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History Documentary hosted by Liam Neeson, published by BBC in 2016 - English narration

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Liam Neeson narrates an account of the Dublin Easter uprising of 1916 as seen through Irish eyes. Using archival narratives of the participants, together with contributions from academics from the US, Ireland and Britain, the film puts the uprising into the context of hundreds of years of Anglo-Irish history, reveals the rebellion as its participants experienced it, and assesses its tragic cost in lives, both civilian and military, then, and in the decades that followed.

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History, War Documentary hosted by Julian Thompson and published by History Channel in 2006 - English narration

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Major General Julian Thompson, commander of land forces during the Falklands war, brings his years of soldiering experience to bear on this extraordinary battle. The battle of Verdun was one of the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I. Two million men were involved in the struggle.

It began on February 21st 1916, when the Germans, commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William, launched a massive offensive against Verdun, an awkward salient in the French line.The outlying forts of Douaumont and Hardaumont soon fell, but the French rallied under General Pétain and resistance stiffened.

A British offensive on the Somme relieved the pressure on Verdun in July, 1916, and by December the French had recovered most of the ground lost. The intention of the Germans had been a battle of attrition in which they hoped to bleed the French army white. In the end, they sustained almost as many casualties as the French; an estimated 328,000 to the French 348,000.

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History Documentary hosted by Robin Parmelee, published by PBS in 2015 - English narration

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It is the overlooked legacy of World War I. 1913: Seeds of Conflict looks at the moment of transformation when Ottoman rule in Palestine was still strong, the identities of Jerusalemites were fluid and few could imagine the conflict that would dominate the region for the next century. Until now, the public and scholars have focused on the British Mandate as the matchstick of the Middle East conflict. Breaking new ground, this film focuses on the moment just before World War I, when Arab and Jewish nationalism first made contact, and the seeds of conflict were first sewn.

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History Documentary hosted by Barbara Flynn, published by Channel 4 in 2005 - English narration

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The 1900 House Who hasn't longed for the simplicity of times past, when life was less convoluted, without the complications of cell phones, e-mail, and chauffeuring kids to soccer games? Well, The 1900 House will have you rethinking your romanticization of days gone by. Take one modern 1999 family, insert them into a Victorian London house redesigned to exact 1900 standards, focus a camera on them for three months, and you have The 1900 House. The Bowler family is a typical family of six (actually, seven--the oldest daughter remained in 1999 to take care of the house): 9-year-old Joe is a computer games addict, teenage Kathryn is a club hopper, and preteen twins Hilary and Ruth are still young enough to be the most mature people in the family. Add mother Joyce, a school inspector on hiatus, and father Paul, a Royal Marine who takes his head-of-the-household role a bit too seriously, and you have an immensely likable family living under incredibly strained circumstances.

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The Extra episode focuses on the rebuilding of the house: the removal of the indoor plumbing and electricity, the installation of the coal-burning stove, the planting of the Victorian-era garden, and such. The subsequent part follow the refreshingly fascinating daily life of the Bowler family as they navigate cooking, cleaning, entertaining themselves, and even personal hygiene (Paul learns to cope with a straight-edged razor, and Joyce and Kathryn get a lesson on womanly issues of 1900). Tight editing condenses the three months into two hours, keeping the film fast paced and humorous. Whether you're a reality-TV junkie or have an honest interest in a documentary on Victorian life, The 1900 House will certainly delight.

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History Documentary hosted by Armand Presser, published by AJMCM in 2015 - German narration

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From 1963 to 1965, the trial of members of the Auschwitz camp SS took place in Frankfurt am Main over a time period of 183 days - 15 years after the liberation of the concentration camp. This documentary follows the trial in which 211 Auschwitz survivors testified and goes into detail about the actions of four perpetrators selected as examples.

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War Documentary hosted by Sergey Chonishvili and Yevgeny Sinchukov, published by Star Media in 2012 - Russian narration

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"1812" is dedicated to one of the most remarkable and dramatic periods in history – the Napoleonic Wars from 1803 to 1815. They were a continuation of the wars originally sparked off by the French Revolution of 1789 and threw Europe's armies into mobilization on an unprecedented scale. August 26, 1812 on the 124-km west of Moscow, in a field near the village of Borodino, two great armies fought final preparations for one of the bloodiest battles of the era. A quarter of a million people, more than a thousand guns. Here Borodino decided the fate of the entire campaign, the fate of Moscow, the fate of the whole of Russia. 4-part project "1812" is a large-scale reconstruction of the 1812 war, the heroic events of the year in which Russia defeated Napoleon's France. The "1812" covers the main events of the war with Napoleon in the summer to the winter of 1812 - the moment when the "great army" invaded the Russian Empire, until the moment when its remnants were driven back. The basis of the film is the reconstruction of historical events, which immerses the viewer in the atmosphere of the battlefield. The project tells about one of the brightest pages of Russian history - the war of 1812. The results of this campaign have largely determined the century of Russian history. Architectural exteriors and interiors, fortresses, cities and landscape features where events take place, appear in the series with the maximum historical authenticity. We give biographical information and portraits of heads of states, prominent warlords and iconic figures of the era. Exhaustively describes the features of military costume the armies of France, Russia and other countries. Produced by Star Media LLC & Babich-Design on commission by Channel One Russia

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War Documentary hosted by cast themselves, published by Electricsky, Argos Films in 1968 - French narration

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• Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

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On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs fall like clockwork. Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan’s record of daily life in one of the most volatile regions of a war-torn, divided country is both a hazardous piece of first-hand journalism and a shattering work in its own right, simmering with barely repressed anger.

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History Documentary hosted by Marine Behnke, published by WDR in 2018 - English narration

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-- Original title: "1648: Der lange Weg zum Frieden" -- October 2018 was the four-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The documentary traces the story of how it was finally brought to an end with the peace of Munster and Osnabruck – the first peace in European history to be concluded at the negotiating table and not fought on the battlefield. Huge battles, famines, the plague and cholera: For 30 years, brutal soldiers and marauding mercenaries turned Central Europe into the first circle of hell as Catholics and Protestants struggled for hegemony. On the one hand, the Thirty Years War is about religion: a century after Luther's Reformation, Catholics and Protestants are fighting each other. On the other hand, claims to power by the Swedes, the Habsburgs, the French and others are at stake. Almost all the European powers had a hand in the bloody conflict, which was finally ended by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. It took five years for all the parties to get onboard and led largely by Maximilian Graf von Trauttmansdorff who represented the Holy Roman emperor. The first great pan-European conflagration was all about power and religion. About four million people died between 1618 and 1648 in the German areas alone. Most of the fighting took place in the territories of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation." The warring factions agreed on two places for peace negotiations: the first international congress took place in the cities of Münster and Osnabruck in western Germany and lasted five years. Both places become a hotbed of intrigue, secret treaties and shady deals as the envoys negotiated the future of Europe on behalf of their rulers. In fact, the Peace of Westphalia really marked the birth of modern diplomacy. A blend of reenactments, animations, archival research and expert opinion brings the negotiations 370 years ago to life in an exciting two-part documentary and shows how touch-and-go the outcome was right up to the very last moment. The film is a German-Czech-Belgian co-production. A Film by Holger Preusse ; Produced by Heidefilm GmbH for WDR in Collaboration with ARTE ; English Version by Deutsche Welle

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Health-Medical Documentary hosted by Stephane Racine, published by Channel 5 in 2014 - English narration

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The 16 Year Old Baby The Greenbergs are just like any other American family, except for one thing – their third daughter Brooke is very different from any other 16-year-old. Brooke weighs 17lbs and is 30 inches long. The size and weight of an 11-month-old infant, Brooke stopped growing and ageing when she was five. Her condition is so rare that doctors have named it Syndrome X. No one knows why she has failed to grow and develop, but academics now believe that her genes may offer new insight into the ageing process. The 16-year-old Baby draws on the extensive home video and photographic archive kept by the Greenberg family. The film follows them as they go about their daily lives with school and doctors appointments for Brooke, cake baking, tennis and college for their other daughters. Brooke has already lived longer than doctors had predicted. Experts believe that it is a mutated gene that stops her from ageing. Florida microbiologist Dr Richard Walker, working with geneticists at the University of South Florida, is looking at Brooke's case and hopes that by studying her DNA he will be able to isolate the gene that causes ageing. With this groundbreaking information, he believes that he could help to halt the development of diseases that frequently occur in later life. Featuring interviews with Brooke's parents, Howard and Melanie, her sisters, Emily, Caitlin and Carly, and her two grandmothers, Trudy and Jeanne, the programme looks at her highs and lows, the medical crises from which doctors did not believe Brooke would recover, the struggles the family has endured and the joy that Brooke has brought into their lives. The Greenbergs accepted many years ago that Brooke would never grow, but take comfort in the fact that cracking her genetic secret could make a major contribution to medical science.

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Arts, Sociopolitical Documentary with no narration published by Tanexis Productions in 2012 - English language

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The rebuilding of ground zero is one of the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex urban renewal projects in American history. From the beginning, the effort has been fraught with controversy, delays and politics. The struggle has encompassed eleven years, nineteen government agencies, a dozen projects and over $20 billion. Aside from the staggering engineering challenges of the site itself, a major complicating factor in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center is the sheer number of interested parties. Politicians, developers, architects, insurance companies, local residents, and relatives of 9/11 victims all profess a claim to the site and are often in conflict with one another. According to The New York Times, "Where some saw lucrative real estate, others saw a graveyard. Where some saw Rockefeller Center or Lincoln Center or Grand Central Terminal, others saw Gettysburg." What was once ground zero is now a frenzied construction site. Three thousand workers are building four of the tallest skyscrapers in America, an iconic - and complicated - train station, a performing arts center and a sacred memorial and museum. What will emerge in downtown Manhattan over the next few years will redefine the city - and the country - for generations. 16 Acres is the story of how and why this historic project got built. At the heart of the story is the dramatic tension between noblest intentions, the desire of everyone involved to "get it right," and the politics, hubris, ego and ideology that is the bedrock of New York City. What does it say about us as New Yorkers, as Americans? As with all great urban projects, from the Pyramids to Rome's Colleseum to Rockefeller Center, a small group of powerful people will dictate the outcome. With inside access to the project and these key players, 16 Acres tells the story behind the headlines. Who are these men and women? What motivates them? How will their personalities shape the project? And, ultimately, will it succeed? The film also follows the dramatic rush to complete the memorial in time, and the key players as they prepare to converge on the site for the 10th anniversary. A Film by Richard Hankin