Library of Congress
Loc: War Ends Vj Day
Letters and stories from soldiers as the recall and record their feelings on the day Japan surrendered.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: December 7th, 1941
This film was produced by the Department of War and was overseen by film great John Ford. This full length version was cut to a half an hour for release because it concentrated too much on analysis and history and also because it...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Prelude to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
This U.S. government film portrays the years up until the time the U.S. entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It also contains Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech. [16:00]
PBS
Pbs: Nazi Prison Escapes at Colditz
Companion website to the NOVA program on Colditz and those who tried to escape from it during World War 2. Includes plans on the "glider" escape where prisoners made a Glider to "fly" out of the prison.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Landings on Okinawa, 1945/04/09
A Newsreel short film from 1945 showing Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sending an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa during World War II.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Tokyo War Crimes Trials
This site from PBS provides a short account giving the major details of the war trials held for Japanese defendants from 1946 to 1948.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Zookeeper's Wife
Ira Flato talks with Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife, a new book about the Holocaust, World War II, and the Warsaw Zoo.