https://youtu.be/TThjY_qlEfg An amazing homage to the brave men who fought on both sides at Gallipoli. I once did this as a spoken word performance in college and you could have heard a pin drop when I was done. Also, it reminds me of a crazy night in Germany in 1989 when I walked through the…… Continue reading The Pogues – The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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WWII America’s historical myths
https://youtu.be/JSJA5KzUSOk?si=v09ASMKrFV068qwF Was World War II really a “good war?” In this roundtable session, historians debate America’s various contested memories of World War II, from the still-popular view of the “good war” to other alternative memories presented at home and abroad. How was the notion of the “good war” shaped during the war and afterwards? Chair:…… Continue reading WWII America’s historical myths
Jeanne la Pucelle / Joan the Maid
https://youtu.be/GPmYDTA05o4 Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994) Blu-ray 1080p Full Movie [ENG SUB] https://youtu.be/NgWiBcf7PLo Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994) Blu-ray 1080p Full Movie [ENG SUB]Directed by Jacques RivetteCast – Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet, Patrick Le Mauff, Didier Sauvegrain, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Bruno Wolkowitch, Romain Lagarde, Yann Collette, Jean-François Lapalus,…… Continue reading Jeanne la Pucelle / Joan the Maid
Mysterious Island – Jules Verne
https://youtu.be/WKqi7PqkLlY / 2011 / … Classic Jules Verne