Ninety years ago, Britain's teenage boys volunteered en masse to fight for their King and country. Such was their will to fight that a number of enthusiastic boys joined-up below the legal age to enlist. Now, new research reveals that these boy soldiers were not just a passionate handful but a significant proportion of Britain's army. Additionally, the government has been found to have deliberately turned a blind eye to their enlistment.
At the outbreak of war, the minimum age for volunteers was 18, and soldiers had to be 19 before they could serve overseas. However, new research in the War Graves Commission records has shown that among the ranks of the British army were as many as 250,000 underage boys, some as young as 14, who had lied about their age in order to enlist. Desperate for manpower, the government ignored such irregularities, tacitly colluding in the decision to allow children to go to war. Using interviews recorded with a number of the longest-surviving boy soldiers, this moving documentary examines why so many were allowed to join up and fight, and what happened to just a handful of them. It also charts the struggle of one man, Liberal MP Arthur Markham, to persuade the war office to tackle this issue, and to secure thereturn of tens of thousands of boys from the savage battlefields of Europe.

Die kriegsentscheidende Rolle des Flugzeugs wird zum ersten Mal beim Einfall der deutschen Truppen in Nordfrankreich deutlich. Dank ihrer Aufklärungsflugzeuge sind die Franzosen und die Briten in der Lage, den deutschen Vormarsch an der Marne zu stoppen. Im darauf entbrennenden Grabenkrieg behält allein das Flugzeug die Bewegungsfreiheit. Mit der Entwicklung des leistungsfähigen Umlaufmotors wird es möglich, die Flugzeuge mit Maschinengewehren auszurüsten und damit zu Angriffswaffen zu machen…

Als die Focke Wulf 190 im Juni 1939 ihren Jungfernflug machte, war es ohne Zweifel das modernste Kampfflugzeug der Welt. Schweres Feuergeschütz und ein enormes Leistungsniveau gaben der kleinen Sternmotor-Maschine die Möglichkeit, jeden vergleichbaren alliierten Flieger zu deklassieren. Als die Focke Wulf 1941 zum Einsatz kam, war sie sofort erfolgreich: Sie fügte dem Gegner so schwere Verluste zu, dass sie blad unter dem Namen “Butcher Bird” bekannt wurde. Während der verbleibenden vier Kriegsjahre wurde die Focke Wulf 190 an allen Kriegsschauplätzen von den Deutschen eingesetzt: Von Nordafrika bis Russland.

Operation Dragoon (August, 1944) With allied victories in Italy, the tide of War continues to turn against the axis powers. The time has come for the Americans to break into France and push the Germans back to their own border. Violent battles spread through the luxious tourist towns of southern France as the allies move their armies against the Germans.

Un ex-poliziotto quarantenne va a Teheran per incontrare il regista Makmalbaf e recitare nel suo ultimo film. Venti anni prima il regista aveva ferito il poliziotto con una coltellata, nel tentativo di disarmarlo per prendergli la pistola. Il cineasta, che lottava contro il regime dello Shah, fu arrestato e trascorse alcuni anni in prigione. Così, oggi, egli propone all'uomo di ricostruire cinematograficamente l'episodio: ognuno di loro sceglierà un ragazzo per interpretare i loro ruoli. I ragazzi scelti prendono le cose molto sul serio e, alla fine, non combatteranno, bensì, si offriranno l'un l'altro…del pane e dei fiori!

An archeology professor unearths a dangerous artifact, unwittingly releasing a creature that is able to kill with the power of its bone-splitting scream.

About a group of teens who collide with their town's dark past when a prank gone wrong makes them the target of a family of bloodthirsty killers.

When high school sweethearts John (Seeley) and Kathy (Irvin) find out Kathy is pregnant, they decide to get married and move to Cambridge so John can fulfill his scholarship to Harvard. But faced with the harsh reality of their situation, Kathy leaves John behind, compelling him to rent a room from Dorothy (Potts), a psychic who encourages him as he struggles to balance school and fatherhood.

Three intertwined stories to celebrate the the centenary of romance publishing house Mills & Boon. The first concerns Charles Boon's tempestuous relationship with his wife Mary, and is complemented by story lines set in the 1970s and the present day.

In this special presentation, The History Channel takes you on a thrilling excursion through dusty shelves and eerily prescient predictions to examine the legacy of Nostradamus. Could this be the final work of history's most famous seer? How did it come to light after four centuries of obscurity? What revelations reside in its mysterious pages?

Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected beautiful woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.

A woman disguised as a man or otherwise around is the theme of many comedies in which most of our pleasure comes out when the transvestite is almost being caught. But this movie from Harry Kumel doesn't need the suspenseful moments or the jokes about transvestism, because he has made a tragedy out of it.

Comptant s’emparer du contenu des coffres d’un chic hôtel boutique, quatre cambrioleurs professionnels ont prévu leur coup jusqu’au moindre détail. Le jour J, chacun se tient prêt, connaissant par cœur tous les rouages du plan censé faire de l’opération un succès qui les enrichira pour de bon. Mais les choses tournent mal quand le comportement étrange de certains clients de l’hôtel, qui n’ont pourtant rien à voir avec le vol, vient nuire à son bon déroulement.