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60 Minutes, Attu
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Draggan Mihailovich, fl. 1994-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 14 mins
A report on the Japanese invasion of Attu, a small island on the western end of Alaska, during World War II, and the death of Paul Tatsuguchi, a Japanese soldier who had been conscripted from his home in America with his wife. Dick Laird, the American soldier who killed Tatsuguchi, found Tatsuguchi’s diary on At...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Draggan Mihailovich, fl. 1994-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 14 mins
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A report on the Japanese invasion of Attu, a small island on the western end of Alaska, during World War II, and the death of Paul Tatsuguchi, a Japanese soldier who had been conscripted from his home in America with his wife. Dick Laird, the American soldier who killed Tatsuguchi, found Tatsuguchi’s diary on Attu and was haunted for years by killing a man who should not have been there until finally making peace with Tatsuguchi’s daughter ma...
A report on the Japanese invasion of Attu, a small island on the western end of Alaska, during World War II, and the death of Paul Tatsuguchi, a Japanese soldier who had been conscripted from his home in America with his wife. Dick Laird, the American soldier who killed Tatsuguchi, found Tatsuguchi’s diary on Attu and was haunted for years by killing a man who should not have been there until finally making peace with Tatsuguchi’s daughter many years later. Includes interviews with Mark Obmascik, author and journalist; Harry Sasser, a U.S. soldier who fought in the Attu conflict; and Laura Tatsuguchi, daughter of Paul Tatsuguchi.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Draggan Mihailovich, fl. 1994-2015
Author / Creator
Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Laura Tatsuguchi, fl. 2019, Mark Obmascik, fl. 1983, Dick Laird, Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi, fl. 1941
Topic / Theme
Peacekeeping, Recorded history, Invasions, War casualties, Battle of Attu, 1943, Japanese Occupation of Attu, Agattu and Kiska Islands, Alaska, 1941-1945, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, Americans, Japanese, Japanese Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Ancient Worlds, 4, Return of the King
produced by Melanie Archer, fl. 2004-2015, in Ancient Worlds, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 53 mins
Richard Miles traces the battle-scarred career of Alexander the Great,
from Greece through Turkey, Syria and Lebanon to Egypt and ultimately to Pakistan, where he discovers fascinating traces of a city where Greek west and Buddhist east were united in a intriguing new way. But it would be Alexander's successors, t...
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produced by Melanie Archer, fl. 2004-2015, in Ancient Worlds, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 53 mins
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Richard Miles traces the battle-scarred career of Alexander the Great,
from Greece through Turkey, Syria and Lebanon to Egypt and ultimately to Pakistan, where he discovers fascinating traces of a city where Greek west and Buddhist east were united in a intriguing new way. But it would be Alexander's successors, the Hellenistic Kings, had to make sense of the legacy of this charismatic adventurer.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Melanie Archer, fl. 2004-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Ancient Worlds
Person Discussed
Alexander the Great, 356 BC-323 BC
Topic / Theme
Ancient civilizations, Cities, Cultural identity, Heads of state, Invasions, War, Wars of Alexander the Great, 335 BCE-323 BCE, Family and Culture, War and Violence, World History, Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2011 BBC Worldwide
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Barbarians, The Franks
produced by Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, in Barbarians (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 48 mins
The savage story of four of history's most fearsome tribes: the Saxons, The Franks, the Vandals, and the Lombards, who cut a swath of destruction through the heart of the Roman world for the better part of a millennium.
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produced by Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, in Barbarians (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 48 mins
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The savage story of four of history's most fearsome tribes: the Saxons, The Franks, the Vandals, and the Lombards, who cut a swath of destruction through the heart of the Roman world for the better part of a millennium.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, Bob Boving, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Barbarians
Speaker / Narrator
Bob Boving, fl. 1984
Topic / Theme
French people, Invasions, Military raids, Family and Culture, War and Violence, World History, African Americans, Vietnamese, Asians, Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of A&E Television.
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Barbarians, The Lombards
produced by Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, in Barbarians (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 47 mins
The savage story of four of history's most fearsome tribes: the Saxons, The Franks, the Vandals, and the Lombards, who cut a swath of destruction through the heart of the Roman world for the better part of a millennium.
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produced by Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, in Barbarians (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 47 mins
Description
The savage story of four of history's most fearsome tribes: the Saxons, The Franks, the Vandals, and the Lombards, who cut a swath of destruction through the heart of the Roman world for the better part of a millennium.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert H. Gardner, 1947-, Bob Boving, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Barbarians
Speaker / Narrator
Bob Boving, fl. 1984
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Italian people, Military raids, Family and Culture, War and Violence, World History, African Americans, Asians, Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of A&E Television.
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The Danish Solution
directed by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003; produced by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 59 mins
Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of s...
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directed by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003; produced by Karen Cantor, fl. 2003 and Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc. (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 59 mins
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Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of survivors, the story of the Danish rescue is told with clarity, empathy and humor. Because what happened in Denmark has taken on legenda...
Sixty years ago the Final Solution was attempted in Denmark. The plan was averted, over 95 percent of the country's Jewish population survived the war. How and why Jews escaped the Nazis' blueprint for their extermination is the subject of this compelling new documentary film. Through the very human testimony of survivors, the story of the Danish rescue is told with clarity, empathy and humor. Because what happened in Denmark has taken on legendary proportions, the filmmakers have carefully researched the subject, separating the truths from the myths, such as that of the Danish King wearing the Yellow Star. In addition to the survivors' stories, the filmmakers have interviewed rescuers and scholars. From members of the resistance to ordinary people who helped when they saw a need, viewers will be introduced to courageous people who took action to save their threatened compatriots. The film points out the reasons why the Danish Jews were not treated as harshly by the Nazis as Jews elsewhere. This story is a fascinating chapter of Holocaust history. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karen Cantor, fl. 2003, Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003, Singing Wolf Documentaries, Inc., Garrison Keillor, 1942-
Author / Creator
Karen Cantor, fl. 2003, Camilla Kjærulff, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Garrison Keillor, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Holocaust (1933-1945), Antisemitism, Cultural identity, Invasions, Jewish people, Military occupation, Refugees, History curriculums, German Invasion of Denmark, April 9, 1940, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, Sociology, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Jews, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2004. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 1, Son of God
directed by David Wallace; produced by Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, in In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 58 mins
Michael begins the series as 21-year-old Alexander and his Greek army set out to invade Asia and overthrow the Persian Empire. En route, he recounts Alexander’s early years. His mother, Olympias, was intensely devoted to strange religious cults, but Alexander was tutored by Aristotle, one of the great philosophe...
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directed by David Wallace; produced by Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, in In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 58 mins
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Michael begins the series as 21-year-old Alexander and his Greek army set out to invade Asia and overthrow the Persian Empire. En route, he recounts Alexander’s early years. His mother, Olympias, was intensely devoted to strange religious cults, but Alexander was tutored by Aristotle, one of the great philosophers. He was 21 when he succeeded to the throne in 336 BC, following the assassination of his father.The kingdom he inherited already dom...
Michael begins the series as 21-year-old Alexander and his Greek army set out to invade Asia and overthrow the Persian Empire. En route, he recounts Alexander’s early years. His mother, Olympias, was intensely devoted to strange religious cults, but Alexander was tutored by Aristotle, one of the great philosophers. He was 21 when he succeeded to the throne in 336 BC, following the assassination of his father.The kingdom he inherited already dominated a Greece exhausted by the war between Athens and Sparta. Shortly after becoming king, Alexander journeyed from northern Greece into Turkey where, in 334 and 333 BC, he visited Troy, disbanded his boats, marched along the sea coast and then, in a famous story, cut the Gordian Knot. At Issus, on the Syrian border, Alexander routed Persian leader Darius and then marched South through Lebanon. After a long siege at the Phoenician city of Tyre, the Persians’ naval base, Alexander famously ordered all but those who had fled to the temples to be put to death and the buildings to be set on fire.Thousands were slaughtered. Michael continues on, to Gaza in Palestine, to learn about Alexander’s impact on the Islamic world. Across into Egypt, he traces the conqueror’s trek to the oracle of Siwa, an oasis deep in the Western Desert, where Alexander was proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt and Son of God, and and he founded Alexandria, destined to become one of the great cities of the ancient world. The episode ends as Alexander prepares to strike at the heart of the Persian Empire, today’s Iran.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, Michael Wood, 1948-
Author / Creator
David Wallace
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Wood, 1948-
Person Discussed
Alexander the Great, 356 BC-323 BC, Darius III, 0380-0330
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Military marches, Military victories, Monarchs, Myths and legends, Religious beliefs, Sieges, Alexander the Great Invades Jerusalem, 332 BCE, Battle of Issus, Anatolia, 333 BCE, Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History
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Copyright © 1997 BBC Worldwide
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 2, Lord of Asia
directed by David Wallace; produced by Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, in In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 1 hour
Travelling through the heart of modern-day Persia, or the second leg of the trek Michael Wood journeys to the shores of the Caspian Sea, where the young conqueror was declared Lord of Asia – poised to invade Afghanistan. Entering modern Iraq, Michael is unable to travel to the site in Northern Iraq of Alexander'...
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directed by David Wallace; produced by Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, in In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 1 hour
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Travelling through the heart of modern-day Persia, or the second leg of the trek Michael Wood journeys to the shores of the Caspian Sea, where the young conqueror was declared Lord of Asia – poised to invade Afghanistan. Entering modern Iraq, Michael is unable to travel to the site in Northern Iraq of Alexander's decisive victory against Darius and the Persians, as it lies behind a modern military frontline. Instead he flown there and directly...
Travelling through the heart of modern-day Persia, or the second leg of the trek Michael Wood journeys to the shores of the Caspian Sea, where the young conqueror was declared Lord of Asia – poised to invade Afghanistan. Entering modern Iraq, Michael is unable to travel to the site in Northern Iraq of Alexander's decisive victory against Darius and the Persians, as it lies behind a modern military frontline. Instead he flown there and directly above the battleground, he describes the conflict for the navigator with the help of the aircraft's computer system. After the defeat of the Persian army, the young Alexander invaded Persia itself, in hot pursuit of the fleeing Darius. Michael picks up the trail with the help of Iranian guides and continues his trek through the Zagros Mountains. At the ancient city of Susa, he hears the traditional tale-tellers recite Alexander’s story. In this historical city, mothers still tell their children to go to bed or 'Alexander will get you.' Wherever he travels, Michael finds Alexander kept alive in songs and stories passed 'from chest to chest'. The Iranian guide who helps him re-create Alexander's daring approach to Persepolis, admires his predecessor's nerve but says: 'If I had Alexander here now, I'd like to chop him into little pieces for what he did to Iran.' At Persepolis, Michael finds the remains of the great palace burned down by the Greeks. Here, the Zoroastrians, followers of the ancient Iranian religion, tell the traditional tale of 'Alexander The Accursed!' and reveal the sacred fire they have kept alight since Alexander’s day. The intrepid historian then travels by foot, lorry and train to find the waterhole where Darius was slain by his own side. He continues on to the Caspian Sea, where Alexander prepared to invade Afghanistan.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Dobbs, fl. 1981-2014, Michael Wood, 1948-
Author / Creator
David Wallace
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Wood, 1948-
Person Discussed
Alexander the Great, 356 BC-323 BC, Darius III, 0380-0330
Topic / Theme
Geophysical features, Invasions, Military marches, Military victories, Monarchs, Myths and legends, Religious beliefs, Ancient civilizations, Battle of the Persian Gate, 330 BCE, Family and Culture, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, Classical Period (1000 BCE–500 CE)
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Vikings, Episode 3
directed by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Vikings, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour 4 mins
Neil Oliver explores how the Viking Age finally came to an end.
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directed by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008; produced by Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Vikings, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour 4 mins
Description
Neil Oliver explores how the Viking Age finally came to an end.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Simon Winchcombe, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Vikings
Speaker / Narrator
Neil Oliver, 1967-
Person Discussed
Neil Oliver, 1967-, Erik the Red, 0950-1003
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Burial customs, Archaeological sites, Settlements, Explorers, Exploration, Migration and Diaspora, Religion and Belief Systems, Trade and Commerce, Family and Culture, War and Violence, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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