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Premise: A documentary about the happenings in a Philadelphia high school circa 1968. What Works: Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman has had a distinguished career with films such as Hospital and Central Park and Titicut Follies .
As Dr. Fleming famously wrote about that red-letter date: “When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the...
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Perspective is such an interesting thing. What to shoot, what to focus on while shooting. Making faces fill the screen to create a sense of fear and power. Focusing on these young high school girls bodies at times even though the camera man is far beyond high school. Wiseman and Morris' films are gems that I wish more people could experience.
Oct 10, 2023 · As one example, bacterial pneumonia killed one in five infected soldiers in World War I. In World War II, it killed one in a hundred. We normally think about radar or atomic bombs winning World War II, but penicillin was arguably the decisive factor.
- Sergeant York (1941) – Pg
- La Grande Illusion (1937) – Pg
- African Queen (1951) – Pg
- All Quiet on The Western Front (1930) – PG-13
- Farewell to Arms (1957) – PG-13
- Paths of Glory (1957) – PG-13
- The Lost Patrol (1934) – PG-13
- They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) – R
One of the most famous films on this list, Sergeant York has remained a popular and accurate representative of WWI. Gary Cooper plays Alvin York, one of the most decorated WWI soldiers, in this biographic film, and won an Oscar for his performance. Early in the film, there are scenes depicting alcohol consumption and later some battle scenes, but a...
This film depicts the French side of the war and is one of the most famous WWI films ever made. It is incredibly well done, and shows a very different side of the war that Americans would not have seen. The main action is set in a German prison camp, but there are a few battle scenes where airplanes are shot down. One man is shot and shown dying, b...
Though this is technically a WWI film, the story revolves around an unlikely romance between a prim spinster (Katherine Hepburn) and coarse mechanic (Humphrey Bogart). The film balances the romance and war well, and creates an incredibly touching story. There is little to no violence in this film and is suitable for middle and high school students ...
Based on a novel of the same name, All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the most moving war stories — despite the fact that the protagonists are Germans. While the film was made under the Code (meaning limited amounts of violence, sex, and language are shown), there are a few somewhat violent scenes. For more information, click this link: commo...
Like the film above, Farewell to Arms is based on Ernest Hemingway’s semi-autobiographical novel published in 1929. It describes a young American soldier (Rock Hudson) stationed in Italy who falls in love with a British nurse (Jennifer Jones) after being wounded. Also made under the Code, there is little graphic violence or sex. However, one of the...
One of the more intense films on this list, Paths of Glory is the story of an officer (Kirk Douglas) who refuses to lead his men in a suicidal attack on the Germans. This is an anti-war film that contains some hard scenes, not just depicting the battle field, but the way some officers treated their men. For more information, read here: commonsensem...
A film about a doomed patrol in the Mesopotamian desert that is led by a sergeant (Victor McLaglan) who doesn’t know what their mission is. Like Paths of Glory, this is another intense and moving war film. There are some scenes that show men being killed or their dead bodies, but nothing graphic. You can rent the film on Amazon.
A brilliant WWI documentary, Peter Jackson (director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) takes original war footage, unseen for over a hundred years, and creates a masterpiece that looks like it was filmed in the present with modern technology. Since it is original war footage, there is a lot of violence and graphic images, paired with the audio comm...
Famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman answers that question in this peek inside Philadelphia's Northeast High School, where the students constantly clash with the teachers, and the teachers wage...
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On 6 June 1954, the 25th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin was celebrated at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Paddington, England, in the presence of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Sir Alexander Fleming presented the Duke with a culture plate with the specimen of the mould that made penicillin.
