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DE DE GAULLE GAULLE AND
AND
CHURCHILL: CHURCHILL: CHURCHILL: THE THE APPEA APPEAL APPEA L
OF OF JUNE JUNE 1940
1940
This TV drama tells the story of the final
days of the fall of France to the Nazi's in
June 1940.
Chaos and violence had taken over the
towns and villages and the French army
had been defeated by the Nazi troops.
It shows how De Gaulle supported by
Churchill urged the French population to
resist through a radio broadcast from
London.
What pressures were imposed upon De
Gaulle?
What did he negotiate with the English?
What did he commit to?
What happened during those hours which
ended up transforming De Gaulle into the
legendary figure we know today?
This powerful made for television film
re-creates all of the drama that
surrounded that climactic moment in June
1940 when De Gaulle and Churchill stood
together during the darkest days of World
War II to confront the Nazi threat and
broadcast the historic first call of
resistance to an occupied Europe.
Item no. : DW00770163
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 87 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791494
Price : USD 50.00
ETERNAL ETERNAL ROAD, ROAD, THE:
THE:
KURT KURT WEILL WEILL AND AND AND THE THE
THE
JEWISH JEWISH RESPONSE RESPONSE TO
TO
HITLER'S HITLER'S GERMANY
GERMANY
Mendy Weisgal, a 75 year old Jewish
sentimentalist, arrives to Berlin for the first
time and passes the sites of the German
capitol; the Holocaust memorial, the
Reichstag; a restored synagogue. Near
the Opera House, a worker puts up a
poster for the revived opera 'The Eternal
Road'
As head of the Zionist Organization of
America and an early pioneer in the call
for a Jewish State in Palestine, his father
was concerned about the Jews of
Germany and their new government.
Mendy's father Meyer could only imagine
what it was like to be a Jew in Germany. In
the streets of Berlin that night, Nazi
stormtroopers marched goose-stepping,
arms outstretched.
Back in New York, Meyer was reading
about the exodus of Germany's Jews and
the headline, 'DIRECTOR MAX
REINHARDT FLEES BERLIN' . On the
walls in his office hung photos of recreated
scenes from the bible. There was Moses
raising the tablets of the Ten
Commandments over the terrified
Israelites; Isaac about to be sacrificed by
Abraham. These were scenes from
'Romance of the People,' a Jewish
spectacle Meyer produced for the Chicago
World's Fair. Now he wanted to stage the
biggest Jewish show ever, on Broadway.
Its purpose would be to tell the world about
the fate of the Jews of Germany.
Meyer sent a telegram to Reinhardt: 'If
Hitler doesn't want you, I'll take you' and
explained to the great showman about his
plans to stage a large-scale drama 'as a
Jewish response to Hitler's Germany.' He
wanted Reinhardt to join him and help
capture this historic moment in Jewish
history for the stage. .
Meyer was introduced to the exiled
composer Kurt Weill. Franz Werfel joined
them. All four men soon understood one
thing: Meyer was fighting for a message.
He argued that they needed to create a
Jewish play and nothing else. A story with
a warning of what was unfolding here in
Europe. He challenged Max, Franz and
Kurt to summon their mastery, their
creativity, their genius, and their artistry
that came out of their roots in Berlin's
golden era of theater.
They agreed to create a theatrical
spectacle that symbolized the threatened
condition of their people in Germany. A
biblical morality play that would express
the spiritual origin, the mystical history and
the eternal destiny of the Jewish people to
whom they belonged. It was centered
around the fate of a contemporary Jewish
community about to be expelled from its
homeland. Trapped inside their
synagogue, the Rabbi consoled his
congregation by reading passages from
the Old Testament The congregation is
ultimately exiled onto the eternal road of
Jewish history that will lead them to their
Jewish homeland.
On January 7th, 1937, after ten
postponements in over a year, the show
was sold out. All of New York's nobility,
Jews and Gentiles, were in attendance.
When the stage lights came on, a small
synagogue was brought to life. The Jewish
congregation was huddled in fear. To
console them, the cantor began to chant
from the Holy Scriptures. 'And the Lord
God said unto Abraham....' Slowly, the
entire stage was illuminated. Five
ascending tiers were revealed rising up,
one higher than the next. At the top, nearly
six stories high was the choir; one hundred
singers dressed in the robes of angels. It
was a spectacle of biblical proportions.
Meyer Weisgal could see the audience
catch its collective breath. The evening
was a triumph.
Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times
wrote, 'Out of the heroic stories of old
Jewish history is a glorious pageant of
great power and glory. Opera, spectacle,
fantasy or profound religious teaching,
The Eternal Road is all these things in
equal measure.'
Item no. : BB00770179
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color,
Black and White)
Duration : 58 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791241
Price : USD 50.00
FIGHTER FIGHTER ACES ACES OF OF WORL WORLD WORL D
WAR WAR II: II: ASSAULT ASSAULT ON ON TTHE
T HE
FORTRESS FORTRESS EUROPE
EUROPE
The Allies take the offensive as the tide of
war turns against the Axis in the
Mediterranean and in Europe. The fury of
war in the air takes a heavy toll on attacker
and defender alike but the undermanned
and outgunned Luftwaffe is defiant in the
face of certain defeat.
Item no. : HD05130050
Format : DVD
Duration : 30 minutes
Copyright : 2011
StdBkNo : 1568393946
Price : USD 250.00
FIGHTER FIGHTER ACES ACES OF OF WORLD
WORLD
WAR WAR II: II: BIG BIG FRIEND,
FRIEND,
LITTLE LITTLE FRIEND
FRIEND
Now equipped with long-range fighters,
American aces wage a war deep in the
heart of the Reich while escorting heavy
bombers to distant targets. Goring sees
P-51s over Europe and admits the war is
lost.
Item no. : WA04990052
Format : DVD
Duration : 30 minutes
Copyright : 2011
StdBkNo : 156839392X
Price : USD 250.00
FIGHTER FIGHTER FIGHTER ACES ACES ACES OF OF WORL WORLD WORL D
WAR WAR II: II: CLOSING CLOSING THE THE THE RING
RING
Marine valor paves the way for the aerial
assault on Japan. During the relentless
march westward, the rivalry heats up
between top aces Dick Bong and Tom
McGuire, and Admiral Yamamoto is the
victim of aerial assassination.
Item no. : JH05070061
Format : DVD
Duration : 30 minutes
Copyright : 2011
StdBkNo : 1568393954
Price : USD 250.00
FIGHTE FIGHTER FIGHTE R ACES ACES OF OF WORLD
WORLD
WAR WAR II: II: FALL FALL OF OF THE THE THE THIRD
THIRD
REICH
REICH
The final aerial battles between Soviet and
German fighter pilots. Russian aircraft now
equal those flown by the Luftwaffe, whose
pilots face incursion from the east as well
as the west. The top Russian ace reaches
62 kills, the top German ace is credited
with 352.
Item no. : GM04990065
Format : DVD
Duration : 30 minutes
Copyright : 2011
StdBkNo : 1568393962
Price : USD 250.00
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