Children of Hiroshima, a film by Kaneto Shindo, 1952

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Children of Hiroshima, 1952

A film by Kaneto Shindo

Four years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a woman named Takako visits her old city, looks up old friends, and faces that terrible aftermath of that tragic day. A powerful anti war statement by director Kaneto Shindo, now a classic of Japanese Cinema. (Browse our Movie Archive)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, 1921

Four Horsemen of the apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, 1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1921

A film by Rex Ingram

The most popular film of 1921, and the vehicle that catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom, this silent-era epic tells the tail of a family split by the carnage of World War I, one side in France, and the other in Germany.

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This film is in five parts. Scroll down for the next reel.

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