Most likely, the tape has Macrovision copy protection, intended to prevent you from doing what you are trying to do. A "video stabilizer" may help, if you can find one. I use a SIMA GoDVD CT-2, which is no longer made.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.