, recounting the final episodes of World War II and the first steps into a new world emerging, from Christmas 1944 to summer 1945.

An event programme for the 70th Anniversary of V-E Day, recounting the final episodes of World War II and the first steps into a new world emerging, from Christmas 1944 to summer 1945.