'The Battle of San Pietro' - Available NOW on DVD. Don't miss one of the most important documentary films ever made during World War II! Witness rank-and-file G.I.'s commit real life acts of valor. True American heroes going above and beyond the call of duty in effort to capture a strategic Nazi stronghold. Watch as war-weary but gracious Italians, liberated from the unspeakable horrors and unendurable tyranny of Mussolini and Hitler, revel in their new found freedom at the hands of the Allied forces! This film contains compelling real live action, direct from the front lines, Produced by Frank Capra and Directed by John Huston, two of Hollywood's most renowned filmmakers. Originally commissioned and produced in 1945 by The War Department, the Army Pictorial Service and the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 'The Battle of San Pietro' is an important part of world history. Great for home-schoolers or in the classroom! Arrange a viewing for students and use this film as a tool to begin a discussion regarding the valiant efforts and sacrifices made in the name of freedom and liberty during World War II.
