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Wings of Honor tells the stories of three men who fought in World War II and follows them as they fly to Washington DC to visit a monument built in their honour. Three men who sacrificed everything for the love and freedom of their country.
Baney Media/Smithsonian Networks
This series explores the days and weeks after June 6th, 1944, when the allies poured into Europe via the beaches of Normandy. But despite securing the beachheads, Nazi forces kept an unrelenting grip on the naval bases, citadels and fortresses of occupied Europe. These are the stories of desperate battles waged on the edge of defeat to break the Nazi stronghold and free the rest of Europe.
Parallax Film Productions
In this fascinating series, Stephen Smith will immerse himself in three of the most famous and ruthless courts in European history. Our hero will arrive as a nobody, and will play every trick in the book to gain access to the inner sanctum of power - from bribery to blackmail, sycophancy to sporting prowess, partying to praying. On his road to the top, Stephen will encounter the great paintings, sculptures and bejeweled treasures that unlock the secrets to life at court.
If you think you know all there is to know about the world’s most famous disasters, think again! This series unpicks the secret stories behind the biggest world events. Rare photographs and footage from international museums help us to recreate and investigate. This series brims with the stories you think you know - told with stunning images you’ve never seen, proving that there’s always more to the past than meets the eye.
1895 Films
Could it be that the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews or early Christians actually settled in the Americas long before Columbus arrived in the ‘New World’. Since the late 1800s, ancient artefacts have been found in the Great Lakes region of the United States. This documentary has leading experts present compelling arguments on both sides of the controversy about the nature of the artefacts, leaving the viewer to decide if the Michigan Relics are really history, or merely hoax.
BPS, Inc/Big Bang Productions
A group of amateur divers hunt for “the Holy Grail of shipwrecks” – the last American warship sunk off the US coast in WWII. But when they finally find portions of the long-lost Eagle 56, they discover a decades-old cover-up, and evidence that the ship was actually the victim of a rogue Nazi U-boat. If the divers can find the entire ship, the last survivors of The Greatest Generation may finally get the WWII medals they deserve.
History In HD:
Wings Of Honor
1 x 60’, 2009, HD
Hitler’s Last Stand
4 x 60’, 2018, HD
History Retold
3 x 60’, 2016, HD
Hoax Or History:
The Michigan Relics
1 x 60’, 2009, HD
How To Get Ahead
3 x 60’, 2013, HD
BBC
Lone Wolf Documentary Group/Smithsonian Networks
Hunt For Eagle 56
3 x 60’, 2019, 4K
History