Friday, June 7, 2013

La guerre du Viet Nam Images Inconnues (1997)

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Des images oubliées depuis plus de vingt ans, pour la plupart couvertes par le secret militaire ou longtemps censurées pour leur violence. Ces films, tournés sur le vif, sont des éléments bruts, non montés, de formidables documents tournés en couleur par les cameramen de l'armée américaine. Ces images nous racontent cette guerre de l'intérieur, et nous rendent intelligible et visible ce conflit, à travers des hommes et des femmes des deux camps,...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Documentaries: Sinking A the Destroyer

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Canadian and United States Navy forces converge for live fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The goal: sink the HMCS Huron, a Tribal-class destroyer. Parallax Film Productions profiles the ship’s ultimate engineering, this high-octane operation, and the fierce competition to deliver the ship’s fatal blow. CF-18 Hornets. The HMCS Algonquin. HMC Ships Saskatoon, Ottawa and Regina. United States Ships Shoup,...

Documentaries: Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War

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Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War, a 26-part Canadian television documentary on the Vietnam War, was produced in 1980 by Michael Maclear. The documentary series was consolidated into 13 hour-long episodes for American television syndication. The series was released on videocassette format by Embassy and won a National Education Association award for best world documentary. The military, political, and social repercussions of the Vietnam War...

Monday, May 27, 2013

Documentaries: Apocalypse The Second World War

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Declassified, colourised, and restored footage reveal World War II as it has never been seen before. Apocalypse tells us about this huge conflict through the tragic destiny of those who went to war (soldiers) those who suffered from it (civilians), and those who ran it (political and military leaders). The "horrible yet familiar" war led to the deaths of 50 million men and women across the world - making for the first time as many civilian...

National Geographic - Mega Factories: Tanks

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One of the most powerful land weapons systems in the world, the Abrams tank is the US Army's principal combat tank in Iraq and is set to enter the Australian defence force ranks in 2007. Rather than built new, the Abrams are decades-old tanks that are completely overhauled from the ground up. Now the doors are opened on the two factories in Alabama and Ohio, responsible for the Herculean effort of revamping the 70-ton Abrams. In these two facilities,...

National Geographic Japans Secret Weapon

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Find out why one of the most powerful tools of the Second World War was never used. One of the best-kept secrets of the Second World War was a huge aircraft-carrying submarine designed to deliver Japanese bombers to within a few hundred kilometres of American cities.  Engineers and historians conduct experiments and demonstrations to reveal the secrets behind a technological marvel that could have changed the course of the war.  Plus,...

National Geographic Megastructures Machine guns

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NGC explores the 150-year history and evolution of the machine gun from the 19th-century Gatling gun to the first gangster "hit" with a Tommy Gun to one of the deadliest weapons in the worl...
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