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One of the oldest food traditions in America is tapping trees for sap and boiling it down for the prized natural sweetener, maple syrup. Vermont has long been a mecca for the practice and is now innovating with maple syrup in fun and delicious ways.
Where right-wing populists are already in power, it is clear how they are eroding democracies from within. This film uses Hungary and Italy as examples of how right-wing populists operate when in power. Part 2 of 2.
Hitler’s fascination with propaganda was born in the trenches of WWI. There he saw it emerge as a potent tool of psychological warfare. One that he would harness to build the Nazi movement over the course of the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Part 1 of 3.
This episode explores Hitler’s approach to propaganda in power. Where persuasion was achieved through propaganda and through terror. All in service of one goal. To create a state under one shared ideology: One People, One Reich, One Fuhrer. Part 2 of 3.
This episode explores the way Hitler used propaganda to justify his warmongering, reframing it as defence of Germany’s people and borders. And the role propaganda played for both Hitler and the Allies to mobilise their countries for war. Part 3 of 3.
This is the story of how New York’s finest repeatedly failed to snare Mafia serial killer Roy Demeo. His victims may have numbered as many as 200... Part 11 of 13.
In the summer of 1944, war-torn France reaches a crisis point. At its heart lies Paris - a symbol of liberty and democracy on the brink of collapse after four years of Nazi occupation. Though conquered, Parisians are yet to give in. The allied landings in Normandy and their advances through France now offer a tantalising glimmer of hope. By mid-August a resistance-led insurrection is underway in the capital, in the hopes the allied forces will secure their liberation. Part 6 of 10.
When the US Air Force develops a new 'wonder' bomber they want a base close to Japan to launch their raids. Marines are tasked with taking the enemies prized home island of Iwo Jima. US Naval might pummels the island in preparation for an invasion, unaware the Japanese have withdrawn to a central mountain peak and a hidden tunnel network. Part 7 of 10.
Hitler’s Nazi empire is in ruins, but there is still one city to take before the allies can declare victory. But as the British, Americans and Soviets close in on Berlin, new questions about the post-war world start to emerge. Who will rule Europe? And who will take the glory of ending the war? Part 8 of 10.
As relentless firebombing and blockade of war-ravaged Japan shows no sign of securing a surrender, the US reluctantly prepares to invade. First, they need Okinawa, an island close to the mainland, as a base to stage their attack. The Marines fear the worst - but their amphibious invasion is met with almost total silence. Lulled into a false sense of security, it’s just the calm before the storm. Part 9 of 10.
Two years after Japan’s audacious attack on Pearl Harbor, America’s great war machine now has them on the back foot. The US Navy devise a way to end the war - taking a series of island groups, from where they can directly strike Japan’s home islands. Part 10 of 10.
How can one man brainwash a group of middle class hippy loving kids and programme them to kill? This documentary explores how Charles Manson organised and led his cult to commit some of America’s most horrific murders. Part 2 of 2.
