WW2 films for 10 year old DD

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Dd(10) is learning about works war two at school and is fascinated! We planned to watch a film this afternoon and I was thinking I could show her a war themed one.

What films are good for this age that are related to World War Two? Thank you

Ice Cold in Alex? It's set in the North African Campaign of WW2 so mosty desert.
There's some jeopardy (someone dies) and they drink a beer at the end but it's basically about team spirit and surviving against the odds.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The great escape?

Reach for the sky?

Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

There is an edited / short version of Schindler's List that is shown in schools

Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mr Tom. The new Railway Children one is set in WWII.

Memphis Belle is a 12 cert war/action film, might be suitable.

Mrs Miniver, a 1942 b&w film, ought to be suitable

Jesus, this traumatised me as an adult and I've been to Auschwitz! I genuinely don't understand why anyone thinks this is suitable for children. I'd be interested to know what the author thinks about it actually. Anyway....

I would recommend Good Night Mister Tom and/or Hope & Glory (which is currently on iPlayer). Also Mrs Miniver.

Oh and Yanks was good if it can be tracked down.

Yes it’s horrific but why shouldn’t children understand the realities of the Holocaust? Not everything needs to be sanitised. Look at the state of the world at this current time. We need to be reminded of what can happen if it’s allowed to

The Great escape!

I’m sure that the book is classified as a children’s book? I could well be wrong.

The author is Jewish and from a line of Holocaust survivors so he probably wants it to be spoken about

Yanks. I absolutely loved it when I was that age.
It was filmed partly in Stockport which is where I grew up.

The Dunkirk film from a few years ago. You might need to explain beforehand the different timeliness bit though.

I don't think this kind of fantasy is a good choice - plus which I'm not sure I go along with the idea that a movie for a child has to be ABOUT a child.

Right, I was thinking of The Great Escape, too.

What? John Boyne isn’t Jewish.

I'm an English teacher and used to recommend this ,but please read what the holocaust centre say about the book:

https://holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/blog/the-problem-with-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/

Essentially, it's a much too simplistic tale, and amplifies the idea that ' ordinary ' folk (let alone the son of a Nazi officer) didn't know what was happening to Jewish people in the camps.

I'd never considered this, but I feel like I need to raise it. Plus, the film is traumatic!

Goodnight Mr Tom is fantastic.

Carrie's War, The Silver Sword, When Hitler stole pink rabbit and Saffiyah's War are all fabulous books too. ETA- sorry they aren't films as far as I'm aware 🤣, but reading the stories could be a lovely avenue for after the films!

Hope and Glory - currently on BBC iPlayer

The TV series of Carrie’s War is available on Prime Video. It’s an adaptation of a children’s book and ideal for this age. It’s about two children who have been evacuated.

Hope and Glory is great but there are a couple of "fucks" and a bit of fumbling in the rubble.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Bridge over the river kwai

Dads army!

My dh and I were also saying we had learnt the most from allo allo! But we showed our dc10 a few clips of the policeman (which set dh and I off into tears of laughter) but she struggled to get a lot to the innuendo understandably.

She now understands why it's physically impossible for me to wear a trench coat without saying "I will say this only once" though.

The Longest Day, I Was Monty's Double.

Someone drinks a beer? She’s learning about WW2. Bombs, gas chambers, POW camps, Auschwitz.

I think she’ll cope with the trauma of witnessing someone drink a beer. Good Lord.

The Book Thief might be ok, OP. There’s also Cabaret, if you want a different perspective. There are also some great BBC adaptations, such as Carrie’s War and The Machine Gunners.

The other thing you could do is search the internet for the WW2 series of How We Used To Live. It was a history series made for schools that covered various periods of history. I loved watching them when I was little.