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1.The Rape of Nanking - Nanjing Massacre - English Language Edition (video.google.com)
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2.The story of India (Part 1) (video.google.com)
Michael Wood journeys through the subcontinent, tracing the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. Through ancient manuscripts and oral tales Michael charts the first human migrations out of Africa. He travels from the tropical backwaters of South India through lost ancient cities in Pakistan to the vibrant landscapes of the Ganges plain. In Turkmenistan dramatic archaeological discoveries cast new light on India's past.
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World War II: The Lost Colour Archives (www.youtube.com)Amazing footage of World War II in color.
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Operation Market Garden - World War II (www.youtube.com)This episode tells the tragic story of the "bridge too far" and the ill-fated Operation Market Garden--the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War II in 1944.
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D-Day Minus One (www.youtube.com)Record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of France. Real life Band of brothers.
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6.Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I (video.google.com)
How we got started in the Middle East.
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7.The Berlin Wall - Lessons Learned V4.0 Extended Version (video.google.com)
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Secrets of the First Emperor (www.youtube.com)A remarkable story of a great and controversial ruler: the 1st Chinese Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, and the world he created and ruled in life as in death.
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9.Brazil at War (www.archive.org)
U.S. WW2 propaganda film about the Brazilian contribution. Praising Brazil for joining the Allies and declaring war against Germany, this film attempts to show Brazil's similarities to America.
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10.The Ascent of Money | PBS (www.pbs.org)
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11.The Betrayed: (Armenian Genocide Documentary) (video.google.com)
Fergal Keane investigates how a terrible slaughter, three quarters of a century ago, has returned to haunt the relationship between Turkey and its western allies.
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13.BBC: Ypres: The City of the Dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
During the First World War half a million men were killed in the fields around the small medieaval town of Ypres in northern Belgium. Ypres is the site of one of the most famous memorials built to commemorate the dead and the missing, the Menin Gate. Now as, Chris Moore reports in Assignment, this town has to confront its terrible past each and every day.
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14.Fall of Great Empires: Storm Over Persia. (www.guba.com)
2,500 years ago Persia was a great empire; regarded as the forerunner of the Roman Empire. However in spite of its size & strength it had an adversary that would seal its doom. Persia's nemesis was a smaller empire - Macedon; ruled by Alexander The Great.
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Death of a Nation - Russia (www.youtube.com)A once great country is now nearing terminal collapse.
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16.Timewatch: Murder in Rome (video.google.com)
Forget the Coliseum. Forget the Circus Maximus. The greatest public spectacle in Rome took place in the Forum, the political and spiritual heart of the Republic. It was here, in the shadow of the Temple of Jupiter, that the bloody and brutal passions of Rome’s leading citizens were laid out for the mob to see.
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17.Helike The Real Atlantis (video.google.com)
On a winter night in 373 BC, the classical Greek city of Helike was destroyed by a massive earthquake and tidal wave. The entire city and all its inhabitants were lost beneath the sea. What has bewitched archaeologists about Helike is that it was engulfed just when ancient Greece was reaching its height; when the philosophy and art that inspired the western world for thousands of years were invented.
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18.The Lost World of Communism - Part 1 (East Germany) (video.google.co.uk)
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19.Mind Control: America's Secret War (video.google.com)
From WWII on, U.S. intelligence agencies spent millions on top-secret mind control projects with a goal of creating totally dependable, programmable human robots. The projects involved brutal, often terminal experiments on thousands of unwitting citizens in direct defiance of law, all ethical codes, and the most basic human rights. We talk to author John Marks, who broke the story of the CIA's experiments known as MK-ULTRA and a woman whose past was erased by a brainwashing experiment.
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YouTube - World At War: Stalingrad 1 of 5 (www.youtube.com)Hitler's ambitions to split Russia in half. This is a classic example of how underestimating the will of the opposition can defeat a military effort. June 1942 to February 1943.
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The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (video.google.com)It started with a belief. No one could know where it would end.
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22.The Iceberg That Sunk The Titanic (www.guba.com)
Many know about the Titanic disaster; however, the iceberg that sank her has become a mere foot note in the legend. The chances of them colliding were tiny, so where did the berg come from? This is the untold story of the most famous iceberg in history.
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23.History's Turning Points - 1347 AD The Black Death (video.google.com)
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Alexander The Great and the Macedonian army (video.google.com)
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