Since the 1930s, black and white and color film is available to historians and students of history. For the era of totalitarianism, we are fortunate to have many films and film clips available on the World Wide Web.

Item One-World War II: The Lost Color Archives (1-5): Rare color footage of the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy and World War II. It is in five (approximately 10 minutes each) segments:

Episode 1: WWII: The Lost Color Archives, Part I

Episode 2: WWII: The Lost Color Archives, Part 2

Episode 3: WWII: The Lost Color Archives, Part 3

Episode 4: WWII: The Lost Color Archives, Part 4

Episode 5: WWII: The Lost Color Archives, Part 5

Item Two: Totalitarian Leaders Speak: Totalitarianism were composed of mass national movements. Leaders like Hitler and Mussolini roused the masses to action with speeches at mass rallies.

Hitler's 1939 Speech to the Party with English subtitles (10:42)

Mussolini' 1937 Speech in Berlin with English subtitles (2:26)

Item Three: World War II: Rare Color Film: D-Day, June 1944: Rare color footage of the Allied invasion of the European mainland. (Approximately 10 minutes).

World War II: Rare Color Film: D-Day, June 1944