WWII Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948
This series was conceived to uncover or rediscover footage that bears witness to a century of history. Some of the images are well known, some have never been seen. Every episode is a formal inquiry.
Atomic Test at the Bikini
No event in the history of cinema had ever been so thoroughly covered.
Japan Surrenders
Tokyo Bay, Japan. September 2, 1945. On board the USS Missouri, an American battleship. Several weeks ago, American atom bombs devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan has capitulated.
Concentration Camps Liberated in Germany
In April 1945, just weeks before the war's end, Allied troops advancing on the Western Front uncovered and liberated numerous POW, labor, and concentration camps.
Secret Meetings
February 1945, Southern Ukraine. As war rages in Europe, British Prime Minister Churchill and U.S. President Roosevelt secretly meet Soviet leader Stalin in Crimea.
French Resistance Filmed and Trapped
In 1944, cameraman Felix Forestier was secretly sent to film the French Resistance in Vercors. His unique footage was lost and forgotten until 2013. How did it disappear for so long?
Eva Braun Films Hitler
On July 6, 1940, in Berlin, crowds cheer Chancellor Adolf Hitler as he arrives in a convertible. Eva Braun captures the only color footage of this moment at the Chancellery.
Pearl Harbor in a Blaze
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Japan declares war on the United States by attacking Pearl Harbor and other American military bases in Hawaii. Why did Japan attack American naval bases in Hawaii?
The Images of D-Day
On June 6, 1944, the Normandy Landings, officially called Operation Overlord, began.
Chamberlain Seeks Peace with Hitler
Six months after annexing Austria, Hitler sets his sights on Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, home to millions of ethnic Germans. He threatens force to get it.
The Long Trial of Tokyo
Tokyo, 1946. Under American occupation, 28 top Japanese officials are tried for war crimes by an international tribunal, modeled on Nuremberg.
