Experience the story of the airmen that seismically shifted the Allies fortunes during World War II, known as the Mighty Eighth Airforce. Featuring never before seen archival footage, ride in the cockpits of the planes that destroyed Hitler's menacing Airforce; The Luftwaffe. They will fly dangerous missions, announcing their arrival into Germany with thousands of white vapor trails and dogfight with Nazi pilots, dropping bombs on the Reich. This is the Real True Story of the Mighty Eighth.
'Billy Bang Lucky Man' documents Billy Bang’s brave return to the battlefields of his past, fraught with memories and flashbacks, in contrast to the eboulliant youthful Vietnam of today, as he encounters a people and a culture that he had never known and had been taught to hate. His journey takes him through the rich musical traditions of Vietnam, from Saigon and the Mekong Delta, north across the 17th parallel and climaxing with his collaboration with the Hanoi symphony orchestra. 'Billy Bang Lucky Man' is about Billy’s desire to overcome and transcend the trauma of war through music and art.
Betrayed by a man when she was a naive young girl, Honore hates all men and takes her revenge on every man she can. When she meets Gen. Durand--the uncle of the man who betrayed her--she sees a chance to ruin his whole family. Durand falls in love with her and proposes, and she sees her plan for revenge about to come to fruition. Then she falls for a young French soldier who knows nothing about her past. Complications ensue.
The story of the hero Seifuddin Qutoz, defender of Jerusalem and conqueror of the Mongols. The events take place in Khwarizm, India, Syria and Egypt between the years 617-658 of the 7th Hijra century (1220-1260 A.D.).
Michael Blackwell entered the United States Navy on Veteran's Day, 2002 and served for more than nine years. While stationed with the now-disestablished Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, he served alongside United States Army 5th and 10th group Special Forces in Iraq.
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, better known as Witkacy, enivsages the future horrors of the Polish nation, as embodied by Stalin and Hitler, and the world collapsing into chaos.
The story of Jose Abad Santos is weaved together through interviews with descendants, top World War 2 Philippine historians, official documents, and excerpts from articles written by Abad Santos' son, Pepito, who was with his father through his last days.
On the eve of the Second World War about one hundred fifty Italians aircrafts bombarded the northern part of Ethiopia with poisonous gas. On March the 6th 1936 the town of Ashenge was shocked by an atrocious mass murder which changed the life of Kassa forever. During the Italian occupation, the Ethiopian patriots fought to restore people’s freedom but few Ethiopians collaborated with the enemy, creating seemingly insurmountable challenges to the freedom fight. To overcome these years of agony, Serke must deal face-to-face with the man responsible for heinous killing of both her parents.
A Dergue regime commander puts pressure on a father and coerces him to give him his daughter's hand in marriage. The daughter reluctantly obliges to this arrangement, knowing her father's freedom and well being depends on it. However, she meets and falls in love with a young man who gives her the confidence to defy her father and the arrogant commander she despises. The ruthless commander, however, will stop at nothing to make sure she stays in his possession.