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2) Battleline
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Language
English
Description
Strategic bombing by the Allies undoubtedly had a crippling effect on German war production but what about the human toll on morale - and lives - of civilians? This classic program incorporates authentic WWII archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battleline.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
In this episode—which includes special guest appearances from The League of Gentlemen’s Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton—we meet a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, the captain of the Titanic holds the world’s worst safety briefing, famous writer Mary Shelley pitches the movie of her life, and those violent Vikings show their softer side in a song.
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English
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition: Opening day celebrations / crowds at the entrances / pan of Exposition proper / parades on Market Street and Van Ness Avenue / Tower of Jewels / Fountain of Energy / other buildings / day for night shots / submarines / Fun Zone at night / nighttime illumination of buildings showing use of fog machines and special lights / Uncle Sam's submarines. No audio. (13 minutes)
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Miles Milton's bold new history narrates the D-Day's events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht's bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It...
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Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Learn about the Presidents of the U.S.A. Great way to learn American history using classical, gospel, light opera, rock, pop and rap! Twelve catchy songs written in the musical style of each historical period. Comprehensive, encyclopedic summary of the history of the American Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.
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Language
English
Description
Documentary, public information film, morale booster; propaganda film – all descriptions that apply to Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's extraordinary war-time film. Using his customary combination of poetry and propaganda, Jennings constructs a collage of the various people and classes of Britain, at home and at work, at war and at peace. The result, while not overtly proselytising, sounded a clear clarion call to internal and international...
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English
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When you think of America's immigration story, you think of Ellis Island New York... right? Think again, because over 2,500 miles away is Angel Island, where immigrants coming into the West Coast were processed for entry to the US, but it was an experience that was anything but welcoming.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, prizewinning author Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal. Drawing on his impeccable command of German-language...
Pub. Date
[2010], c1990
Language
English
Description
This program covers the years 1961 to 1963 - a blink of the eye during which the Freedom Riders traveled the South, John Glenn orbited Earth, Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and America's vision of Camelot died with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
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Description
By December 1944, Americans had grown weary of the war: the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams bearing bad news seemed endless. In episode 6, The Ghost Front, Ken Burns explores the unpredictable and unnerving months toward the near-end to the war. In the Pacific, American progress had been slow and costly, while in Europe, no one was prepared for the massive counterattack Hitler launches in the Ardennes forest of Belgium...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A master of epic military fiction, the New York Times bestselling author of To Wake the Giant makes Midway personal as he takes us inside the hearts and minds of the heroes of one of World War II's most pivotal moments. Pearl Harbor duology series, 336pp., 75K
19) World War II
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Series
Language
English
Description
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second World War. A war history book for kids that will take them through the events of World War II in a simple, illustrated and fascinating way! The answers to the most pressing questions about the war are encapsulated in the pages of this children s book. Eyewitness World War II captures the imaginations of children ages 9-12,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya.The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants...
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