Movie2019 · Released · 52 min
Ireland's unknown but critical role in WWII and how in the summer of 1944 the timing of the D Day landings came to hinge on readings taken by a 21 year old girl in a tiny remote weather station on Europe's most westerly headland.
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Movie7.4Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of the Second World War from the point of view of this heroic company of men, made famous in the mini-series Band of Brothers.
2001 · 41 votes
Movie7.2Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
2024 · 53 votes
Movie7.8A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of some of the actors for "The Godfather" film, and some candid moments on the set of "The Godfather: Part III."
1990 · 43 votes
Movie7.1On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
1997 · 59 votes
Movie6.4Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.
2014 · 42 votes
Movie7.1Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2 which includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
1977 · 41 votes
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Eva Sweeney
Young Maureen Flavin Sweeney
Colin Wright
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mike Johnson
Captain James Stagg
John Downes
Met Éireann Telephone Operator
Antony Beevor
Self - Historian
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Historian
Susan Eisenhower
Self - Eisenhower's Granddaughter
Joseph Skelly
Self - Historian
Richard G. Trefry
Self - Retired US Army Lt. General
Maureen Flavin Sweeney
Self - Weather Observer (1944)
Gerald Fleming
Self - Meteorologist
David McCullagh
Self - Journalist
Catherine Ross
Self - British Met Office Archivist
Jeremy Green
Self - British Military Police Colonel
Rodney Teck
Self - Climate Researcher
John C. Sweeney
Self - Climate Researcher
Vincent Sweeney
Self - Lighthouse Keeper
Richard Callaghan
Self - Royal MP Museum Curator
Joe Cattini
Self - D-Day Veteran
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bernard Montgomery
Self - British Military (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - US Military (archive footage)
Éamon de Valera
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self - German Military (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - Politician (archive footage)
James Stagg
Self - Meteorologist (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)