War on Film: Military History Education Video Tapes, Motion Pictures, and Related Audiovisual Aids
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War on Film: Military History Education Video Tapes, Motion Pictures, and Related Audiovisual Aids Compiled by Major Frederick A. Eiserman U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-6900 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eiserman, Frederick A., 1949- War on film. (Historical bibliography ; no. 6) Includes index. 1. United States-History, Military-Study and teaching-Audio-visual aids-Catalogs. 2. Military history, Modern-Study and teaching-Audio- visual aids-Catalogs. I. Title. II. Series. E18I.E57 1987 904’.7 86-33376 CONTENTS PREFACE ................................................. vii Chapter One. Introduction ............................... 1 1. Purpose and Scope .................................. 1 2. Warnings and Restrictions .......................... 1 3. Organization of This Bibliography .................. 1 4. Tips for the Instructor ............................... 2 5. How to Order ........................................ 3 6. Army Film Codes ................................... 3 7. Distributor Codes .................................... 3 8. Submission of Comments ............................ 5 Chapter Two. General Military History ................. 7 1. General .............................................. 7 2. Series ................................................ 16 a. The Air Force Story ............................. 16 b. Air Power ....................................... 20 c. Army in Action ................................. 21 d. Between the Wars ............................... 23 e. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich ........... 25 f. Small-Arms Technology ......................... 26 g. Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle ............ 30 h. The Speeches of FDR ........................... 30 i. The Truman Years .............................. 31 j. Twentieth-Century History ...................... 33 k. Victory at Sea .................................. 36 1. Vietnam: A Television History .................. 38 m. War ............................................. 41 n. The War Years .................................. 44 o. Why We Fight Series ........................... 48 p. The World at War Series ........................ 50 q. World War I .................................... 53 r. World War II ................................... 54 s. World War II: G.I. Diary ........................ 54 3. Technology .......................................... 56 a. Aviation ...................................... ..5 6 b. Chemical ........................................ 57 c. Espionage ....................................... 58 d. Firepower ..................................... ..5 9 e. Mobility ......................................... 60 . Naval ........................................... 61 I.. 111 g. Nuclear .f...................~................... 61 h. Space . ..l....l........l............ 64 Chapter Three. Commanders-Personalities . ~. 67 1. Arnold, Henry Harley ............................... 67 2. Bismarck, Otto von .................................. 67 3. Bradley, Bmar Nelson ............................... 67 4. Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir ............ 67 5. Eisenhower, Dwight David .......................... 67 6. Goebbels, Joseph .................................... 68 7. Glaring, Hermann ..................................... 68 8. Harris, Arthur Travers, Sir .......................... 68 9. Hess, Rudolph ....................................... 68 10. Hitler, Adolf ......................................... 68 11. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald ........................... 69 12. Laval, Pierre ........................................ 70 13. Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich ............................... 70 14. MacArthur, Douglas ................................. 70 15. Marshall, George Catlett ............................ 71 16. Mitchell, William .................................... 71 17. Mussolini, Benito Am&are Andrea .................. 71 18. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French ................. 71 19. Nimitz, Chester William ............................. 72 20. Patton, George Smith ............................... 72 21. Pershing, John Joseph .............................. 72 22. Rickenbaeker, Edward Vernon ....................... 73 23. Rammel, Erwin Johannes Eugen .................... 73 24. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano .......................... 73 25. Slim, William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount ............ 73 26. Speer, Albert ........................................ 74 27. Stilwell, Joseph Warren ............................. 74 28. Thayer, Sylvanus .................................... 74 29. Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount ....................................... 74 30. Truman, Harry S. ................................... 74 31. Yamamoto, Isoroku ................................... 74 32. Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich .................... 75 Chapter Four. Unit Histories ............................ 77 1. U.S. Armies ...................................... ...7 7 2. Infantry Divisions ................................... 78 3. Armored Divisions ................................... 81 4. Cavalry Divisions and Regiments ................... 82 5. AirborneAirmobile Divisions and Brigades .......... 83 6. Miscellaneous ........................................ 83 iv Chapter Five. Colonial America-U?61 . 85 1. Colonial America . , . *.. ‘ . I . 85 2. Revolutionary War . , ~ .*..... e .I... *.. * . * 85 3. 1783-1812 . _. ..,.... s . 89 4. War of 1812 . I ,..*.*. t... **... * . 90 5. 1815-1860 . * . * . ..%.... I....... , . 90 6. Miscellaneous . I . ..,..*. 91 Chapter Six. Civil War-Spanish-American War . f. 93 1. Civil War . ..l.l..................l............ 93 2. Post-Civil War and Spanish-American War ~. 104 Chapter Seven. World War I--Between the Wars . 107 1. World War I and the Allied Intervention in Russia I.....I...........,...I.,..~.........~... 107 2. Between the Wars . -. I.. , . , 112 a. General ........................................ 112 b. German Films ................................. 113 Chapter Eight. World War II ............................ ~19 1. General.. ........................................... I19 2. Combat Bulletins ................................... 153 3, German Films ...................................... 160 Chapter Nine. Korean War-Cold War .................. 175 1. Korean War, General ............................... 175 2. Korean War Combat Bulletins ....................... 178 3. CoId War ............ .............................. 180 Chapter Ten. Vietnam War-Present ................... 183 1. Vietnam War, General .............................. 183 2. Vietnam War Staff Film Reports ................... I95 3. Vietnam Training Reports .......................... 204 4. Vietnam Special Bulletins ........................... 208 5. Vietnam Era and Post-Vietnam .................... 209 a. General ........................................ 209 b. Special Bulletins ............................... 214 Chapter Eleven. “Hollywood” Films ................... 219 Title Index ................................................ 243 V PREFACE We live in an age of expanding media education, where television, film, and computer imagery routinely record historical events. Every day, newscasters describe wars, assassinations, economic developments, and political events from around the world. Additionally, numerous educational programs and tele- vision specials, often designed in part for entertainment, bring bits and pieces of history into our living rooms. Because of the recent boom in the home video market, the availability and variety of these audiovisual support materials has never been greater. One 1985-86 directory lists over 4,500 commercial firms that produce or distribute some type of audiovisual product. This growing body of audiovisual materials constitutes a unique and significant source of military history documentation. The Combat Studies Institute developed this bibliography of historical films, videotapes, motion pictures, and related audio- visual aids to support the TRADOC Military History Education Program. Instructors at the ROTC and branch service schools have indicated a growing interest and need to use audiovisual materials to enhance their military history classes. Unfortunately, most instructors do not have ready access to the rapidly expand- ing lists of. available materials. This index attempts to overcome part of that problem by bringing together selected government and commercially produced materials in an easy-to-use format. However, this bibliography, which relies heavily on the Depart- ment of Defense Audiovisual Information System, lists only a small part of the available commercial materials. Several words of caution are necessary when considering the commercial films identified in this listing: * Like all commercial products, films cost money. Rental prices range from $50 to $100 for a three- to five-day period, and purchase costs can be several hundred dollars. Your local funds must be used to procure these items. * Your local training and audiovisual support center (TASC) is the governing agency for the procurement of all films, com- mercial or government produced. Specific procedures have been established to govern film procurement, and the TASC is your point of contact. * One valuable source for films that is often overlooked is local university or college libraries. Many film rental libraries have been established across the country that rent video tapes vii and l&mm films at reasonable rates. 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