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- Not only people from the Allied nations during World War 2 fight against the Axis nations, there were also many who were born in those nations who took up arms against what they believed was wrong. This is the story of a few men who were born in Germany, who for varying reasons joined the British Armed Forces to do what they could to ensure Nazi Germany would not be victorious.
- The code and language that the Japanese could not break in the Pacific war, nor even know its origins. How the Navajo Code Talkers came about, their training and the uses to which they were put to in the island hopping war against the Japanese. Plus the prices the Navajo paid and the long term secrecy which they were bound by. Then ultimately the long deserved recognition for their heroic efforts in helping win the war. All this is shown by archive footage and photographs, plus interviews with the people involved.
- Tells not only of this important conflict that happened between March and May 1954 during the First Indochina War. It also relates the events leading up to that climactic confrontation relating a short history of the region and the people involved.
- Showcases 3 major events during World War 2 involving both the Europeans & Pacific conflicts. The Raids to destroy Nazi Germany's heavy water production based in Norway, plus the final desperate act to deny them what had already been stockpiled. The Japanese midget submarines role and participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What they achieved plus what was their ultimate fate. The attacks on United States warships in the Pacific late in World War 2 by the Japanese Kamikaze and Okha Squadrons. The Kamikaze attacks were in whatever planes the Japanese forces were able to gather. The Okha attacks were made in specially built flying bombs that were towed by larger and usually slower aircraft that were not suitable for fighter work.
- From the beginning to the end, this is what happened during WW1. Told by genuine oral testimony recorded and saved by the Imperial War Museum. Presented as a complete history of the large and small components of what made that terrible time in our 20th century.
- From the ordinary to the incredible, the requirements of the Allied forces, when making their long awaited invasion to drive the Nazis back from their Atlantic Wall, were the stuff of future legends. What was needed to not only land the invading forces, but also to try and help them fight their way off the beaches into the French countryside, taxed the inventiveness of man. From tanks laying their own tracks to gliders and pre-invasion reconnaissance to check the firmness of the beaches, it was all thought of and used to the maximum in making D-Day a success.
- Archive footage of Australia and New Zealand forces during WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam conflict. Plus home life between the wars, especially focusing on the homage we pay to those who so bravely sacrificed themselves on our behalf. This is all held together by a wonderful script narrated by John Stanton.
- As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.
- The use of archive footage brings to life the war years in Europe between 1939 to 1945.
- In this edited-down feature version of the serial 'Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)', a quest for uranium ore hidden in
- Showcases a series of daring raid made by various sections of the British military during World War II. The raids highlighted are "Stopping Hitler's A-Bomb", "Prison Busters", Radar Beam Raiders", "Storm at St. Nazaire", "Cockleshell Raiders" and "Arctic Commando Assaults". Each raid is analyzed, the reasons for it taking place, the planning and execution plus the results and consequences.
- Home footage plus reenactments of the life & times of Hitler with his mistress, Eva Braun. Their early days of happiness followed by long separations due the war causing much loneliness for Eva. Up until their suicides in the Bunker as the war was drawing to its inevitable conclusion.
- A six-part documentary series using a collection of World War Two era shorts, designed by the Ministry of Information and produced by the Crown Film Unit, for the British civilian and military viewing audience. All to entertain, inform and warn, plus used as a weapon, propaganda through entertainment. Comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, even cartoons, all now stored in the British Film Institute. Some of these shorts are used here with background information and interspersed commentary by the presenter, Jim Carter.
- A collection of 2 minute documentaries that tell not only the historical facts of WW1, but also the stories of those most involved and others greatly affected by the day to day events. The deadly serious to more light-hearted, this has it all compiled from the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum.
- From the heights of the cold war, this short focuses on American youth at play and in the home and how the television can be a great educational device. In this case warning of the dangers of Communism. The home television features as part of the bulwark protecting the children and guiding them towards the principles of a democratic society.
- Soraya, a young Iranian woman, escaped the prospect of war in her homeland by moving to San Francisco to be with her American boyfriend. However she is unable to remain in that relationship so moves on to be an au pair due to the lack of a green card. She soon finds herself an unwilling participant of a custody battle.
- From an origin that promised so much, the Australian film production industry faced new challenges from abroad which ultimately proved to be more than they could cope with. Unfortunately very few films from then now survive.
- In August 1983 a prairie fire raged in Southeastern Montana, consuming much of the dense grass and vegetation that was hiding the secrets of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which was fought 107 years earlier. The now barren ground revealed much to a team of experts wishing to separate fact from fiction. The fables of Custer's last stand, the tactics employed by both combatants and vindication of many Native American oral histories.
- In the early stages of WW2 Japan invaded China. Obviously historical accuracy was not paramount in the movie creators minds. The Japanese set up a puppet government in Manchuria to act as a centre from which to conquer the rest of China. As part of their strategy the Japanese headquarters in Manchuria plans to process a large quantity of illegal opium in a short period. With that amount of drugs floating around temptation was close by. The money raised from the opium processing plant is to be used to fund the military expansion. But not all goes to plan.
- Explores how we can leave the Earth to make new homes amongst the stars. Both the technological and human issues of extended space travel are presented. Not only are the problems shown, but also many possible solutions, taking into account our current level of scientific know-how, are discussed.
- Biographical look at Ernie Dingo, as he takes us on a journey through his life from childhood through to his successful film career. Plus his fight for, himself & his race, recognition and acceptance in a world that was not always welcoming. As he grew, so to did Australia, both being better for the experience.
- A film that follows the exploration of the Hamilton River in Newfoundland and Labrador by Yale students Varick Frissell & Jim Hillier. Plus the discovery of what they named the Grenfell River, which was known only from Indian legends, but never previously located.
- An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Commander Craig Robinson and crewed by Robon the robot. The passengers are Linc Robinson, Craig's brother, Geologist Deanna Carmichael and Professor of Biology, Dr. Zachary Smith, who is not a stowaway this time. During the flight they are caught in a meteor storm sending them through a space warp, causing them to be "lost in space". Nearing an inhabited planet they come under attack forcing them to make a crash landing where they find two alien races, but are they friendly?
- The Eastern Airlines flight 401 crash: the deadliest disaster in U.S. civil aviation history.
- 1992– 1h 14mTV-PG7.1 (16)TV EpisodeThe mystery of the man who helped unravel the mystery of Watergate. Reporter Bob Woodward's secret source into the behind the scenes information that eventually led to the disclosure of what really happened. Who did it, why they did it and the complicated attempts to cover their tracks. Thanks to Deep Throat and the tireless work put in by Woodward & Bernstein, plus others in the background, a president was brought to bear and found out even he is not above the law.