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The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.

The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatization of China's eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

A show that tells someone's life story every interesting episode at a time.

The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

"The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets."

The three-part miniseries chronicles the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States.

A look at both World Wars and what the biggest names in history did during each war and the time in between.

From the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.

Andrew Marr explores key events across 70,000 years of human civilization, from ancient empires to modern technological marvels, through re-enactments and global filming in this thought-provoking documentary series.

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.

Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.

During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.

In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.

During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.

In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.

A chronicle of the experiences of a mixed group of Army hospital volunteers stationed in Bataan during World War II.

A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.

In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.

Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.

A U.S. submarine commander who's obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship butts heads with his first officer and crew.

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese transport ship with civilian prisoners aboard, including his wife and young daughter.

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.

During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII.

Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.

As he is retiring, Jonathan L. Scott "Scotty" reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.

At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.

In Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love.

A hero New York cabbie accepts a job to lead a convoy of trucks up the Burma Road from Rangoon to Chungking. Along the way he crosses paths with a beautiful yet mysterious American woman and he ends up fighting the Japanese.

During the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.

The conflicts of war-torn China are reflected in miniature within an American mission hospital.

A boozing Army Air Corps Captain falls in love with an Asian beauty he has unknowingly bought.

A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women after he falls for a beautiful performer.

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.

Following WWII, the Dutch judge Röling becomes one of the eleven Allied judges on the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. The political, professional, and personal conflicts cause this to be the most important of his life.

A historical drama that focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after WWII.

During the Korean War, a battle-worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief.

The dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).

In 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea but his submarine is damaged and he's forced to surrender.

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Military documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the Japanese.

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.

Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought in it.

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.

Weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.

Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but soon afterwards, looking for redemption, applies for submarine duty. At the New London, Conn., training base he renews acquaintance with Commander Heywood (James Millican) and Lieutenant Gates (Douglas Kennedy), the skipper and engineering officers of the sub that rescued him at sea. Bingham falls in love with Navy nurse Lieutenant Susan Peabody (Dorothy Malone), daughter of Warrant Officer Peabody (Charles Winninger) and the steady girl friend of Gates. Heywood gets a submarine command at the outbreak of the Korean "police action" and Bingham and his friend, Lieutenant Graham (Bill Williams), are part of the officer's group on Heywood's sub.

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.

In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.

An extraordinary cultural tour through the centuries. Kenneth Clark's landmark 1969 series, offering his personal perspective on the history of western art and philosophy.

An account of man's development through his scientific and technological achievements.

Explore ancient sites and delve deeper into the forgotten codes hidden throughout ancient mythology to unlock new understanding of humanity's origins.

A 64-part historical series exploring the spine-tingling mysteries and greatest wonders of the Ancient World, from the puzzling pyramids of Mexico to China's First Emperor and his terracotta army.

An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and surrender of the French forces and France's eventual withdrawal from Vietnam.

The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.

The staff of a Korean War field hospital uses humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

It's a movie about Blackbeard.

A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.

Showed featured dramatic reenactments of true Naval events taken from the files of the Defense Department. The episodes generally featured little known actors although better known performers sometimes hosted.

Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy.

A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.

At the dawn of supersonic flight in the 1950s, a group of Edwards Air Force Base experimental aircraft test pilots push themselves to the limit.

Rookie pilot Alan Drake joins the elite Hellcats Squadron. After a rough start with a forced landing and poor performance, he faces rejection when falsely accused of an affair with the CO's wife, but redeems himself through heroic action.

Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.

When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.

The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.

David Brinkley anchors a three-hour documentary commemorating with film footage the 100th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birth. President Ronald Reagan and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon will discuss F.D.R.'s influence on the American presidency.

Biopic about the final year of FDR's Presidency, and life.

A biographical drama about President Theodore Roosevelt.

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.

Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs - a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec - who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.

In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.

Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

A Marine sergeant falls in love with the widow of a comrade shot in combat by their lieutenant.

Diego Vega returns from his study trip to discover his homeland is under the army's dictatorship. Diego, refusing to watch idly, disguises himself as Zorro to protect the weak and oppressed.

One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Truck mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin goes on an off-beat 2500-mile journey around Japan to find out how it really works.

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1954 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made the world a better place.

This docudrama tells the story of how the atomic bomb came to be built.

Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.

The fate of a legendary boy, Temudjin, later the Genghis Khan, who became the most powerful emperor of Mongolia. With his army created one of the largest empires of all time.

Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".

A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.

A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.

Art Treasures currently airs on DirecTV every Friday and Saturday night across the nation. Join us and visit exotic locations and learn about extremely rare, exquisite masterpieces like you've never seen before.

A documentary about how Hollywood kept up morale during the years of World War II.

The time-traveling adventures of the world's smartest dog and his boy repairing errors in history.

What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.'

The latest news from the team behind BBC History Magazine a popular History magazine.

Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.