Rent VE Day: In Colour (2015)
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2h 10min
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- Synopsis:
VE Day Victory Parade in Colour It's 1945, war has been raging in Europe and across the World for six years. The people are desperate, cities have been destroyed, sixty million people have been killed and over twenty five million soldiers injured in battle. After the suicide of Hitler on 30th April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin it seemed like the war was finally coming to an end and his successor Grand Admiral Donitz surrendered unconditionally to Western and Russian demands on 7th May 1945. Huge crowds gathered in London the following day to listen to Churcliill's announcement that the devastating war in Europe was finally over. This incredibly rare original Technicolor film, shot by Jack Cardiff OBE, shows the victory celebrations in London on Victory in Europe Day, 8th May 1945 plus the London Victory Celebrations of 1946. Jack was one of the most influential film makers of his generation and a master of the then new Technicolor process.
Bonus Feature: Trooping the Colour
In this original Technicolor film watch King George VII travel down The Mall from Buckingham Palace in a royal procession; inspect his troops of the Household Division, both Foot and Horse Guards and the Kings Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. Watch the Kings Troop take precedence as the mounted troops perform a walk-march and trot-past whilst listening to the music provided by the massed bands of the Foot Guards and the mounted bands of the Household Calvary.
WWII in Colour: Victory in Europe
Nugus Martin Productions has accumulated the best collection of rare and unseen footage of World War II in the world allowing you to view this epic struggle as never seen before. The months of the war in Europe was shocking and desperate. This film follows the British and Americans as they cross the Rhine and the Russians as they push through Poland into Germany itself. It covers the horrors of the liberation of Belsen and Buchenwald, street fighting in Berlin, the suicide of Hitler, the carving up of Germany and the Nuremberg trials.
WWII in Colour: Victory in the Pacific
The end of the War in the Pacific is one of the greatest and most terrible tales of modern history. US Air Force command tried bombing Japan into submission, firebombing Tokyo but could not break the Japanese resolve. Over 200,000 people died. In the end, President Truman decided to go nuclear and the fates of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed. View this epic struggle as never seen before with Nugus Martin Productions rare and unseen footage.- Actors:
- Adolf Hitler, Grand Admiral Donitz, King George VII, President Truman
- Directors:
- Jack Cardiff
- Studio:
- Demand DVD
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
