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Reminiscent of Schindler’s List, The Good Nazi tells the story of Major Karl Plagge, a high-ranking Nazi officer who risked his own life to save hundreds of men, women and children.
12 August, 1985 saw the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight carrying 524 people from Tokyo to Osaka. Just 12 minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 jumbo-jet suffered a fatal decompression that ripped off most of the tail. With a total loss of hydraulics, the crew were unable to control the aircraft which tragically crashed into a mountainside. This episode features the account of a widowed partner of one passenger who perished in the crash, on why the grief from the tragedy still lives on. Part 6 of 10. Ⓢ
Revealing more family strategies at work, and the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers. Part 6 of 12.
A definitive documentary series that presents the history of America's greatest original art form. As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere and soloists and singers take centre stage. The songs of Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues, help black entrepreneurs create a new recording industry. Bix Beiderbecke becomes the first great white jazz star and Benny Goodman finds that jazz offers an escape from the Jewish ghetto and a chance to achieve his dreams. In New York, Duke Ellington achieves national fame when radio carries his music into homes across the country. Ⓢ
Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, the first episode of this series dramatically evokes the causes of the American Civil War. Here are the burning questions of Union and States' rights, John Brown at Harper's Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter and the rush to arms. Major figures such as Lincoln, Lee and Grant are introduced while the episode concludes with the disastrous Union defeat at Manassas, Virginia. Part 1 of 9.
The second episode in the series begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln's administration and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula, where his huge army meets a smaller but more resourceful Confederate force. The programme also focuses on Ulysses S Grant, whose exploits come to a bloody climax at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, and concludes with rumours of Europe's readiness to recognise the Confederacy. Part 2 of 9.
South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own in Laos suffer a terrible defeat. Massive U.S. airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive. After being re-elected by a landslide, Nixon announces Hanoi has agreed to a peace deal. American prisoners of war will finally come home - to a bitterly divided country. A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Part 9 of 10.
While the Watergate scandal rivets Americans’ attention and forces President Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another in a brutal civil war. When hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese troops pour into the South, Saigon descends rapidly into chaos and collapses. For the next forty years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation. A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Part 10 of 10.
