Fall Film Series
The Fall Film Series starts this weekend with a fresh batch of movies. In honor of the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II the Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame will feature a Classic World War II Film Series. All of the films in this series were chosen because of their historic and cultural significance. Movies start at 2pm. Admission is FREE and refreshments are provided.
September 13 - The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
September 20 - To be or Not to Be
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
September 27 - The Best Years of Our Lives
Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
October 4 - Sands fo Iwo Jima
A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
October 11 - From Here to Eternity
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
October 18 - Stalag 17
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
October 25 - Bridge on the River Kwai
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
November 1 - Judgement at Nuremberg
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.
November 8 - Patton
The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.