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Pearl Harbor in a Blaze

Documentary

TV-PG

26

Dec 31, 2021

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?

Season 1, 10 episodes

season 1 (10 episodes)

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.

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WWII Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948

Documentary

TV-PG

1

26

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.

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