Following our "Service on Celluloid" panel’s discussion on the anime classic "Grave of the Fireflies," tune in to hear from WWII veterans Paul Dietzel, Richard Baile, and Maynard David (pictured) as they provide their firsthand accounts of the firebombing of Japan.

The firebombing campaign on Japan near the end of World War II was waged with devastating success. In “Grave of the Fireflies” - considered an amine classic - filmmaker Isao Takahata explores how the bombing affected the civilian population. Join the “Service on Celluloid” panel for a discussion of the film’s historical accuracy and emotional impact. 

After you’ve heard the “Service on Celluloid” panel’s discussion about the 1977 epic “A Bridge Too Far,” return to Operation Market Garden on a new minisode featuring WWII veteran eyewitnesses T. Moffatt Burriss and Theo Finkbeiner.

Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Airborne action of mid-September 1944, is the subject of Richard Attenborough’s star-studded “A Bridge Too Far” (Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Ryan O’Neal, and many more). Critic Roger Ebert wrote that it “went two or even three bridges too far.”  Will the "Service on Celluloid" panel agree?

On this week’s minisode we’ll hear from Harry L. Ettlinger (pictured), who was the inspiration for the Private Sam Epstein character (as portrayed by Dimitri Leonidas) in "The Monuments Men." (Image courtesy of the National Museum of American Jewish Military History.)

Based on the research of author Robert M. Edsel, the 2014 film "The Monuments Men" has a big-name cast (George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, and others) and a gripping true story about rescuing the art treasures of Europe from the Nazis. The "Service on Celluloid" podcast panel weighs how well it tells that story. 

The 1970 satire "Kelly's Heroes," starring Clint Eastwood and a large cast of scene bandits (including WWII veteran Don Rickles), looked at World War II through the lens of the Vietnam era. Our "Service on Celluloid" panel observes that the film gets a surprising number of details just right.

The 1942 drama “Mrs. Miniver,” subject of the most recent "Service on Celluloid" podcast, depicts life on the British Home Front during the time of Dunkirk and the Blitz. Tune in to this week's minisode for a deeper dive into these historic events.

Winston Churchill said “Mrs. Miniver” was “propaganda worth 100 battleships.” Join the "Service on Celluloid" podcast panelists to explore how the film also provides an insightful look at the lives of those on the Home Front during World War II.

The "Service on Celluloid" exploration of “Casablanca” and its real-life setting continues with the story of Hélène Cazès-Benatar, who founded the Moroccan Refugee Aid Committee in 1940 to help Jewish refugees arriving in Casablanca.