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France Actualites, April 7, 1944
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 16 mins
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France Actualites, May 26, 1944
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produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
produced by France Actualites, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1944, originally published 1944), 9 mins
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Gladiators of World War II, 6, RAF Fighter Command
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directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 49 mins
‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’. In the skies over Southern England in the summer of 1940 the Gladiators of RAF Fighter Command duelled with the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Winston Churchill called it ‘Britain’s finest hour’. Heavily outnumbered...
directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 49 mins
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Great Raids of World War II, 2, Prison Busters
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
In late 1943, the Resistance asked for help. Some of their top operatives were being held in Amiens prison and facing interrogation, torture and execution. They must be rescued. The plan which evolved depended on a very special aircraft – the Mosquito fighter-bomber – and the skill and courage of its pilots in...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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Great Raids of World War II, 3, Radar Beam Raiders
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
As the British Royal Air Force Bomber Command began to strike back at Nazi Germany, it was soon suffering unsustainable losses from the Nazi air defence system. At its heart were as yet unidentified radar systems using wavelengths which urgently needed to be cracked. At last, in December 1941, a key German radar i...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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Heroes of World War II, 6, The Man Who Saved Britain's Cities
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Heroes of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
In 1940, German bombers were ready to bomb Britain into submission and they were aided by the use of radio beams which told them exactly where to drop bombs at night. Dr R V Jones of British Air Intelligence was tasked with defeating this high-tech warfare. Ingeniously, he devised counter-beams which put the Germa...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Heroes of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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Heroes of World War II, 9, The Men Who Lit Up Germany
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Heroes of World War II, 9 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
At first, Allied bombing raids on Germany were highly inaccurate, but then an elite force of night-bomber navigators were trained. They flew before the main bombing raids, marking targets with different coloured flares. It was highly hazardous work, but helped make Allied bombing raids significantly more effective...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Heroes of World War II, 9 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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Infamous Places, 5, Hiroshima Japan
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Gillian Bartlett, in Infamous Places, 5 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Hiroshima, Japan: On the 6th of August 1945, the US B29 dubbed the Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a nuclear bomb called Little Boy. The plane, piloted by 509th composite group commander Paul Tibbets was launched from the airbase in the West Pacific, 6 hours flight time from Japan. W...
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Gillian Bartlett, in Infamous Places, 5 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Infamous Places, 6, Pearl Harbour
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Pearl Harbor: On the 7th of December 1941, the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was ambushed by the naval forces of the empire of Japan. It was the event that made the US enter the Second World War. There were heavy losses for the Americans with 2403 dead and 1178 wounded, they also lost 188 aircraft and 5...
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Main Event, 3, 1945
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
Monday, 6th August 1945 began like any other day for the citizens of Hiroshima, Japan. Little did they know, but in mere hours a weapon like the world had never seen before would be dropped on their city, killing 80,000 and devastating the landscape. Three days later, a similar fate would befall Nagasaki, Japan. I...
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
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