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The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought...
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1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln’s administration and then follows Union General George McClellan’s ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula, where his huge army meets a smaller but infinitely more resourceful Confederate force. During this episode we witness...
5) D-Day 360
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D-DAY 360 strips D-Day back to its raw data to reveal how the odds of victory, in the greatest gamble of World War II, swung on what happened over a five-hour period on a five mile stretch of French coastline. Data gathered though forensic laser scanning, 3D computer modeling, and eye-witness accounts bring the battlefield to life as never before.
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Follow our expert, high-profile panel of judges as they pick, rank and comment on THE GREATEST EVER‘s top ten weapons of all time – the ones that deliver maximum damage with minimal training. Our team puts their picks through the paces, testing out their claims: we boomeranged a melon, crushed a gun with a Humvee, and shot a candle like a bullet in the search of the best weapon for the individual combatant. Our well-known, eclectic panel then...
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series provides a colorful panorama of Latin American locations while discussing which tactics the U.S. Army is using to bolster solidarity with Latin America. This National Archives and Records Administration video explains that one of these tactics is "Operation Solidarity," the combined military exercise that tested Latin American military preparedness to deter aggression if and when it...
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Even though the technology existed to produce color at the time, most of the surviving films and photographs of the Great War were shot in black and white. Fortunately the advance of technology has allowed historians to revisit these amazing images and present them in color, resulting in a powerful documentary which provides a detailed look at the Great War as experienced through the eyes of those who were there. In addition, rare images produced...