Product Description

The Uncle Sam Movie Collection is a continuing anthology of uncut and uncensored SHORT SUBJECTS and DOCUMENTARIES, produced by the Hollywood studios and the U.S. Government. Hosted by veteran actor DENIS ARNDT, each volume includes SEVEN films, offering audiences a unique glimpse into American history and popular culture. Multiple TELLY AWARD winner.

BOX SET I consists of Volumes 1, 2 and 3. For a complete title list, check out each volume on Amazon.BOX SET I highlights:

TO THE SHORES OF IWO JIMA (1945 Color) 19:05 min Academy Award nominee about invasion of Iwo Jima.

YOU, JOHN JONES! (1944) 10:18 min Starring James Cagney. Dramatic short about patriotism on the home front.

THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (1945) 10:13 min Oscar-winner. Frank Sinatra gives street kids a pep talk on antisemitism & sings title song.

THUNDERBOLT (1945 color) 40:11 min William Wyler & John Sturges gritty chronicle of the 57th Fighter Group & the air war over Italy.

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY (1942 color) 18:07 min Henry Fonda narrates John Ford’s Oscar-winning short.

WOMEN IN DEFENSE (1941) 12:45 min Katharine Hepburn narrates this look at women's jobs during WW II.

THIS IS KOREA! (1951 color) 49:18 min John Ford's look at the Marines’ struggle for Korea.

WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA (1943 color) 20:09 min 15 combat cameramen document this bloody battle.

JAP ZERO (1942) 17:12 min Ronald Reagan almost shoots down one of our own planes in a case of mistaken identity.

JAPANESE RELOCATION (1942) 9:03 min One of the darker moments in the history of American Democracy.

PRIVATE SNAFU IN THE ALEUTIANS (1945) 4:29 min

REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS (1943 color) 46:33 min John Huston’s Academy Award nominated documentary.

NEWSPARADE OF 1945 (1945) 9:19 min Newsreel compilation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141847 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-01
• Formats: Black & White, Color, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Restored, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 360 minutes

Entertainment Insiders - by Jon Ted Wynne @ www.einsiders.com
"This is one of the finest collections of war documentaries and propaganda films you will find on video."

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"Uncle Sam" ... a potent reminder of the power of the entertainment media in the shaping and molding of public opinion

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