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In Search of History, U.S. Invaded
produced by Ruben Norte, Weller/Grossman Productions, in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998), 44 mins
In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: U.S. Invaded!: Few invasions into U.S. territory have been launched, very few were successful...
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produced by Ruben Norte, Weller/Grossman Productions, in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1998), 44 mins
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In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: U.S. Invaded!: Few invasions into U.S. territory have been launched, very few were successful. We'll revisit the more auspicious enemy actions--from Pancho Villa's raid on a New Mexican town, to the 1945 deaths of six Oregonians...
In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: U.S. Invaded!: Few invasions into U.S. territory have been launched, very few were successful. We'll revisit the more auspicious enemy actions--from Pancho Villa's raid on a New Mexican town, to the 1945 deaths of six Oregonians.
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World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ruben Norte, Weller/Grossman Productions, David Ackroyd, 1940-
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
In Search of History
Speaker / Narrator
David Ackroyd, 1940-
Topic / Theme
Bombings, War casualties, Attacks (Battles), Invasions, Soldiers, British, Americans
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In Search of History, Forgotten Wars
directed by Robert Beemer; produced by Robert Beemer, in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1999), 43 mins
In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: Forgotten Wars: Reveals exciting and controversial military campaigns that have all but faded...
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directed by Robert Beemer; produced by Robert Beemer, in In Search of History (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1999), 43 mins
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In Search of History journeys 2,000 years from ancient times to the present, taking a closer look at the events, places, and hidden mysteries that have puzzled and inspired historians and experts across the ages. Episode: Forgotten Wars: Reveals exciting and controversial military campaigns that have all but faded from American history.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Beemer, David Ackroyd, 1940-
Author / Creator
Robert Beemer
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
In Search of History
Speaker / Narrator
David Ackroyd, 1940-
Topic / Theme
Battlefields, Attacks (Battles), War, Military campaigns, Korean, Americans
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Infamous Assassinations, 19, The Attempt to Assassinate Hitler
directed by Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Infamous Assassinations, 19 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2007, originally published 2007), 26 mins
Although there had been two previous attempts to kill Hitler, including poisoning a bottle of Cointreau on his aircraft, the assassination attempt which nearly worked at his Prussian forest hideaway in Rastenburg resulted in the perpetrators being strangled with piano wire strung from meat hooks.
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directed by Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Infamous Assassinations, 19 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2007, originally published 2007), 26 mins
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Although there had been two previous attempts to kill Hitler, including poisoning a bottle of Cointreau on his aircraft, the assassination attempt which nearly worked at his Prussian forest hideaway in Rastenburg resulted in the perpetrators being strangled with piano wire strung from meat hooks.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Nicolas Wright, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Infamous Assassinations
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, 1907-1944
Topic / Theme
Assassination plots and attempts, Bombardment, Coup d'etat, Adolf Hitler, Assassination Attempt, Rastenburg, East Prussia, July 20, 1944, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 5, Hiroshima Japan
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...
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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
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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. When it was launched it exploded about 600 meters above the city, 80,000 people were killed outright and an estimated further 60,000 dea...
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. When it was launched it exploded about 600 meters above the city, 80,000 people were killed outright and an estimated further 60,000 deaths occurred in the following months. There were many reasons why Hiroshima was targeted.
The research and development project that resulted in the design and construction of the world's first atomic bombs was named 'the Manhattan Project'. After test in New Mexico in July, Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima under the order of President Harry S. Truman, as was 'Fat Man,' the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later.
The US made the momentous decision to use nuclear weapons in a bid to force Japan's surrender and end the six-year-old Second World War. The Japanese surrendered on August 15.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Gillian Bartlett, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Military strategy, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Atomic Bombing, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 6, Pearl Harbour
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...
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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
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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 battleships and 1 minelayer and 3 destroyers were either sunk or badly damaged. The air raid attack began at 7:48am and was over ninet...
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 battleships and 1 minelayer and 3 destroyers were either sunk or badly damaged. The air raid attack began at 7:48am and was over ninety minutes later.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Airplanes, Bombardment, Military strategy, Weapons and ordnance, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 17, Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of th...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of the five military proving grounds. It was the site of the development of the v2 rocket. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets and l...
Peenemude: In 1936 Germany’s Reich Ministry paid the town of Wolgast 750,000 Reichsmarks for the exclusive use of a large area of land near the mouth for the Peene River on the Baltic coast. It was made into an army research center and a Luftwaffe test site. The Heeves Ver such Stelle Peenemunds became one of the five military proving grounds. It was the site of the development of the v2 rocket. It was the progenitor of all modern rockets and lead to the Saturn five moon rocket. Many died during the construction of them. It took many years but in 1942 they finally got it right. Over 3225 of the 6000 made were launched, some of the targets were, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military bases, Weapons and ordnance, Scientific research, Weapons testing, World War II, 1939-1945, Science and Technology, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 18, Lockerbie, Scotland and the Tower of London
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselag...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain...
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain. Now days it is a tourist attraction but over history it had many different uses. Its original use was as a fortress; palace and prison, particularly for high profile and religious captives. It was also used as a residence by such monarchs as Richard the lionhearted, Henry III and Edward I. It was so used as a prison and place of torture and execution. At one stage it was also a home to a menagerie and boasted a number of big cats such as leopards and lions.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Castles, Prisons, Terrorism, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 20, Cuba
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 20 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spott...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 20 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spotted missile launching sights being constructed in Cuba. This was the start of a standoff between Russia and US which ended on the 28th o...
Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spotted missile launching sights being constructed in Cuba. This was the start of a standoff between Russia and US which ended on the 28th of October.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Madeleine Swain
Person Discussed
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Fidel Castro, 1926-2016, Nikita Khrushchev, 1894-1971
Topic / Theme
Blockades, International relations, Weapons and ordnance, Photography, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, War and Violence, World History
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Infamous Places, 26, Gettysburg, PA
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 26 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Gettysburg: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.' These are the opening lines of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous and oft-quoted speeches in American history, deli...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 26 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Gettysburg: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.' These are the opening lines of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous and oft-quoted speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on the 19th November 1863 and outlining the ethos at the heart of the American Civil War, namely the...
Gettysburg: 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.' These are the opening lines of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous and oft-quoted speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on the 19th November 1863 and outlining the ethos at the heart of the American Civil War, namely the abolition of slavery.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Person Discussed
Robert Edward Lee, 1807-1870, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, George Gordon Meade, 1815-1872, George Edward Pickett, 1825-1875
Topic / Theme
Battles, Civil war, War casualties, Military maneuvers, Military strategy, Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863, War and Violence, World History, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Infamous Places, 41, Bluff Cove and Wiltshire, England
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 41 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 41 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military junta in Argentina, headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri, was struggling with an extremely poor economic performance and growing civil u...
Bluff Cove: In April 1982 Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, are a self-governing overseas territory of the UK, but had been the subject of an Argentine claim to sovereignty ever since the British invaded in 1833. By 1982, the oppressive ruling military junta in Argentina, headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri, was struggling with an extremely poor economic performance and growing civil unrest. In order to divert national attention and play off long standing feelings of ownership of the islands, Argentina occupied the Falklands.
Crop Circles: Crop circles are patterns created by flattened crops, such as barley, wheat and corn. Over the years they have been reported all over the world, but since the late 1970s have been particularly common in England, specifically along a geological tract called the aquifer line. This is a line of water bearing rock that runs between Dorset and Norfolk.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Crops, Invasions, Navy ships, Falkland Islands War, 1982, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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