Narrow Escapes of World War II – E01 – Wingate and the Chindits.avi * Duration: 44:28 * Resolution: 624×352 * File Size: 363mb
This is a series about heroes – men who stand up and fight when everything seems lost. It’s a series about brilliant generals, ferocious warriors and individual selfless acts of courage. Hundreds of thousands owe their lives to the people featured in these films.
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Victoria Cross Heroes 1of3 The Empire.avi * Duration: 47:39 * Resolution: 640×352 * File Size: 494mb
“The most democratic and at the same time the most exclusive all orders of chivalry – the most enviable order of the Victoria Cross.”
Edward VIII (Then Prince of Wales)
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Cold War 01 – Comrades 1917 – 1945.avi * Duration: 46:19 * Resolution: 512×384 * File Size: 350mb
Cold War is a twenty-four episode television documentary series that aired in 1998. It features interviews and footage of the events that shaped the tense relationships between the Soviet Union and the United States.
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The Victoria Cross – For Valour.avi * Duration: 57:59 * Resolution: 640×368 * File Size: 536mb
The Victoria Cross: For Valour is a 2003 BBC television historical documentary presented by Jeremy Clarkson. Clarkson examines the history of the Victoria Cross, and follows the story of one of the 1,354 men who were awarded it – Major Robert Henry Cain.
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WW2 The Complete History – 01of13.avi * Duration: 51:39 * Resolution: 640×480 * File Size: 696mb
This thirteen part series covers the major events of World War Two: including the Blitzkrieg through Poland, Denmark, Norway and the Low Countries to the fall of France… Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the savage Blitz… the Duels in the Desert and the Atlantic… the invasion of Russia, the assault on Pearl Harbour… the battles of Stalingrad, Kursk, Monte Casino… the 1,000 bomber raids on Germany, the battles of the Pacific… the D-Day landings and the push to the Rhine, the reversals at Arnheim and the Ardennes… the fall of Berlin, the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps… and the awesome finale of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Dam Busters: The Race To Smash The German Dams.avi * Duration: 59:02 * Resolution: 720×400 * File Size: 702mb
James Holland presents a fresh analysis of the legendary 1943 Dam Busters raid, a low-level night mission that took 19 Lancaster bombers deep into the heart of enemy territory to destroy German dams with a brand new weapon – the bouncing bomb.
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The First World War From Above.avi * Duration: 59:01 * Resolution: 624×352 * File Size: 549mb
The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remarkable historical finds, including a piece of archive footage filmed from an airship in summer 1919, capturing the trenches and battlefields in a way that’s rarely been seen before. And aerial photographs taken by First World War pilots – developed for the first time in over ninety years – show not only the devastation inflicted during the fighting, but also quirks and human stories visible only from above. Presented by Fergal Keane.
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The Russian Revolution In Colour – Part 1.avi * Duration: 47:02 * Resolution: 640×416 * File Size: 397mb
The Russian Revolution and Civil War were major watersheds of the 20th Century. Now, for the first time, the story of this blood soaked time is being told in full colour. New footage from the battlefields, expert testimonies, and exciting colourized archives help to unfold the dramatic story of the Communist rise and seizure of power in 1917. In two parts.
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The First Blitz.avi * Duration: 48:54 * Resolution: 608×336 * File Size: 400mb
Known as ‘Iron Thunderstorms’, the Zeppelin bombing raids of the First World War brought a new style of warfare directly to the British public. By autumn 1916, a wave of panic had spread across London and the South East, hundreds of thousands of residents fled the city, many sought shelter deep underground and over 1,500 people were killed in the attacks. These horrific bombing raids ushered in a new type of warfare that would become the defining feature of 20th century combat. This program looks at the effect on the British psyche of the first-ever Zeppelin raid in 1915 on the town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, and maps in detail – using first-hand testaments and archive – how the Germans waged their first airborne terror campaign on British civilians.
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Secret Aircraft of WWII – Part 1 – Secret Japanese Aircraft of WWII.avi * Duration: 43:00 * Resolution: 640×480 * File Size: 347mb
Program profiling some of the secret aircraft developed and used during World War II, including those used by the Allies, Luftwaffe, Russians and Japanese.
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