America - Stories Of War
Brand: Mill Creek Entertainment
Movie Count: 50 movies and 194 episodes
Disc Count: 36 discs
Total Time: 10,166 minutes (4,252m for movies, 5,914m for episodes)
Movies/episodes marked with a semicolon (;) were unique to my whole collection at time of purchase.
Unique Count: 0 movies, 153 episodes
Unique Time: 4,372 minutes (0m for movies, 4,372m for episodes)
Purchase Date: Jul 04, 2023
Purch. Price: $7.50
Purch. Location: eBay
Packaging: Tin box that looks like an ammunition box which opens from the top. Words and some markings on tin box are embossed. Contains 36 single sided DVD discs. Set also contains a booklet which lists the documentaries or movies on each disc as well as what war each disc focuses on.
Notes: Back of the box mentions 33 Korean documentaries however confirmed on the discs and booklet that there are only 32. Similarly, the back of the box mentions there are 53 Vietnam documentaries, however confirmed on the discs and booklet that there are only 51. The 12 discs of movies are from the Combat Classics movie pack. There is also a 24 disc version of Stories Of War set which omits the 12 discs of war-themed movies from the Combat Classics movie pack.
All movies and episodes in B&W unless noted
-= Civil War: America Divided (10 episodes) =-
(6.1) Civil War: America Divided (2008) narrator Ray Foushee, writer / producer Edward Feuerherd, producer John Dorkin - 445m COLOR
1__; Two Nations - 49m
___; Shifting Fortunes - 44m
___; Advance And Retreat - 40m
___; Scales Of War - 53m
186m
2__; It Is Well That War Is So Terrible - 42m
___; Give Them Cold Steel - 40m
___; Season Of Change - 44m
126m
3__; It Takes All Summer - 40m
___; Marching Through Georgia - 45m
___; Lost Cause - 48m
133m
++445m
-= World War I: The War To End All Wars (10 episodes) =-
(8.0) WWI: The War To End All Wars (2008) narrator Fred North, writer/director/producer Edward Feuerherd, producer John Dorkin - 424m COLOR/B&W
4__; With Flags Waiving - 41m
___; The Battle Of The Frontiers - 43m
___; The Taxis Of The Marne - 48m
___; A War Of Chemicals And Engineering - 44m
176m
5__; Flyboys - 43m
___; Citadel - 43m
___; Distant Fronts - 42m
128m
6__; Revolt - 41m
___; Changing Tide - 40m
___; End Gameguad - 39m
120m
++869m
-= Great Battles Of World War II (15 episodes) =-
7___ (6.4) Attack! The Battle For New Britain (1944) Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan - 58m
____ (7.0) The Battle Of China [aka Why We Fight - Film #6] (1944) d. Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller, William Mayer - 63m
____ (5.0) The Big Picture: Payoff In The Pacific (and var. others) (1945) Stuart Queen - 77m
198m
8___ (6.5) Appointment In Tokyo (1945) Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, James Craig - 54m
____ (6.5) Attack In The Pacific (1944) Henry H. Arnold, Alan Brooke, Kai-Shek Chiang, David Raksin - 52m
____ (7.0) / (5.2) With The Marines At Tarawa / Return To Guam (1944) William Lundigan, George Tweed - 39m COLOR / B&W
____ (6.5) / (5.7) To The Shores Of Iwo Jima (1945) / This Is Guadalcanal (1944) Harlon Block, John H. Bradley, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira H. Hayes, Harold Schultz, Donald L. Dickson, Chester W. Nimitz - 41m COLOR / B&W
186m
9___ (7.3) Prelude To War [aka Why We Fight - Film #1] (1942) d. Frank Capra, Walter Huston - 52m
____ (7.0) The Nazis Strike [aka Why We Fight - Film #2] (1943) d. Frank Capra, Walter Huston, Anthony Veiller - 42m
____ (7.2) Divide And Conquer [aka Why We Fight - Film #3] (1943) d. Frank Capra, Warren J. Clear, John Litel - 56m
____ (7.2) The Battle Of Britain [aka Why We Fight - Film #4] (1943) d. Frank Capra, Douglas Bader, John B. Hughes, Walter Huston, Frieda Inescort - 52m
202m
10__ (7.1) The Battle Of Russia [aka Why We Fight - Film #5] (1943) d. Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller - 83m
____ (6.6) The Great Battle Of The Volga (1963) d. Maria Slavinskaya - 76m
____ (6.4) Desert Victory (1943) J.L. Hodson - 70m
____ (6.6) San Pietro [aka The Battle of San Pietro] (1945) d. John Huston, Mark W. Clark - 38m
267m
++1722m
-= World War II: War In Europe (26 episodes) =-
(7.6) World War II: War In Europe [aka Crusade In Europe] (1949) narrator Westbrook Van Hoorhis, narrator Hugh James, Maurice Joyce (as Dwight D. Eisenhower) - 518m B&W
11_; Prelude To War - 17m
___; America's Unpreparedness - 18m
___; America Goes To War - 18m
___; Platform For Invasion - 17m
___; Africa, Our First Offensive - 18m
___; The Campaign - 18m
___; Rommel Routed - 17m
___; Sicily, Operation Husky - 18m
___; Assault On Italy - 18m
___; The Secret Life Of Adolf Hitler - 52m
___; The G.I., Hero Of The War - 18m
___; Victory In Italy - 18m
___; Preparation For Invasion - 18m
265m
12_; D-Day, August 4th - 17m
___; Beachhead And Breakthrough - 18m
___; Liberation Of Paris - 17m
___; Pursuit - 19m
___; The Battle Of Supply - 17m
___; The Air War - 19m
___; The Battle Of The Bulge - 17m
___; Crossing The Rhine - 18m
___; Overrunning Germany - 18m
___; Victory's Aftermath - 18m
___; The Battle Of San Pietro - 37m
___; Russia - 19m
___; Review - 19m
253m
++2240m
-= World War II: War In The Pacific (24 episodes) =-
(7.5) World War II: War In The Pacific [aka Crusade In The Pacific] (1951) narrator Westbrook Van Voorhis, writer Fred Feldkamp, director Arthur B. Tourtellot - 610m B&W
13_; The Pacific In Eruption
___; Awakening In The Pacific
___; The Rise Of The Japanese Empire
___; America Goes To War In The Pacific
___; The U.S. And The Philippines
___; The Navy Holds - 1942
___; Guadalcanal - America's First Offensive
___; War In The North - The Aleutians
___; The Road Back - New Guinea
___; Up The Solomons Ladder - Bougainville
___; Attack In The Central Pacific - Makin And Tarawa
___; The War At Sea
306m
14_; Speeding Up The Attack - The Marshalls
___; Stepping Stones To The Philippines
___; Battle For The Marianas
___; The War In The China-Burma-India Theatre
___; Palau: The First For Bloody Nose Ridge
___; MacArthur Returns To The Philippines
___; Bloody Iwo
___; At Japan's Doorstep - Okinawa
___; The Air War On Japan
___; The Surrender And Occupation Of Japan
___; Shifting Tides In The Orient
___; War In Korea
304m
++2850m
-= World War II: Victory At Sea (26 episodes) =-
(8.6) Victory At Sea (1952-1953) narrator Leonard Graves, director M. Clay Adams, writer/producer Richard Hanser, writer/producer Henry Salomon - 689m B&W
15__ (8.0) Design For War (1952) - 26m
____ (8.0) The Pacific Boils Over (1952) - 27m
____ (8.2) Sealing The Breach (1952) - 26m
____ (8.1) Midway Is East (1952) - 27m
____ (8.2) Mediterranean Mosaic (1952) - 26m
____ (8.0) Guadalcanal (1952) - 27m
____ (8.0) Rings Around Rabaul (1952) - 26m
____ (8.1) Mare Nostrum (1952) - 27m
____ (8.2) Sea And Sand (1952) - 26m
238m
16__ (8.3) Beneath The Southern Cross (1953) - 27m
____ (8.1) The Magnetic North (1953) - 26m
____ (8.0) Conquest Of Micronesia (1953) - 27m
____ (8.0) Melanesian Nightmare (1953) - 26m
____ (8.2) Roman Renaissance (1953) - 27m
____ (8.6) D-Day (1953) - 26m
____ (8.2) Killers And The Kill (1953) - 27m
____ (8.1) The Turkey Shoot (1953) - 26m
____ (7.9) Two If By Sea (1953) - 27m
239m
17__ (8.0) The Battle For Leyte Gulf (1953) - 26m
____ (8.0) Return Of The Allies (1953) - 27m
____ (8.0) Full Fathom Five (1953) - 26m
____ (8.3) The Fate Of Europe (1953) - 27m
____ (7.9) Target Suribachi (1953) - 26m
____ (8.2) The Road To Mandalay (1953) - 27m
____ (7.5) Suicide For Glory (1953) - 26m
____ (7.8) Design For Peace (1953) - 27m
212m
++3539m
-= Korea - The Forgotten War (32 episodes) =-
18_; A Motion Picture History Of The Korean War - 55m
___; The Big Picture: Armed Forces Assistance To Korea - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Chinese Reds Enter The Korean War (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The First Forty Days In Korea - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Korean Cease Fire Talks Begin (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Ranger Ready (1953) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Turning The Tide [aka The Turning Of The Tide] - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Fire Power - Artillery (1953) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The Republic Of Korea Soldier - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Army Transport Corps [aka Army Transportation Corps] - 28m
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Consolidate Below The 38th Parallel (1951) - 28m
335m (11 ep.)
19_; This Is Korea [aka The United States Navy Presents: This Is Korea!] - 49m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Forces Counterattack (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Line Is Stabilized - 28m
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Forces Cross The 38th Parallel (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Forces Escape The Chinese Trap (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: United Nations Forces Push The Chinese Back (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Civil Assistance, Korea - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The Army Chaplains - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The Army Combat Team - 28m
___; The Big Picture: A Day In Korea - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Third Korean Winter - 28m
329m (11 ep.)
20_; The Big Picture: 2nd Infantry Division In Korea / The Big Picture: The Army Combat Team - 56m
___; The Big Picture: 7th Infantry Division - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The United Nations Offensive (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The United Nations Offensive Continues (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Army Medical Corps (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The Reds Launch Their Spring Offensive (1951) - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Atrocities In Korea - 23m
___; The Big Picture: Korean Wind-Up - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Rebirth Of Seoul - 28m
___; The Big Picture: Truth Is Our Defense - 28m
303m (10 ep.)
++4506m
-= Vietnam - America's Conflict (51 episodes) =-
21_; Why Viet-nam [aka Why Vietnam] (1965) - 31m
___; There Is A Way [aka The Unites States Air Force Presents: There Is A Way] - 55m COLOR
___; War And Advice - 20m
___; Another Day Of War [aka The United States Air Force Presents: Another Day Of War] - 14m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: 1st Air Cavalry Division - 29m COLOR
___; Marines 1965 [aka Marines '65] - 30m COLOR
___; Night Of The Dragon (1969?) Charlton Heston, narrator - 26m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: Ready To Strike - 29m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: 82nd Airborne [aka 82nd Airborne Division] - 29m COLOR
___; Beans, Bullets, And Black Oil (1968) Henry Fonda, narrator - 28m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: Operation Montagnard - 28m
___; The Big Picture: The Sky Soldier [aka The Sky Soldiers] - 29m COLOR
348m (12 ep.)
22_; No Substitute For Victory (1971) John Wayne - 73m COLOR
___; History Of The Air Force [aka History Of The Air Force 1965-1977] - 10m COLOR
___; The Sparrow Hawks (1968) - 8m COLOR
___; This Is Parris Island [aka The U.S. Marine Corps Presents: This Is Parris Island] - 32m COLOR
___; The Unique War (1967?) Commander Glenn Ford USNR - 24m COLOR
___; The Unites States Air Force In Vietnam [aka The Unites States Air Force Presents: The Unites States Air Force In Vietnam] - 26m COLOR
___; Faces Of Rescue [The Unites States Air Force Presents: Faces Of Rescue] (1967?) Lt James Devoss USAF ret. - 24m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment [aka The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment] - 29m COLOR
___; First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) In Vietnam - 28m
___; The Battle Of Khe Sanh [aka The Department Of Defense Presents: The Battle Of Khe Sanh] Col. David E. Lownds USMC, narrator Robert Landers - 28m COLOR
___; A Day In Vietnam (1967) narrator Jack Webb - 28m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: The Drill Sergeant - 28m COLOR
___; River Patrol [aka The United States Navy Presents: River Patrol] narrator John Flynn - 28m COLOR
366m (13 ep.)
23_; Vietnam! Vietnam! [aka John Ford Presents: Vietnam! Vietnam!] (1971) narrator Charlton Heston - 58m COLOR
___; Sand And Steel (1965) - 15m COLOR
___; The Full Blade (1965) - 13m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: Vietnam Crucible - 29m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: Hall Of Heroes - 28m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: The Hidden War In Vietnam - 29m COLOR
___; The Gentle Hand [aka The United States Navy Presents: The Gentle Hand] narrator John Flynn - 29m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: The 1st Infantry Division In Vietnam (1965-1970) - 29m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: 4th Infantry Division - 29m COLOR
___; The American Navy In Vietnam (1967) narrator Chet Huntley - 28m COLOR
___; P.O.W.: A Report On Captivity In Southeast Asia (1964-1973) (1979) - 36m COLOR
___; Marines '66 (1967) - 26m COLOR
349m (12 ep.)
24_; To Save A Soldier (1969) narrator Henry Fonda, director Walker Stuart - 51m COLOR
___; For Thou Art With Me (1967) - 13m COLOR
___; Khe Sanh, Victory For Air Power (1968) - 16m COLOR
___; Know Your Enemy, The Viet Cong - 18m
___; The Big Picture: A Nation Builds Under Fire (1967) narrator John Wayne - 28m COLOR
___; ...And A Few Good Men [aka United States Marine Corps Presents: ...And A Few Good Men] (1973) narrator Jack Webb - 25m COLOR
___; The Battle (1965) - 14m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: The Screaming Eagles In Vietnam (1967) - 28m COLOR
___; The Small Boat Navy [aka The United States Navy Presents: The Small Boat Navy] (1968) narrator Raymond Burr - 27m COLOR
___; The Twenty Five Hour Day: A Story Of Air Force F-105s (1967) - 27m COLOR
___; P.O.W. Code Of Conduct [Department Of Defense Presents: Code Of Conduct] - 29m COLOR
___; Contact! [aka Presented By U.S. Marine Corps: Contact!] (1966) - 13m COLOR
___; Progress To Peace (1968?) narrator Raymond Burr - 28m COLOR
___; The Big Picture: The 9th Infantry Division In Vietnam (1968) - 28m COLOR
345m (14 ep.)
++5914m
-= Feature Films (50 movies) [same as Combat Classics 50 movie pack] =-
25__ (5.8) (Irving Berlin's) This Is The Army (1943) George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias - 114m COLOR
____ (6.3) Identity Unknown (1945) Richard Arlen, Cheryl Walker, Roger Pryor - 70m
____ (5.8) Kansas Pacific (1953) Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane - 73m COLOR
____ (5.6) The Lady From Chungking (1942) Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke - 68m
325m
26__ (6.4) The Big Lift (1950) Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers - 119m
____ (4.4) They Raid By Night (A Story Of The Commandos) (1942) Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi - 69m
____ (5.4) The Torch (1950) Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland - 83m
____ (4.5) Yellowneck (1955) Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Berry Kroeger, Bill Mason - 83m
354m
27__ (6.5) Hitler's SS: Portrait In Evil (1985) John Shea, Bill Nighy, Lucy Gutteridge - 145m COLOR
____ (5.3) The Marines Are Coming (1934) William Haines, Esther Ralston, Conrad Nage - 71m
____ (4.4) Submarine Base (1943) John Litel, Alan Baxter, Eric Blore - 64m
____ (5.1) Minesweeper (1943) Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden - 66m
346m
28__ (7.3) Three Came Home (1950) Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond - 105m
____ (4.4) The Proud And The Damned (1972) Chuck Connors, Aron Kincaid, Cesar Romero - 96m COLOR
____ (7.0) Spitfire (1942) Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John - 88m
____ (5.3) Submarine Alert (1943) Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther - 67m
356m
29__ (5.8) Eagle In A Cage (1972) Billie Whitelaw, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud - 97m COLOR
____ (5.2) The Mark Of The Hawk (1957) Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poitier, Juano Hernandez, John McIntire - 84m COLOR
____ (5.7) Sundown (1941) Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders - 88m
____ (5.3) Then There Were Three (1961) Barry Cahill, Frank Latimore, Alex Nicol - 81m
350m
30__ (5.1) The War Devils (1969) Guy Madison, Venantino Venantini (Van Tenney), Anthony Steel - 97m COLOR
____ (6.7) Go For Broke! (1951) Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki - 91m
____ (6.0) Gung Ho! [aka Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders] (1943) Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr. - 86m
____ (5.6) Hearts In Bondage (1936) James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners - 72m
346m
++7991m
31__ (6.6) The Last Chance (1945) Ewart G. (E.G.) Morrison, John Hoy, Ray Reagan - 94m
____ (5.8) Drums In The Deep South (1951) James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison - 86m COLOR
____ (4.9) Hell In Normandy (1968) Guy Madison, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc - 90m COLOR
____ (5.2) Mutiny (1952) Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles - 77m COLOR
347m
32__ (6.6) Battle Of The Eagles (1979) Bekim Fehmiu, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Ljubisa Samardzic - 101m COLOR
____ (5.2) The Navy Way (1944) Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William (Bill) Henry - 74m
____ (4.3) Prisoner In The Middle [aka Warhead] (1977) David Janssen, Karin Dor, Christopher Stone - 88m COLOR
____ (5.0) Desert Commandos (1967) Ken Clark, Horst Frank, Jeanne Valérie - 89m COLOR
352m
33__ (5.4) The Battle Of El Alamein (1969) Frederick Stafford, George Hilton, Michael Rennie - 94m COLOR
____ (7.0) One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Hugh Burden - 103m
____ (5.2) Outpost In Morocco (1949) George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff - 89m
____ (3.6) Pacific Inferno (1979) Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel, Timothy (Tim) Brown - 89m COLOR
375m
34__ (4.8) The Steel Claw (1961) George Montgomery, Charito Luna, Mario Barri, Ben Perez - 96m COLOR
____ (4.8) Battle Of Blood Island (1960) Richard Devon, Ron Gans (Kennedy), Roger Corman - 71m
____ (6.0) Blood On The Sun (1945) James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall - 94m
____ (5.4) Commandos [aka Desert Jackals] (1968) Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini, Marino Mase - 98m COLOR
359m
35__ (4.4) The Dawn Express (1942) Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell - 62m
____ (4.7) Corregidor (1943) Otto Kruger, Elissa Landi, Donald Woods, Frank Jenks - 70m
____ (5.1) Black Brigade [aka Carter's Army] (1970) Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Richard Pryor - 70m COLOR
____ (6.9) The Immortal Battalion [aka The Way Ahead] (1944) David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald - 87m
____ (3.6) Iron Angel (1964) Jim Davis, Don 'Red' Barry, Margo Woode - 81m
372m
36__ (5.1) Bombs Over Burma (1942) Anna May Wong, Noel Madison, Leslie Denison - 61m
____ (6.1) British Intelligence (1939) Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester - 60m
____ (5.6) The Bushwackers (1951) John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone - 67m
____ (6.9) The Adventures Of Tartu (1943) Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla - 103m
____ (5.6) Aerial Gunner (1943) Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Amelita (Lita) Ward - 79m
370m
++10166m
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Of note, I have added a bunch of cardboard to provide filler to what was normally an empty space next to the discs.
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