Scotland's War at Sea
β 10 Β· 2015 Β· 60m Β· Documentary
Two-part documentary telling the story of the battle for control of the North Sea during the First World War.
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2016 Β· β 8
February 1916. World War I has been raging for two years and has killed over three million people, neither side gaining the upper hand. The Germans mobilize more artillery and men in Verdun than in any other offensive -- for three hundred days -- but the French hold out. Constructed from over five hundred hours of restored, colorized archival footage.
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History Uncovered
2019 Β· β 7.1
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Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
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The World Wars
2014 Β· β 7.5
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
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Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
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2014 Β· β 7.7
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.
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Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
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