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"Yeah, I'm used to seeing documentaries of WWII that are narratively focused which, although were very informative, made them somewhat passive viewing experiences. This one on the other hand featured a"

The World at War is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War. It was produced in 1973, at a cost of £900,000 (equivalent to £11,600,000 in 2021), the most expensive factual series ever produced. It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, narrated by Laurence Olivier and included music composed by Carl Davis. The show focused on the imperialist exploits of the Axis powers, who were hellbent on establishing hegemony over Europe and Asia. They met resistance in the Allied forces, who after six gruelling years of fighting, were able to finally put an end to their campaigns of mass terror and destruction. The World at War attracted widespread acclaim and now it is regarded as a landmark in British television history.

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning. However, although he is very mature for his age, his youth eventually catches up with him, thereby revealing his deficits. The responsibility of parenting several children was a heavy mantle to bear, which sees Akira making unwise decisions that threaten the family's survival.

Bill Douglas’s award-winning films My Childhood, My Ain Folk and My Way Home are three of the most compelling and critically acclaimed films about childhood ever made. Autobiographical in nature, the trilogy is a searing portrait of a young boy's progress from growing-up in the most extreme poverty in a small mining village during post-war Scotland, to conscription into the RAF and then finally to emancipation through friendship and the Arts.

A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.

A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name. It tells the coming-of-age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father, as well as racial tensions in his community. The play was largely based on Palminteri's own childhood experiences.