What Happened To World War II Movies?
by Hollywood in Toto
Hollywood in Toto— Collective moments are a fascinating thing to examine. When society fixates on something, it tells us about our internal processes and what is bothering us or drawing our curiosity. This happened in the late 1990s with the explosion in popularity of World War II movies. Half a century after the defeat of the Nazis, filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Terrance Mallick, Clint Eastwood and more began pumping out historical military projects like 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'The Thin Red Line,' 'Flags of...
Japan Today—Ancestry website cataloguing names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday. The website, known as one of the largest global online resources of family history, is collaborating with the Irei Project, which
The Independent—The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says. The United Nations says the world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today
The Washington Times—Inside the Beltway: Film documents OSS World War II contributions from Hollywood's finest. A round of applause please for the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services -- the first organized U.S. effort to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence and a new documentary film titled "Filming Under Fire: John Ford's OSS Field Photo Branch." The movie tells the story of how top Hollywood figures contributed to America's victory in World War II through their service in that OSS branch.