A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.
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The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
Escape is an American anthology series that aired on the NBC network from February 11 to April 1, 1973. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. It aired on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. Eastern, following the NBC Mystery Movie.
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told using a treasure trove of rare and previously unheard recordings of those who lived through it, lip-synched by actors.
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This 9-episodes documentary series extensively examines the history of Poland in the 20th Century, telling the story through archival films, newsreels, interviews, and readings from novels and poems.
WWII history series following a four-man team as they explore the war zones of the Eastern Front in an effort to excavate and preserve the forgotten battle relics, at the same time discovering the stories of fallen soldiers from their remains.
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Diaries, correspondence and family film recordings reveal a unique view of the life and privacy of the citizens of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia… Young documentarian Ondřej Veverka approached dozens of witnesses of the protectorate times and their descendants to share unique film recordings and written testimonies with him from that time. The result is a three-part documentary that provides a unique perspective on the protectorate. At that time, perhaps more than ever, amateur cameras noticed ordinary everyday things, small joys and ordinary life. Perhaps so that one can at least for a moment succumb to the illusion that the world is actually still in order. But soon tragedy entered these shots as well.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. This is the story of how their war experiences change them, how they emerge from conflict as leaders and how the crucible of war shapes the decisions they make when they reach the White House.
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The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narrated by Gary Merrill and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by Richard Burton. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in 27 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the BBC from February to August 1961. Its incidental music was written by Richard Rodgers, who won an Emmy for it in 1962. Scriptwriters included Victor Wolfson a dramatist and writer, Quentin Reynolds, William L. Shirer an American journalist, war correspondent and historian, and Richard Tregaskis. One of the program's London-based producers was actor Patrick Macnee, just prior to his being cast as secret agent John Steed in the long-running cult TV series The Avengers.,
Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.
Alone and without her parents, Judith Dunbar spends her school days in a boarding school. When her friend Loveday invites her to Gut Nancherrow one day, it is love at first sight for Judith. The elegant lady of the house Diana, her husband Colonel Cary-Lewis and Loveday's siblings Edward and Athena immediately fall in love with her and treat her like family. But the outbreak of the Second World War put an end to the idyll on Nancherrow overnight. A long, thorny road lies ahead of Judith until she finally finds happiness in a family of her own...
An analysis of the life of German officer and physician Josef Mengele, exploring his youth and studies, his adherence to Nazism, the inhumane experiments conducted at Auschwitz, and the connection between Nazism and the German academic system.
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.
A star-laden adaptation of Anton Myrer's sprawling 1978 novel tracing the lives of five Harvard roommates of the class of '44, following them through the next 30 years. At the center of the story is a green 1939 Packard convertible and Chris Farris, a beautiful Radcliffe girl.
Born a princess and raised a soldier, Pyeong Gang is a woman with big dreams and limitless ambition. Determined to become the first Empress of Goguryeo, Pyeong Gang will stop at nothing to make her dream come true. Clever and level headed, Pyeong Gang is well aware of the obstacles that stand in her way and she’s more than capable of taking them on. With meticulous planning, she sets out to make her dream come true. But things take an unexpected turn, the day she meets On Dal.
The story of Hitler’s war on the Eastern Front – an attempt to liquidate the Russian people and gain living space for his superior Aryan race. It is a conquest that takes the Nazis all the way to the gates of Moscow and back to the heart of Berlin, and culminates in the collapse of the Third Reich. The series reveals the cunning strategy, defensive megastructures and military technology deployed in this devastating war of brutality between giants.
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26 episodes • 1973Avg: 7.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A New Germany (1933–1939) | Oct 31, 1973 | 8.8 |
| 2 | Distant War (September 1939–May 1940) | Nov 7, 1973 | 7.8 |
| 3 | France Falls (May–June 1940) | Nov 14, 1973 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Alone (May 1940–May 1941) | Nov 21, 1973 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Barbarossa (June–December 1941) | Nov 28, 1973 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Banzai! Japan (1931–1942) | Dec 5, 1973 | 7.8 |
| 7 | On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942) | Dec 12, 1973 | 8.0 |
| 8 | The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943) | Dec 19, 1973 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943) | Jan 2, 1974 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944) | Jan 16, 1974 | 6.7 |
| 11 | Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943) | Jan 23, 1974 | 6.7 |
| 12 | Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944) | Jan 30, 1974 | 7.2 |
| 13 | Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944) | Jan 30, 1974 | 7.3 |
| 14 | It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944) | Feb 13, 1974 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944) | Feb 20, 1974 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944) | Feb 27, 1974 | 5.0 |
| 17 | Morning (June–August 1944) | Mar 6, 1974 | 8.3 |
| 18 | Occupation: Holland (1940–1944) | Mar 13, 1974 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Pincers (August 1944–March 1945) | Mar 20, 1974 | 7.7 |
| 20 | Genocide (1941–1945) | Mar 27, 1974 | 9.3 |
| 21 | Nemesis (February–May 1945) | Apr 3, 1974 | 8.2 |
| 22 | Japan (1941–1945) | Apr 10, 1974 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945) | Apr 17, 1974 | 7.0 |
| 24 | The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945) | Apr 24, 1974 | 8.7 |
| 25 | Reckoning (April 1945) | May 1, 1974 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Remember | May 8, 1974 | 7.3 |