Janson Media announced today the worldwide release of the DVD Travel with Kids: San Diego (1 x 57′), the latest DVD adapted from a popular episode of its award-winning Travel with Kids television series, filmed in High Definition.

Join the Roberts family as they hit all the family friendly attractions around sunny San Diego, California in the award-winning series Travel With Kids. In two half-hour episodes, the Roberts explore the history of Old Town and Balboa Park, discover the surf culture along Mission Beach and visit the coastal enclaves of La Jolla and Coronado. Along the way, they pet dolphins and get an up-close look at the world’s most famous orca, Shamu, check out some of the world’s largest LEGO creations, discover the wild animals of San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park, learn to body board, go sailing, explore some sand dunes and much more. Whether planning a trip or just dreaming, Travel With Kids San Diego is great fun for the whole family!  Explore, relax, enjoy.  Destination…San Diego

Travel with Kids is an award-winning family travel guide series that brings you history, culture and practical travel information for the entire family to enjoy, learn about or plan an upcoming trip to the area. Travel With Kids is both entertaining and educational, yet delivers practical travel information that is interesting and useful for families planning a trip, and armchair travelers alike. Presented with additional pop-up on screen facts on the history, culture and travel tips for both well known and off the beaten path destinations, the entire family will enjoy watching this adventure travel series.

Produced by Equator Creative Media, the series is now available for all television, DVD, VOD, non-theatric, and new media markets worldwide exclusively through Janson Media.

TRAVEL WITH KIDS: SAN DIEGO DVD
LENGTH: 57 Minutes
MSRP: $14.95
CATALOG #: 20505
UPC #: 6-4603205059-2
ISBN #: 1-56839-429-2
RELEASE YEAR: 2012
PRODUCER: Equator Creative Media, LLC
STREET DATE: February 1st, 2012

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the DVD USS Franklin: Honor Restored (1 x 60′). The film chronicles the dramatic campaigns of the class aircraft carrier and the brave United States Navy crew that serviced it through World War II, earning four battle stars in total. A long term distribution deal was recently announced with the documentary’s producer, The Ardennes Group.

The USS Franklin (CV-13). The men in the American Pacific fleet knew her as “Big Ben.”  She is known throughout history as “The Ship That Wouldn’t Die.”  Even now, more than six decades after the end of hostilities in World War II, the very name Franklin spawns a tidal wave of emotion for her crew and thousands of men in the fleet caught up in what the name represents.

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the Health & Fitness 14 DVD set Aligned & Well (14 x 40′). Produced by Well Balanced Media, the DVD collection offers disease prevention tips through the use of simple, everyday human movement techniques.

Often overlooked by medical experts, the way we use our body often creates disease. Why do couch potatoes and competitive athletes  suffer from the same chronic ailments, disease, and pain?  It’s  because, like most of us, neither group is using their body in the way it was mechanically designed to be used!

Analyzing human movement (biomechanics) used to be for increasing athletic performance until biomechanical scientist Katy Bowman decided to apply those same principles to the every-day use of the human machine for the purpose of reducing common disease. The Aligned and Well program offers a simple, natural solution by teaching new movement habits and pointing out any current habits that may be keeping you from getting well. The Aligned and Well series of DVDs tackle everything from those pesky ailments to acute illnesses targeting the back, legs, diabetes, breathing and more.

DVD includes:
• Introduction to habits that viewer has that increases body damage/ailment.
• Five prescribed movements (Rx…ercises) targeting muscles and joints involved in ailment.
• Additional information on simple changes one can make in daily life for improved health – specific to one’s health situation.

PLUS Bonus Material
• Human Physics Lecture (Human Body Owner’s Manual) with Katy Bowman
• Printable exercise program for work or travel
• Access to world-wide online Aligned and Well community

Created by biomechanist, Katy Bowman, the Aligned and Well program comprises of motor-skills that serve as indicators to healthy muscle activity. The Biomechanical Model of Preventative Medicine is based on physics, physiology, anatomy, and engineering and simply states that all-over muscle use is a requirement of human health and is not optional. Many common, expensive ailments are a result of poor motor skills and can be corrected through diligent practice of simple movements. Because most medical and health practitioners are not physicists or engineers, the mechanical contribution to disease has been mainly over-looked in medical research as a cause of foot issues, bone density, cardiovascular disease, and joint degeneration. Yet any engineer will recognize that HOW a machine is used will dictate HOW the machine wears down.

ALIGNED AND WELL 14-DVD COLLECTION
LENGTH: 560 Minutes
MSRP: $175.00
CATALOG #: 20504
UPC #: 6-4603205049-3
ISBN #: 1-56839-428-4
RELEASE YEAR: 2009
PRODUCER: Well Balanced Media
STREET DATE: October 19th, 2011

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the one-hour docudrama The Wereth Eleven to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/homevideo, new media and non-theatrical markets.

The Wereth Eleven recounts the heroic battle waged by the African-American 333rd Field Artillery Battalion against the massed attacking German army at the start of the Battle of the Bulge and the dramatic escape made by eleven men of Battery C. They were soon after captured and massacred at Wereth, Belgium by Hitler’s most ruthless soldiers, the SS. The film was written and directed by award winner Robert Child (Silent Wings), and edited by Frederic Lumiere (director of the award winning World War II in HD). The film stars Ken Arnold (Abduction), and is narrated by actor Corey Reynolds (TNT’s The Closer and Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal).

“It is incredible — and a terrible injustice — that this story has never really been told before,” said Stephen Janson, president of Janson Media. “Producer Joseph Small of the Ardennes Group is to be commended for having the courage and passion to bring The Wereth Eleven to the screen. The film was superbly directed by Robert Child, and we are thrilled to have been chosen to bring this important story to the world for the first time.”

The Wereth Eleven won the prestigious Founders Choice Award for Best Picture at the 2011 G.I. Film Festival, and has been nominated for an award in the category “Outstanding Editing in Television,” at the 2011 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards.

Extra features on the The Wereth Eleven DVD include a panel discussion held at the film’s premiere at the National World War II Museum with the producers of The Wereth Eleven, an extended interview with The Wereth Eleven Historian and Co-Writer Joseph Springer, the trailer for the film, and The Wereth 11 Exposed, a short film displaying the state-of-the-art special effects that went into the making of the movie.

The Wereth Eleven is also available for licensing to broadcast, DVD, VOD and non-theatric markets worldwide.  The film will debut at MIPCOM 2011 in Cannes, October 3rd through 6th. Social media outreach platforms for the film include the official Wereth Eleven website, a fast-growing facebook page, and a twitter feed.

“A group of dedicated individuals set out on a mission a few years ago to set the record straight and to restore honor and dignity to a group of American heroes. From day one, we were determined to have the heroic efforts of the brave soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion shown to the world and for them to finally receive the credit and praise that is so long overdue.” – Joseph Small, CEO of The Ardennes Group

THE WERETH ELEVEN
FORMATS: DVD and Digital
LENGTH: 60 Minutes, plus Extra Features
MSRP: $24.95
CATALOG #: 20487
UPC #: 6-4603204879-7
ISBN #: 1-56839-411-X
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
PRODUCER: The Ardennes Group, LLC
AUDIO: Dolby 5:1 Surround Sound
STREET DATE: October 5th, 2011

About Janson Media

Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content production, distribution and management company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and emerging new media platforms. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include nearly every major broadcaster or media company, as well as a wide range of DVD labels and distributors. Janson Media is also a publisher and manufacturer of award-winning DVDs.

 About The Ardennes Group

Launched in 2009 by CEO Joseph Small, The Ardennes Group develops and produces historical military documentaries and films. The company’s productions include the World War II docudrama, The Wereth Eleven, which premiered nationwide on National Geographic Channel and the soon-to-be released war documentary, USS Franklin: Honor Restored. Several new projects are in development at the Ardennes Group.

 About Robert Child

Originally from New England, Robert Child has worked behind the scenes as a writer, technical director, and director for more than a decade with network clients including HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, NBC, ABC, and CBS. Child produced a series of highly regarded and award-winning Civil War films including Gettysburg: The Boys in Blue and Gray and the docudrama Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny.  Child also directed “Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom,” “Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II,The Wereth Eleven, and USS Franklin: Honor Restored.  Child has won numerous awards including five Telly, two CINE Golden Eagles, Best Director at the New York Independent Film Festival, and Special Jury at World Fest Houston. In 2011, Child was selected to receive the highly coveted Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts from the Bucks County Chamber of Commerce. His work has also been named as Official Selection at major United States film festivals including the New York Independent Film Festival and the Washington DC Independent Film Festival.

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the DVD Travel with Kids: Peru (1 x 84′), the latest DVD adapted from a popular episode of its award-winning Travel with Kids television series, filmed in High Definition.

Join the Roberts family as they learn about the rich culture and history of the Incas and the amazing nature in the Amazon in the award-winning series Travel With Kids. In three half-hour episodes, the Roberts explore the lost city of the Incas, Machu Picchu, roam the markets of Cusco and the Sacred Valley and discover the incredible creatures that inhabit the Amazon in Peru. Along the way, they kayak the Amazon, pet llamas, learn to play pan flute, march in a parade and more. Whether planning a trip or just dreaming, Travel With Kids Peru  is great fun for the whole family!   Explore, relax, enjoy. Destination…Peru.

Travel with Kids is an award-winning family travel guide series that brings you history, culture and practical travel information for the entire family to enjoy, learn about or plan an upcoming trip to the area. Travel With Kids is both entertaining and educational, yet delivers practical travel information that is interesting and useful for families planning a trip, and armchair travelers alike. Presented with additional pop-up on screen facts on the history, culture and travel tips for both well known and off the beaten path destinations, the entire family will enjoy watching this adventure travel series.

Bonus Features:

►Trip Planner with information and videos on family-friendly accommodation & transportation
►Family Travel Tips and Resources
►Peru at Home section with recipes language and crafts

Janson Media today announced the worldwide DVD release of the documentary Crossing Borders (1 x 72′). The critically-acclaimed, award-winning project produced by Crossing Borders Films targets a young adult base in both the Muslim and Western worlds — youth who have never met “the Other” in person, initiating a dialogue designed to break down barriers and stereotypes between cultures.

Crossing Borders is a feature documentary that follows four Moroccan and four American university students as they travel together through Morocco and, in the process of discovering “The Other,” discover themselves. With group travels and frank discussions, the students confront the complex implications of the supposed “clash of civilizations” between Islam and the West. The relationships formed through shared experiences contrast sharply with the media-shaped views Americans and Muslims have of each other.  Humor, honesty and a willingness to be challenged all bring individuals closer to each other and the relationships that develop disarm hidden stereotypes.

The relationship between the Muslim and Western worlds has been cast as a “clash of cultures,” a war between civilizations in which one is destined to prevail over the other. But is this so? What are the real attitudes and viewpoints of ordinary Americans and ordinary Muslims? Filmed in Morocco, Spain, the United States, Egypt, Palestine, Israel and Jordan, Crossing Borders aims to give a personal face to the “other side” through the experiences of American students studying abroad and their interactions with students in the moderate Muslim state of Morocco. By avoiding a focus on extremism, the film provides its audience with a sense of the millions of good-willed, “ordinary citizens” on both sides whose voices are often not presented by the media. The documentary aims to inspire audiences through practical examples of how to overcome the artificial separation between “Us” and “Them.”

The film is created to initiate dialogue and debate between students on university campuses in the USA, North Africa and Middle East via screenings and interactive websites. These direct conversations will become a tool used to deepen the understanding of complex issues pervasive in the current world situation.

Crossing Borders was produced by the non-profit organization for intercultural education, Crossing Borders Education. Founded by Arnd Wachter, CB-Education has served more than 3,200 American college students on its exchange programs since 2003.  CB-Education aims to give a personal face to the “other side” through the experiences of American students studying abroad and their interactions with students in the moderate Muslim state of Morocco.

Awards

Illinois International Film Festival 2009, Winner “Best International Feature Documentary”
Honolulu Film Festival 2010, Winner “Gold Kahuna Award”
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2010, Selected for screenings across Greece
DocMiami International Film Festival 2010, Official Selection
Awareness Festival 2010, Official Selection
Charlotte Film Festival 2010, Official Selection
FILManthropy Festival 2010, Official Selection
Kids First Film Festival 2010, Official Selection
Utopia Film Festival 2010, Winner “Utopian Visions Award”
Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival 2010, Official Selection
Los Angeles Global Film Festival 2010, Winner “Best Documentary”

CROSSING BORDERS DVD
LENGTH: 72 Minutes
MSRP: $24.95
CATALOG #: 20485
UPC #: 6-4603204859-9
ISBN #: 1-56839-409-8
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
PRODUCER: Crossing Borders Film
STREET DATE: AVAILABLE  October 5th, 2011

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland (1 x 58′) and Proudly We Served: The Men of the USS Mason (1 x 58′). The films are available from Janson Media for all markets and media platforms.  Proudly We Served tells the unprecedented true story of the USS Mason and its crew, while Home Away From Home follows brave American World War II veterans back to the Northern Island lands they served on decades ago. Produced by Kelly Films, the classic documentaries have never before been released on DVD until now. The Home Away From Home and Proudly We Served programs are also available to worldwide Television, VOD, New Media, and Non-Theatric markets.

In Home Away From Home, music, myth, and memory mix as one of the last great untold World War II stories unfolds against an Irish landscape. Three hundred thousand American servicemen and women served in Northern Ireland from 1942 to 1945. History has forgotten much of the efforts of U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen, but the people still remember. And now GIs themselves return to Northern Ireland to complete the tale.

Introduced by Walter Cronkite, who was himself a “Yank in Ireland,” the program follows World War II veterans back to their “Home Away From Home.” Secrets are revealed and old loves renewed in these moving stories. Rare photographs and archival film help tell the stories.

Proudly We Served is the thrilling true story of the USS Mason (DE 529) and its crew, the only African-American sailors to take a U.S. Navy warship into battle during World War II. They challenged the segregation of the U.S. Military, fought the Nazi U-boats, and won. As a result of the media attention created by this documentary and its companion book, the crew members of the USS Mason were finally awarded the Letters of Commendation which they were recommended for in 1944, but had not received for 50 years.

Narrated by actor Ossie Davis, the film interweaves the personal stories of individual crew members with archival footage of the ship and crew produced by the Navy. The story inspired the award winning feature film Proud, which also starred Davis in his final movie role.

The response from critics for Home Away From Home and Proudly We Served has been decisively positive as evident in these recent reviews and awards:

Home Away From Home reviews:
“Extraordinarily touching and evocative.”  – Neil Hickey, TV Guide, Film & TV Critic
“Buoyant and utterly charming.” – Kathleen Carroll, NY Daily News, Film & Television Critic

Proudly We Served Awards:
Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award, 1996

Janson Media today announced the release of the complete 13 DVD collection of Fighter Aces of World War II (13 x 30′). An Anthony Potter Production, Fighter Aces of World War II is the most comprehensive history series ever produced on the subject, featuring amazing air combat footage and first hand accounts of the greatest air battles the world has ever known.

This 13-disc DVD set features extraordinary air combat footage shot at the height of raging dogfights from all sides of the conflict – from Japan, Germany, Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia and the United States. Each DVD provides vivid and graphic first hand accounts of each country battling for positions of power, documenting some of the most fierce victories and defeats in war history.

DVDs in this collection:
• Knights in the Sky
• Defending the Realm
• Red Star Rising
• Tigers Over China
• Hell in the Pacific
• Under All Flags
• Big Friend, Little Friend
• Struggle for Supremacy
• Assault on Fortress Europe
• Closing the Ring
• Fall of the Third Reich
• Victory in the Pacific
• Reflections on War

FIGHTER ACES, WORLD WAR II (THE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION)
LENGTH: 390 Minutes
MSRP: $99.95
CATALOG #: 20483
UPC #: 6-4603204839-1
ISBN #: 1-56839-407-1
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
PRODUCER: An Anthony Potter Production

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the DVD Fighter Aces of World War II: Assault on the Fortress Europe (1 x 30′). An Anthony Potter Production, Assault on the Fortress Europe is the 9th release from the 13 disc Fighter Aces of World War II collection, documenting the most infamous air battles in history.

In Fighter Aces of World War II: Assault on the Fortress Europe, The Allies take the offensive as the tide of war turns against the Axis in the Mediterranean and in Europe. The fury of war in the air takes a heavy toll on both the attacker and defender but the undermanned and outgunned Luftwaffe is defiant in the face of certain defeat.

This is the most comprehensive history series ever produced on the Fighter Aces of World War II, featuring amazing air combat footage and first hand accounts of the greatest air battles the world has ever known. Each episode includes extraordinary air combat footage shot at the height of raging dogfights. Surviving Fighter Aces from all sides of the conflict – from Japan, Germany, Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia and the United States – provide vivid and graphic first hand accounts of what it was really like to be a fighter pilot in some of the greatest air battles the world has ever known.

FIGHTER ACES OF WORLD WAR II: ATTACK ON THE FORTRESS EUROPE DVD
LENGTH: 30 Minutes
MSRP: $9.95
CATALOG #: 20470
UPC #: 6-4603204709-7
ISBN #: 1-56839-394-6
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
PRODUCER: An Anthony Potter Production
STREET DATE: AVAILABLE  May 18th , 2011

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of the DVD Tracks Ahead:Union Station, Washington, DC / Zane HO Gauge Layout/Collection Maryland / Australia’s Orient Express / South Shore Lines, Indiana (1 x 30′). A production of Milwaukee Public Television, Union Station… is a DVD adapted from the magazine style series for train lovers of all ages and experiences, Tracks Ahead.

In the latest Tracks Ahead DVD, viewers get a chance to visit Union Station, the most visited place in Washington, DC. Meet master modeler, brass collector and author of “My Life with Model Trains”, Howard Zane, check out the commuter rail situation in Northern Indiana, and explore the north east coast of Australia on the luxurious Great South Pacific Orient Express.

This magazine-style series has a unique appeal for train lovers of all ages, for railroading novices as well as experts, as it explores every aspect of the railroads of the world. Now broadcast on more than 200 PBS stations across America, host Spencer Christian (formerly of ABC’s Good Morning America) presents the best of steam locomotives, railroad stories, model trains and art. “We’re striving for more depth in each episode,” said David Baule, executive producer and director of the series. “The stories will intrigue a variety of viewers, while walking a middle line between technical and general information. Our goal is to capture the excitement and history of railroading. We continue to explore everything involved with it, from model trains and museums to collectors and authors.”

TRACKS AHEAD: UNION STATION, WASHINGTON D.C./ ZANE HO GAUGE LAYOUT/ COLLECTION MARYLAND/ AUSTRALIA’S ORIENT EXPRESS/ SOUTH SHORE LINES, INDIANA DVD
LENGTH: 30 Minutes
MSRP: $9.95
CATALOG #: 20457
UPC #: 6-4603204579-6
ISBN #: 1-56839-381-4
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
PRODUCER: Milwaukee Public Television
STREET DATE: Available May 11th, 2011