This compelling documentary series follows the history of the aerial assault vehicle from the creation of the aeroplane to its militarization during WWI and the Russian Revolution. With remarkable narration and incredible archival footage, including many never-before-seen sequences, this groundbreaking 5-part series is a complete historical overview from 1900-1945.
During the Cold War, the superpowers mobilized thousands of spies and spotters to lift the enemy’s secrets. The three-part program The Spying Game takes a close look at this era of rising tensions between East and West.
In Their Footsteps is a ten-part documentary depicting Australian families and war.
The first episode aired in Australia on 8 May 2011 on the Nine Network.
In each episode an Australian will retrace the steps of a close ancestor’s wartime experience.
This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the time.
When Germany began Europe's WWII by invading Poland in 1939, China had already been fighting Imperial Japan for two years. This brutal war would cost 14 million Chinese lives while inflicting vast suffering. China's resistance was crucial to the outcome of the Pacific War, later won by the US and its allies. This film is an emotional, eye-opening journey that re-writes history as we know it.
Meet the key figures and lesser-known heroes of the United States Navy. With official government documents, extensive combat footage, and commentary by historians and decorated veterans, The History of the United States Navy is a full-scale, full-dress salute to the men and women who gave and have given to America's fight for freedom.
The Sunday Edition was a television programme broadcast on the ITV Network in the United Kingdom focusing on political interview and discussion, produced by London Weekend Television. The show was hosted by Andrew Rawnsley and Andrea Catherwood.
The live studio show continued the tradition of live political programming on ITV at the weekend and featured the traditional 'long format' interview as well as incisive debate by key players in politics, the arts and business.
The programme has have three distinct segments:
⁕Breaking news and political stories will kick off the programme and be brought up to the minute by interviews with key figures and commentators.
⁕The in-depth political interview will lie at the heart of the show.
⁕Discussion of major issues and interviews with big names from across the range of arts, business and culture will offer insight and provoke debate.
The Fight For Freedom The Major Battles of WWII takes viewers to the front lines of the European, the Pacific and the African theatres of the deadliest conflict in human history. . Entire hours are devoted to the great battles that would define the era and the devastating final conclusion that would introduce the world to the terrible possibilities that exist with atomic weaponry. Masterfully scripted and full of authentic footage, this is a collection that must not be missed.
This comprehensive 10-part series chronicles the second half of this global military conflict in a masterfully scripted presentation filled with rare and authentic archive footage produced by internationally acclaimed documentarians, Pacific Media.
The first Ukrainian reality show that candidly depicts the lives of military families, their challenges, and moments of hope, with hosts Daniel Salem and psychologist Alina Deineko assisting the participants in experiencing warmth, support, and faith in the future.
The project attempts to understand the causes of the Afghan War (1979-1989) and to provide the most truthful coverage of all its stages. On a cold day on December 12, 1979, a small circle of members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee discussed the situation in Afghanistan. After much hesitation, four people (Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Andrei Gromyko, Dmitry Ustinov) made the fateful decision to send troops into Afghanistan. Thus began the Afghan campaign – the first and only military operation waged by the Soviet Union outside the Warsaw Pact countries, which became the longest and most “forgotten” war in Soviet history.