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Three children of victims of the Holocaust tell the almost unbelievable stories oftheirparents' survival. From ghetto, through concentration camp, on to displaced persons camp, and out to a new life beyond, these stories are harrowingand inspiring in turn.
The first of two Timewatch programmes on the Vietnam War begins a short season of Vietnam Stories. Using unique archive material from Vietnam and interviews with US agents, this programme tells the story of the friendly relations in 1945 between the United States government and Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
The second of two Timewatch programmes on the Vietnam War. The reports of young journalists like Martin Bell, David Jessel, Brian Barron and Julian Pettifer brought the front line of the war into the front room. This review of the BBC's coverage includes dispatches that were often moving, like those on the fate of Vietnamese children orphaned by the war, or broadcast under conditions of great personal risk, as when Julian Pettifer came under fire in Saigon in 1968.
A portrait of Oscar Wilde and his family. Includes contributions from his grandson Merlin Holland and Lady Alice Douglas a descendant of Wilde's lover Lord Alfred Douglas.
A look at the final days of Adolf Hitler's life, with a definitive account of how he died. Fearing that Hitler had survived the war and escaped from Berlin, Stalin's security services launched a massive secret investigation. 'Operation Myth' began with brutal interrogations of captured survivors from Hitler's bunker, and ended with forensic detective work that led to the discovery of Hitler's skull.
Examines the doomed struggle of the Ibos to secede from Nigeria, during the 1967-1970 Biafra War. Includes interviews with the wartime leader Colonel Ojukwu, British High Commissioner Sir David Hunt and other witnesses.
Sets out to discover whether the Vikings deserved their reputation for rape and pillage, and explores how they might have achieved their remarkable feats of navigation and discovery. Reveals new evidence that is leading to a change in the modern perception of the Viking people. Contributors to the programme include the yachtsman, Robin Knox-Johnston.
Pocahontas was the first heroine of American history. Disney has released a romanticised cartoon version of her story, but the real story is far more interesting. Filmed in Virginia, Norfolk and Kent, the programme tells the tale of the native American.
The word kamikaze is synonymous with death. But not every kamikaze who vowed to die in the Second World War fulfilled his promise. Shot down on route to the target, or still waiting to be called when the war ended, there were a handful of kamikazes who survived. Tonight's film,featuring first-time interviews with the survivors and archive footage, reveals how a nation turned suicide into strategy. The special fury of the kamikaze is captured in some of the most vivid combat footage ever filmed and interviews with US veterans illustrate the difficulty of fighting an enemy determined to die.
Looks at the revolution that took place in the home. At the beginning of this century one in three working women was a domestic servant, this documentary looks at the way we live, the design of our houses and how the role of women was caught up with the changes that the First World War, gas and electricity brought to the home.
The 1930s were a golden age for Hollywood and its gangsterfilms. But behind the screen, the Mob was turning a small-time protection racket, which targetted projectionists, into a million-dollar shakedown. What began as extortion soon became a mutually beneficial arrangement. Timewatch went to Hollywood and Chicago to uncover the story of how movie moguls and Mobsters joined forces to keep the dream factory going, whatever the cost.
Traces the story of the tank during the First World War. Uses archive film and accounts from Tank Corps veterans to build up a picture of this technological novelty which was pushed to the limits in battles sometimes, as in the Third Battle of Ypres, with disastrous consequences.
Traces the story of the tank during the First World War. Uses archive film and accounts from Tank Corps veterans to build up a picture of this technological novelty which was pushed to the limits in battles sometimes, as in the Third Battle of Ypres, with disastrous consequences.
