30 October 2021 Science/Universe

PBS-BBC EARTH - NOVA: Universe Revealed Series 1 (2021) (5)

With dazzling visuals and the latest discoveries, NOVA’s five-part series captures moments of high drama when the cosmos changed forever–featuring a cast list of rogue planets, colliding galaxies, and black holes more massive than a billion suns.

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28 October 2021 Japan/Bacteriological Weapons

Marathon Media - KIZU The Untold Story of Unit 731 (2004)

The Japanese army occupied Manchuria in 1932. Japanese armed forces would soon storm China, South-east Asia, the Philippines and Indonesia. The plan to control the whole of East Asia was taking shape. 1932 was also the year when a top secret Japanese army unit - commanded by Dr Shiro Ishii - set up in Manchuria. Its mission was to experiment with and mass-produce bacteriological weapons. FULL VERSION Available.

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21 October 2021 WWII/Germany

PBS American Experience - The Bombing of Germany (2010)

On September 1, 1939 — the first day of World War II in Europe — President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to “under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air of civilian populations.” Just six years later, British and American Allied forces had carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany’s cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians. Between 1941 and 1945, Allied forces would drop more than a million tons of bombs on Germany.

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18 October 2021 Science/Geology

PBS - Redeeming Uncle Tom The Josiah Henson Story (2019)

Documentary following a pioneering scientific expedition into the Arctic Circle to recover previously unattainable data on the effects of climate change now and in the future.

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14 October 2021 History/Slavery

PBS - Redeeming Uncle Tom The Josiah Henson Story (2019)

Josiah Henson, a dynamic man with unyielding principles, overcame incredible odds to escape from slavery with his wife and children. His life inspired the lead character of 'Uncle Tom' in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 classic novel which has been recognized as one of the sparks that ignited the Civil War.

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6 October 2021 Music/Culture

BBC - We Want the Light Jews and German Music (2003)

What is the complex but fruitful relationship between Jewish people and German music? This award-winning film focuses on a pianist who played over 100 times in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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