Dwight D. Eisenhower

Born: 1890-10-14

Dwight David Eisenhower (pronounced [ˈaɪzənhaʊər]) (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was the 34th President of the United States, during two terms from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. During World War II, he is General of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Europe. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States from 1945 to 1948 and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe from April 2, 1951 to May 30, 1952. As President of the United States, he oversaw the ceasefire - fire in Korea, launched the space race, developed the network of interstate highways and made the development of nuclear weapons one of its priorities in the context of the cold war with the USSR.


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The Bloody Hundredth

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Released: 2024-03-14

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and...

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The Front

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Released: 1976-09-17

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the...

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The Endless Trench

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Released: 2019-10-31

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a...

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Good Night, and Good Luck.

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Released: 2005-09-16

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's...

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Get Me Roger Stone

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Released: 2017-04-23

From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate...

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Hearts and Minds

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Released: 1974-12-20

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam...

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Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis

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Released: 2021-09-24

Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, is a documentary short featuring animation that ...

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It's Always Fair Weather

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Released: 1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war....

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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

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Released: 2014-09-20

In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical...

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Coup 53

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Released: 2019-09-01

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the...

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Above Majestic

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Released: 2018-10-30

A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of...

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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

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Released: 1995-09-29

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the...

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A Compassionate Spy

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Released: 2022-08-31

Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los...

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Nazi Concentration Camps

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Released: 1945-11-29

Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and...

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Propaganda

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Released: 2013-02-14

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture...

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The Soul of America

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Released: 2020-10-22

Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham...

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The Movie Orgy

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Released: 1968-01-01

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...

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Laboratory Greece

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Released: 2019-12-08

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the...

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Storm Front in Mayo

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Released: 2019-05-28

Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on...

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Imminent Threat

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Released: 2015-09-04

A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political...

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The True Glory

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Released: 1945-08-27

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the...

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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

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Released: 1993-01-20

This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores...

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Grace Kelly: The American Princess

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Released: 1987-06-08

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her...

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The King Who Fooled Hitler

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Released: 2019-05-05

In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story...

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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

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Released: 2019-07-14

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have...

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Freedom's Fury

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Released: 2006-09-07

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in...

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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Released: 2022-10-27

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of...

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The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War

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Released: 2020-01-29

Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military...

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A Wall in Jerusalem

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Released: 1968-11-20

A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years...

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Sirius

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Released: 2013-04-23

Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information...

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Genocide

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Released: 1982-03-14

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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Released: 1975-08-06

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...

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Filmmakers for the Prosecution

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Released: 2023-01-27

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to...

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The Kennedy Detail

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Released: 2010-12-02

Based on the book by Gerald S. Blaine With Lisa McCubbin "The Kennedy Detail", this documentary...

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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Released: 2024-09-11

In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey...

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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Released: 2008-03-24

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the...

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Memphis Belle in Color

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Released: 2019-01-01

In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent...

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A War in Hollywood

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Released: 2009-10-16

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American...

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The First Look

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Released: 2023-10-23

The foundation in Madrid of the Institute of Investigations and Cinematographic Experiences...

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The Champagne Safari

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Released: 1995-08-05

The story of Charles E. Bedaux, Franco-American industrial efficiency expert, adventurer, and...

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Beyond Glory

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Released: 1948-08-03

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia,...

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Fat Fiction

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Released: 2020-03-13

Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades...

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Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice

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Released: 2020-01-08

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to...

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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

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Released: 1990-07-18

Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks...

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La Rabbia

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Released: 1963-04-13

Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the...

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An Escalator in World Order

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Released: 2012-07-26

USA is something like a religious belief in Korean history since the liberation. A powerful...

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The Queen and the Coup

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Released: 2020-06-14

Planned by Britain’s MI6 and then executed by America’s C.I.A., the coup d’état which follows...

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The War at Home

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Released: 1979-12-01

Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of...

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The Smashing of the Reich

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Released: 1961-07-02

An unpublished documentary film proposed in restored version. 100 million meters of film...

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Unwarranted Influence

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Released: 2014-07-04

An intense examination of the military industrial complex, from President Eisenhower to the...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

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Released: 2018-04-04

National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United...

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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

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Released: 1991-01-01

Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These...

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The Young Lovers

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Released: 1954-08-24

A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top...

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JFK II: The Bush Connection

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Released: 2003-09-09

Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape....

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Sputnik Mania

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Released: 2007-06-01

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite...

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The Century Is Fifty

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Released: 1950-03-16

As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century...

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The Unelected Statesman

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Billy Graham was a man known worldwide for his southern charm, unmistakable voice and most...

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Blood and Oil

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Released: 2008-06-13

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often...

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Backstage at the White House

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Released: 1985-07-19

This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some...

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"KZ Buchenwald. Aushalten. Wir eilen euch zur Hilfe"

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Released: 1995-01-01

Former inmates and American soldiers remember the cruel conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp.

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Presidential Bloopers

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Released: 1999-05-18

A look back at some of the funniest presidential moments in history.

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The President, April 1968

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Released: 1968-04-01

The film captures the pivotal events surrounding President Lyndon Johnson's historic address on...

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All the Presidents' Wives

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Released: 2008-06-24

A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.

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The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy

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Released: 1961-01-20

The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States was held on...

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Freedom Is Indivisible

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Released: 1953-01-20

This film is a powerful reminder of the importance of human freedom and the need to protect our...

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UFO Invasion at Rendlesham

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Shanks for the Memory

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Released: 1994-06-01

Visual treasure of the world of golf according to Bob Hope. Highlights include "How (he) Became...

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Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible

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Released: 2010-10-03

For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights...

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Death Camps

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Released: 1945-04-01

This film is made up of several reports shot by French and Allied war correspondents on 8...

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Aliens Uncovered: Declassified

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Released: 2024-04-09

Declassified documents from the Cold War shine light into the hidden communications between the...

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Aliens Uncovered: Marilyn Monroe Exposed

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Released: 2024-05-07

As tensions continue to spike between the United States & the Soviet Union, UFO sightings and...

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Bones

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First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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American Experience

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First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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60 Minutes

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First aired: 1968-09-24

America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Japanology Plus

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First aired: 2014-04-03

Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices,...

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The Vietnam War

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First aired: 2017-09-17

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never...

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History 101

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First aired: 2020-05-22

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs,...

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Apocalypse: The Second World War

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First aired: 2009-09-08

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage...

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Nuremberg

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First aired: 2000-07-16

Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes...

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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

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First aired: 2019-07-12

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from...

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Apocalypse: D-Day

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First aired: 2024-06-05

6 June 1944. A titanic fleet launched an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Objective: to...

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World War II in Colour

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First aired: 2009-09-04

World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events...

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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

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First aired: 2012-11-12

Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

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Crusade in Europe

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First aired: 1949-05-05

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First Ladies

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First aired: 2020-10-04

Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries...

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Race for the White House

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First aired: 2016-03-06

From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White...

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The Family

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First aired: 2019-08-09

An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in...

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Money, Explained

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First aired: 2021-05-11

We spend it, we borrow it, and save it. Now let's talk about money and its many minefields, from...

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D-Day Sacrifice

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First aired: 2014-06-04

Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it...

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Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

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First aired: 1999-10-06

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over...

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The Presidents

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First aired: 2005-01-18

The show documents each of the Presidents in the union, starting with George Washington,...

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Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

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First aired: 2016-08-17

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Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office

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First aired: 2011-12-04

A fascinating 20th century journey through American history, as viewed from the unique...

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Fiasco

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First aired: 2021-09-19

Amidst the backdrop of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Jimmy Carter's failure to free American...

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Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour

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First aired: 2010-01-01

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