Quando um voluntário do exército americano conhece uma enfermeira britânica na véspera de uma grande ofensiva nos Alpes, os dois rapidamente se apaixonam. A história de amor deles é ameaçada pela guerra e pela intromissão de um amigo invejoso.
A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Matt Brennan encontra Jo Holloway, a garota da Cruz Vermelha que ele namorou na Europa quando era aviador na Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando lhe foi oferecido um emprego pela fabricante de jatos Leland Willis como piloto de teste. Carl Troxell, quer vender um cockpit de fuga para a Força Aérea. Ele quer que Matt pare a apresentação do JA-3, o protótipo que não inclui o assento de ejeção, para lhe dar mais tempo para o JA-4 experimental. Mas Matt não acredita que ainda seja seguro o suficiente para tentar. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) é uma jovem afegã que fugiu de seu país em meio à guerra civil dos Talibãs e hoje trabalha como jornalista no Canadá. Até que sua irmã mais nova, que ficou no Afeganistão, lhe envia uma carta avisando que irá se suicidar antes da chegada do próximo eclipse solar. Nafas resolve então retornar ao Afeganistão a fim de tentar salvar sua irmã.
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
Silent World War I (WWI) romantic melodrama (based on the novel by William Dudley Pelly) .
Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true nature of the camp, including the meaning of the "transports" on which people leave. With a world-class orchestra (made up of people interned in the camp) and a cast of children, Moreau stages a show to end all shows.
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
A bit of a strange story that takes place in Brussels which finally turns out to be a propaganda film for the Red Cross to encourge people to donate blood.
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
An elderly bank clerk declines to donate money to a tuberculosis fund, but soon his daughter comes down with the disease.
Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War II. Edited from Angel of Mercy (1939)
This one-hour documentary film tells the story of "Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of '49" - the worst series of storms in Wyoming's history. But for all the tragedy and loss, suffering and death, there was also hope and heroism, unselfish sacrifice and generosity. The blizzard brought out the best in people. Wyoming citizens from all walks of life cooperated together and demonstrated exceptional ingenuity in the face of dire circumstances. There were extraordinary acts of kindness, with people generously giving their time and resources. The public worked together to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and ultimately won in the end.
The film starts just when WWII is over. A German ship, m / s Homberg, arrived at Malmö Nyhamn on May 11, 1945. On board there were over 1300 former concentration camp prisoners to be taken care of. We then follow one of the Red Cross Sergeant who was in Germany and received prisoners from concentration camps for further transport by boat to Sweden. 10000 prisoners would be decontaminated and made ready for departure. This happened in Lübeck. He was later moved to Poland to transport medical equipment to Otwock outside Warsaw where Sweden would build a hospital. Through his amateur photos we get an insight into the difficult circumstances that prevailed.