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WWII: The Call of Duty
The American Navy got back on course after Pearl Harbour, and in the four-day Battle for the Coral Sea, they claimed victory, before defeating Japan again in the decisive Battle of Midway. Elsewhere the Luftwaffe targeted more British cities.
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WWII: The Call of Duty
Hitler's 'Desert Fox', Rommel advanced at El Alamein, but with the arrival of British General, Bernard Montgomery, to lead the Eighth Army in North Africa, the wind of change was about to blow.
WWII: The Call of Duty
Hitler's 'Desert Fox', Rommel advanced at El Alamein, but with the arrival of British General, Bernard Montgomery, to lead the Eighth Army in North Africa, the wind of change was about to blow.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
Prefabricated concrete barges are manufactured in preparation for D Day. U.S. troops storm a beach in a practice landing assault. How harbor facilities made in England were used in the Normandy invasion. A storm damages the harbor but unloading continues.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
The processing of plasma and penicillin. Troops in Normandy receive medical care. Naval guns bombard Cherbourg. The 8th and 9th Air Forces bomb communication lines. British troops take Caen. Shows Gen. Montgomery.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
'Independence Day in Europe - In France, Eisenhower observes General Bradley fire a giant howitzer signaling our artillery into a massed crescendo of fire. Following the landing battles in Normandy, the Canadians return to the thick of the fighting at Cariquet. So severe that some Canadian camera crew were killed. In their sector, the Yanks are blazing through the hedge rows with grenade guns.
Secrets of the Nazis
In 1930s Germany, the Nazi Party created the Hitler Youth to indoctrinate children and adolescents with Nazi ideology and prepare them to become a child army for Hitler. This episode traces the rise of the movement, from early everyday life indoctrination, through to the war.
D-Day: 100 Days for Freedom
June 6, 1944-150,000 Allied soldiers land on Normandy's shores in Operation Overlord, one of history's largest military campaigns. Through rare colorized archives and personal testimonies, this episode relives the chaos, courage, and tragedy of D-Day, as the Allies fight to secure a foothold in occupied France.
Secrets of the Nazis
Hitler, Göring, and Himmler shared a strange obsession with animals, using them as propaganda tools, symbols of ideology, and even weapons of war. Far beyond affection, their fascination fueled pseudo-scientific projects and genetic manipulation. Through archives, expert insight, and re-enactments, this documentary uncovers how the Nazis exploited nature to serve their brutal vision.
WWII In Color: D-Day to Nazi Downfall
Airborne troops flood the Netherlands as 50,000 tanks surge from Belgium. However, stronger-than-expected German forces resist fiercely, causing the ambitious operation to falter.
WWII: The Price of Empire
The war was started solely by Germany's and Japan's acts of aggression. But in 1944 they are being driven from the lands that they had conquered and are being pressured to an act of unconditional surrender.
The Death Train
this film revisits the first massive crime of WWII killing 13,000 people in the city of Lasi, Romania that lays out the early stages of the Shoah. This is possible thanks to unique archives - including unpublished photographs - and interviews of the last survivors.
WWI The War To End All Wars - Part 1: The Valley of Death
June 1914, Europe was in the midst of an idealic summer. The nations of Europe were joined together by webs of trade and capital. Their royal houses linked by bonds of family and marriage. Global trade was at an all time high. The prospect of all an all out European war was unthinkable, pundits said. No one saw the catastrophe coming, until it came. World War I - The War to End All Wars.
The Attackers
Major Scheglov analyzes the intelligence report about an enemy column. The pilots discuss a dueling German, but tensions rise. Schugayev faces scrutiny for his report's accuracy. Preparing to escort the Major, the pilots discover sand in the engine. Suspicion falls on the locals. Scheglov holds the mechanic accountable.
U.S. Marines in Vietnam
The Fall of Saigon occurred on April 30, 1975 when the South Vietnamese government announced its unconditional surrender to North Vietnam. As a line of tanks smashed through the gates of the presidential palace, Vietcong troops rounded up government soldiers, and raised their red and blue flags. The United States Embassy remained under control of the U.S. Marines.
Night Swallows
Evgeniya 'Zhenya' Zvonareva, lead pilot of the female aviation regiment, receives the Order of Kutuzov for destroying Sturmbannführer Neumann's camp. However, the victory owed to friend Galya Shevchenko, once the top night bomber, now demoted to mechanic after tribunal. Zhenya must destroy an enemy ammo-and-fuel depot; a sabotage team led by Captain Aleksandr Makeev will join.
Nazi Death Marches: 1944-1945
Through exclusive film archives and written journals, we will reveal a lesser known chapter of the end of the Third Reich, a story of brutality and murder. In the final months of World War II, 700,000 prisoners were evacuated from concentration camps and traveled throughout Europe. 250,000 to 300,000 died from exhaustion or were massacred by the guards or even civilians in Austria and Germany.
The Big Attack: Combat Heroes of WWII
Sergeant Cleo Lehenbauer, nicknamed 'Indestructible,' is wounded during the 101st Airborne's D-Day jump and after being hospitalized returns to Normandy. In September, he walks through a mine infested field and rescues two comrades in Holland. After conflicts with his commander in the 5th Armored Division, he transfers back to the 101st, where he helps stop the last major German offensive.
The Crusade in Europe
This final installment is review of the entire series. Highlights deal with the rise of Naziism, concluding with the burning of London; President Roosevelt's declaration of war and the first joint Allied campaign in North America; the campaign onto the European continent across Sicily to Italy; the planning and execution of the mighty invasion of the coast of France; D-Day; the Liberating of Paris.
Battlezone: The Vietnam War
This film explains how the people of the Republic of Vietnam attempted to build a nation amidst the holocaust of war. Parallels are drawn with our own Revolutionary War, and the years that followed in which our founding fathers built the substance and structure of a nation.
Visions of War: U.S. Marines
This program presents the history of marine amphibious operations from the earliest days of the republic in 1776 at New Providence Island when the continental marines were led in an early amphibious operation against the British, to the marine corps amphibious operations during the Korean War in the 1950's.
D-Day: 100 Days for Freedom
June 6, 1944-150,000 Allied soldiers land on Normandy's shores in Operation Overlord, one of history's largest military campaigns. Through rare colorized archives and personal testimonies, this episode relives the chaos, courage, and tragedy of D-Day, as the Allies fight to secure a foothold in occupied France.
Soviet Storm
Ewald von Kleist has broken through to the Terek river, slap in front of the vital oil fields of Grozny and Baku. Only freezing temperatures in the Caucasus prevent von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army from breaking through to Ozoni Kizi and Tbilisi. The Soviets launch a desperate counter-attack that holds the Germans back.
Late War Fighters of the Luftwaffe
Hitler was losing the war in 1944. In the East, Russians rolled forward relentlessly, threatening the existence of Hitler's Third Reich. Hitler knew that if he were to survive, he needed a miracle. New technologies, or miracle weapons, could turn the tide of war. Against all odds, German engineers not only designed but produced in good numbers some of the best aircraft of the war, the ME262.
The Vietnam War: The Invisible Enemy
The second part of the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of both sides, including rare war time footage from North Vietnamese sources.
Night Swallows
Evgeniya 'Zhenya' Zvonareva, lead pilot of the female aviation regiment, receives the Order of Kutuzov for destroying Sturmbannführer Neumann's camp. However, the victory owed to friend Galya Shevchenko, once the top night bomber, now demoted to mechanic after tribunal. Zhenya must destroy an enemy ammo-and-fuel depot; a sabotage team led by Captain Aleksandr Makeev will join.
First to Fight
The North Korean forces had Soviet built MiG 15 jet fighters. The U.S. rapidly deployed the F-86 Sabre Jet. This led to many dogfights in the northwest part of North Korea dubbed 'MiG Alley'.
Late War Fighters of the Luftwaffe
Hitler was losing the war in 1944. In the East, Russians rolled forward relentlessly, threatening the existence of Hitler's Third Reich. Hitler knew that if he were to survive, he needed a miracle. New technologies, or miracle weapons, could turn the tide of war. Against all odds, German engineers not only designed but produced in good numbers some of the best aircraft of the war, the ME262.
The Crusade in Europe
Americans arrive in Britain, try to get along with the British civilians, and are made ready physically and mentally to fight the Germans. The Eighth Air Force begins its bombing offensive, and the decision is made to invade French North Africa.
Battlezone: The Korean War
This issue of The Big Picture depicts the many aspects of our soldiers' daily living in the Korean war zone during the winter period 1952-53. Our Signal Corps combat cameramen give Big Picture viewers a vivid and comprehensive account of activities during this period of operations. This issue shows the people of America what the soldier has gone through during this particular winter period.
Visions of War: U.S. Marines
This program presents the history of marine amphibious operations from the earliest days of the republic in 1776 at New Providence Island when the continental marines were led in an early amphibious operation against the British, to the marine corps amphibious operations during the Korean War in the 1950's.
First to Fight
The North Korean forces had Soviet built MiG 15 jet fighters. The U.S. rapidly deployed the F-86 Sabre Jet. This led to many dogfights in the northwest part of North Korea dubbed 'MiG Alley'.
Secrets of the Nazis
On 30 January 1933, Hitler became chancellor and the Nazis quickly seized state power. Foreign diplomats in Berlin, turned into spies and whistleblowers, witnessed both Nazi infiltration of high society and the exclusion of Jews. Drawing on rare archives, this documentary reveals their warnings about the rise of National Socialism-and how the world ignored them.
WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948
On June 6, 1944, the Normandy Landings, officially called Operation Overlord, began. This massive battle was also the largest media operation ever, with hundreds of reporters capturing footage under heavy fire. Among the first waves on beaches like Juno, Omaha, and Utah, these brave photographers shaped our collective visual memory of World War II.
WWII: The Price of Empire
The war was started solely by Germany's and Japan's acts of aggression. But in 1944 they are being driven from the lands that they had conquered and are being pressured to an act of unconditional surrender.
Battlezone: The Korean War
This issue of The Big Picture depicts the many aspects of our soldiers' daily living in the Korean war zone during the winter period 1952-53. Our Signal Corps combat cameramen give Big Picture viewers a vivid and comprehensive account of activities during this period of operations. This issue shows the people of America what the soldier has gone through during this particular winter period.
WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948
On June 6, 1944, the Normandy Landings, officially called Operation Overlord, began. This massive battle was also the largest media operation ever, with hundreds of reporters capturing footage under heavy fire. Among the first waves on beaches like Juno, Omaha, and Utah, these brave photographers shaped our collective visual memory of World War II.
WWII: On the Edge of the Abyss
1943 marks the turning point in the war, as the Allies open new fronts. The invasion of Italy, the battle for Stalingrad, and the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific begin to turn the tide. This episode shows how ordinary soldiers endured unimaginable hardships, and how the Axis powers started to suffer significant losses, signaling the beginning of their decline.
WWII: On the Edge of the Abyss
1943 marks the turning point in the war, as the Allies open new fronts. The invasion of Italy, the battle for Stalingrad, and the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific begin to turn the tide. This episode shows how ordinary soldiers endured unimaginable hardships, and how the Axis powers started to suffer significant losses, signaling the beginning of their decline.
Secrets of the Nazis
On 30 January 1933, Hitler became chancellor and the Nazis quickly seized state power. Foreign diplomats in Berlin, turned into spies and whistleblowers, witnessed both Nazi infiltration of high society and the exclusion of Jews. Drawing on rare archives, this documentary reveals their warnings about the rise of National Socialism-and how the world ignored them.
WWII In Color: D-Day to Nazi Downfall
Airborne troops flood the Netherlands as 50,000 tanks surge from Belgium. However, stronger-than-expected German forces resist fiercely, causing the ambitious operation to falter.
Jets
The air war in Vietnam was unlike any other. It was the full might of the world's greatest military power pitted against an elusive, but highly motivated enemy. From an air combat perspective, the Vietnam War provided the superpowers, the US and the USSR, with the opportunity to put their best technology, and weapons systems, into the sky to fight it out.
Blood Money - Inside the Soviet Economy
In 1941, as Nazi Germany invaded, the USSR faced collapse. Stalin ordered entire factories moved east by train-steelworks, tank plants, munitions lines. Millions of workers became an army of labor, rebuilding industry and forging weapons far from the front.
Nazi Death Marches: 1944-1945
Through exclusive film archives and written journals, we will reveal a lesser known chapter of the end of the Third Reich, a story of brutality and murder. In the final months of World War II, 700,000 prisoners were evacuated from concentration camps and traveled throughout Europe. 250,000 to 300,000 died from exhaustion or were massacred by the guards or even civilians in Austria and Germany.
Secrets of the Nazis
Hitler, Göring, and Himmler shared a strange obsession with animals, using them as propaganda tools, symbols of ideology, and even weapons of war. Far beyond affection, their fascination fueled pseudo-scientific projects and genetic manipulation. Through archives, expert insight, and re-enactments, this documentary uncovers how the Nazis exploited nature to serve their brutal vision.
Blood Money - Inside the Soviet Economy
In 1941, as Nazi Germany invaded, the USSR faced collapse. Stalin ordered entire factories moved east by train-steelworks, tank plants, munitions lines. Millions of workers became an army of labor, rebuilding industry and forging weapons far from the front.
Jets
The air war in Vietnam was unlike any other. It was the full might of the world's greatest military power pitted against an elusive, but highly motivated enemy. From an air combat perspective, the Vietnam War provided the superpowers, the US and the USSR, with the opportunity to put their best technology, and weapons systems, into the sky to fight it out.
Soviet Storm
Ewald von Kleist has broken through to the Terek river, slap in front of the vital oil fields of Grozny and Baku. Only freezing temperatures in the Caucasus prevent von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army from breaking through to Ozoni Kizi and Tbilisi. The Soviets launch a desperate counter-attack that holds the Germans back.
The Amazing World of War Machines
The first fighter aircraft were flimsy contraptions made up of wood and fabric, flown by men with fast reflexes and deadly determination. How the times have changed. Today's fighter pilot takes control of a machine, which has doubtless cost his country millions of dollars to build.
The Death Train
this film revisits the first massive crime of WWII killing 13,000 people in the city of Lasi, Romania that lays out the early stages of the Shoah. This is possible thanks to unique archives - including unpublished photographs - and interviews of the last survivors.
The Attackers
Major Scheglov analyzes the intelligence report about an enemy column. The pilots discuss a dueling German, but tensions rise. Schugayev faces scrutiny for his report's accuracy. Preparing to escort the Major, the pilots discover sand in the engine. Suspicion falls on the locals. Scheglov holds the mechanic accountable.
WWII: The Call of Duty
As 1942 drew to a close, the Allies were really beginning to make headway. The British made a crucial breakthrough in North Africa, and the Americans pushed the Japanese out of Burma and New Guinea. In Russia the Germans found themselves surrounded.
WWII: The Call of Duty
The only option for the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad was surrender, while all across Russia the Red Army consolidated their advantage. Also, as German cities encountered the kind of bombing that Britain faced back in 1940, courtesy of the RAF.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
Invasion of Southern France by the 7th army and subsequent junction with the American 3rd army in northwest part of France.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
'Independence Day in Europe - In France, Eisenhower observes General Bradley fire a giant howitzer signaling our artillery into a massed crescendo of fire. Following the landing battles in Normandy, the Canadians return to the thick of the fighting at Cariquet. So severe that some Canadian camera crew were killed. In their sector, the Yanks are blazing through the hedge rows with grenade guns.
Military Legends of World War II
True stories of the Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States.
WWII: The Price of Empire
Japan unprovoked invasion had plunged China into war and Europe had been brought to the brink of conflict. In Italy Mussolini introduced fascism to the political landscape and Hitler dismantled democracy. Their expansion threatened neighboring nations.
Battlezone: The Korean War
From September 20 to October 20, 1950 United Nations forces struck hard against the Communist army in Korea. Footage shows the recapture of Seoul, the fall of the North Korean capital city, Pyongyang, an airdrop by the 187th Regimental Airdrop team, and the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in action.
The Amazing World of War Machines
The history of armed conflict is intrinsically tied to the history of civilization and Man's quest for the basic things in life. Over the centuries those weapons ranged from bow and arrows to armor, swords and chain mail. But one technological development left them all behind - the invention of gunpowder. Since then, the advances in weaponry have been both awe-inspiring, and frightening.
World of Warships Clash of Titans
World War II at sea was marked by the rise of submarines, leading to fierce battles above and below the waves. Crews faced overcrowding and claustrophobia in these confined spaces. This technological evolution paved the way for modern submarines. Developed by Germany, submarines became as crucial to naval warfare as strategic bombers were to the skies, with other countries soon following suit.
Helicopter Warfare
In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties - the dust storm that accompanies every landing and take-off - and the lack of places to hide. When a young Royal Navy pilot comes under fire from a tank, he soon finds himself engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Great Tank Battles
The third episode opens with Rommel's second offensive in North Africa. The following summer the German offensive at Kharkov and the subsequent push past the River Don towards Volga and Stalingrad, later the scene of Germany's first major defeat - The Battle of Stalingrad. The scene is switched to North Africa following the continuous battle between the British 8th Army, the Desert Rats.
The Attackers
Amidst WWII's war-torn skies, Soviet Major Bestuzhev defends the airdrome. A bond forms with comrade Zhenya, but facing overwhelming odds, they must protect their homeland, confronting fears in a narrative of sacrifice, courage, and camaraderie. As the air raid sirens wail, they delve deeper into the turmoil of war, discovering the true essence of duty and the resilience of the human spirit.
Vichy and the Nazis: A Deal with the Devil
1942: Almost 80,000 French Jews are arrested, following the orders of Adolf Hitler and Vichy. From the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup to Auschwitz, thanks to the most recent historiography and reenactment, plunge into the making of the Holocaust.
Battlezone: The Vietnam War
Describes the pacification and Vietnamization efforts of the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
The Crusade in the Pacific
Crusade in the Pacific looks at U.S. and British interests in the Pacific prior to World War II including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Australia, and New Zealand. It also looks at developments in Siam, China, and Japan focusing on the growth of modernization and militarism in Japan prior to the war.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
Landing Craft - Establishing Beachead. Silent film.
Battlezone: The Vietnam War
The combined US Forces offer advice to the natives of South Vietnam.
Visions of War: The Korean War
Covers the United States involvement with Korea and testing of Korean weapons. John Ford directed this film which is the only color documentary made during the Korean War.
Hitler's Propaganda Machine
As Hitler's ambitions spread beyond Germany, the world drew toward another great war - to be fought on many battlefields, and for the hearts and minds of the people.
Nazi War Criminals
Nazi war criminals are put on trial for their war crimes committed during WWII. This program covers various events from the Lublin Massacre, German atrocities in concentration camps and many others
The Dawns Here are Quiet (English Version)
It is late spring of 1942, and World War 2 is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - Baltic Sea Canal. The only obstacle in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training.
My Grandparents' War
Carey Mulligan's grandfather Denzil Booth, travelled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese in the final months of the war. His university education meant Denzil was fast-tracked to be a junior officer in the Navy. He lost his closest friends on board the first ever ship to be attacked by a Japanese Kamikaze. Carey travels to Japan to understand the culture of the Kamikaze from the other side.
After Hitler
May 1945: At last the Nazi shadow is lifting...War has devastated the continent, and now everyone just wants to get back to living again... But though the guns are now quiet, the Second World War isn't over yet. The Third Reich may have surrendered but the violence just won't seem to end.