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The importance of teaching the Holocaust to youth wocomoHISTORY 2024-06-26 | Now that 75 years have past since the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, how can the Holocaust be explained to the teenagers of today? Can it be relevant to them within the turmoil of adolescence? Over the course of a year, the film follows a class of 15 year-old students in a school just outside Paris, as they work on a group project investigating the life of a single Jewish victim of the genocide. Leo Cohn was a German Jewish refugee who became part of the French resistance. -------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:02:31 - From Drancy to Auschwitz▷ 0:16:36 - Who was Leo Cohn?▷ 0:21:35 - The story of Daniel Urbejtel, a survivor of the Holocaust▷ 0:38:56 - Visiting the Struthof concentration camp ▷ 0:44:31 - Formation of opinions▷ 0:54:22 - More information about Leo Cohn ▷ 1:02:18 - Leo Cohn's children ▷ 1:08:25 - Credits#history #documentary #holocaustsurvivor #france #politics #refugees -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------As the group project develops, the film chronicles the personal paths of the students. Caroline, Sarah, Mory, Mauricio, Salomé and Guillaume are torn between having to accept their family’s heritage and needing to assert themselves as individuals, with their own understanding of the world. The history of the Holocaust starts to resonate with the students, once it unexpectedly appears to be interwoven with their own personal stories. Original title: LeoDirected by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva2020 © Licensed by Lukarn ------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Ceausescus pro-natalist policies through the story of the Romanian orphans wocomoHISTORY 2024-06-20 | December 1989. The Ceausescu regime collapses. The world discovers the horrible extent of this dictatorship, especially images showing hundreds of thousands of children confined and abused in orphanages. Marion is one of these orphans, a devil’s child, as she calls herself. A French couple adopted her when she was 6 years old. Today, at the age of 37, she has just given birth to her first child; this event brings her back to her own past, when she was abandoned the day she was born.-------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:02:31 - Ceaușescu's pro-natalist policy▷ 0:11:55 - Visiting the Popricani orphans ▷ 0:24:51 - Marion meets her biological parents▷ 0:52:02 - Credits#history #documentary #orphan #romania #politics #ceausescu -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------From 1966 to 1989, Nicolae Ceausescu’s Romania led a violent policy to support a rising birth rate. The tyrant’s purpose was to double the population and to establish the state authority on families. Prohibition of abortion, contraception outlawed before the fourth child, tax on couples without children... Immediate effect and a slogan which will be engraved forever in Romanian collective memory: Make babies, the government will take care of them. For years, the dictator’s voice and face were everywhere: he was the Nation’s father. The only father figure for thousands of children abandoned by poor families. More than 100,000 children went through the orphanage of the dictatorship. Thus, Romania became sadly famous for its orphanages, also known as casa de copii (children’s homes). 25 years later, Romania still struggles to heal its wounds. Marion wants to retrace her past, along with Elisabeth Blanchet who has photographed Ceausescu’s orphans. We will follow her in her quest, in a road movie across Romania, as the country prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the dictator’s fall.Original title: Enfant du DiableDirected by Ursula Wernly Fergui2015 © Licensed by Lukarn ------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Unraveling the mystery of the Nazca Lines | History Documentary wocomoHISTORY 2024-06-12 | From the first explorations to the most recent discoveries of the archaeologists, we are going to try to lift the veil on the mystery of the Nazca lines. It is one of the biggest enigmas of modern archaeology. A discovery which gave place to all kinds of theories since one century and which did not reveal all its secrets yet. -------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:01:59 - The discovery of Nazca lines▷ 0:06:19 - Maria Reiche, "the lady of Nazca"▷ 0:09:21 - Extra-terrestrial theory▷ 0:10:44 - The Incas▷ 0:11:58 - The Nazcas▷ 0:24:11 - The Paracas▷ 0:27:21 - Cahuachi, a ceremonial site▷ 0:34:18 - Shamans' ponchos▷ 0:37:24 - Animal symbols and the element of water▷ 0:42:35 - Geoglyphs as offerings to the Gods▷ 0:44:02 - Sacred marches▷ 0:47:08 - Ritual landscapes▷ 0:54:24 - Increase of geoglyphs and the extinction of the Nazcas▷ 0:59:20 - Credits#history #documentary #archeology #peru #geography #nazcalines -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------In Peru, to 350 km in the south of the capital, Lima, in the valley of Nazca, one can see from the sky of gigantic figures representing stylized animals, a hummingbird, a monkey, a spider, a whale, as well as spirals and lines of several kilometers long. These figures were nicknamed the "lines of Nazca". And all have not been discovered yet. Who drew these lines? How and why? What represent these drawings and what is their meaning? From the first explorations to the most recent discoveries of the archaeologists, we are going to try to lift the veil on the mystery of the Nazca lines. Original title: The mystery of the Nazca linesDirected by Hélène Maucourant2022 © Licensed by GAD------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
The Secrets of Mount Olympus: Expedition to the home of ancient Greek gods wocomoHISTORY 2024-06-05 | Once, the residence of the gods in Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was celebrated by ancient peoples for its supernatural phenomena.Today, scientists are going to seek rational explanations of events which gave birth to myths, thanks to an exploration of the highest part of the mountain, towering 2917 meters above the Aegean Sea.-------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:02:45 - The track to Muses Plateau▷ 0:21:58 - The exploration of the cave▷ 0:34:52 - A stop to Mytikas Peak ▷ 0:43:02 - The exploration of Megala Kazania ▷ 0:51:53 - Credits#history #documentary #greece #mythology #mountolympus #climatechange -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------At the top of this mountain, hidden from mortals by the clouds, the gods and goddesses feasted and contemplated Men. Thousands of years later, Mount Olympus has lost none of its aura.On the contrary, it still fascinates just as much! Expeditions are conducted in search of precious indicators to reconstruct the story of climatic events that have marked the last 10,000 years in this region of the Mediterranean. For the first time, an ice cave, never explored before, will be studied, encapsulating the memory of ancient climates. This human adventure will enlighten us to the origins of myths, such as Zeus’ lightning bolt: myth or reality?Original title: The secrets of Mount OlympusDirected by Anne Viry-Babel2023 © Licensed by Grand Angle Distribution------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
On the trail of Louis XIVs sunken flagship, lost in the 17h century | Early Modern French History wocomoHISTORY 2024-04-17 | In “Operation Lune: The Sun King's Secret Shipwreck”, experience an exceptional archaeological investigation and a breathtaking dive into the heart of the wreck of La Lune, flagship of Louis XIV.-------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:01:50 - In Toulon, where the expedition to find La Lune begins▷ 0:04:20 - Start of underwater archaeological explorations▷ 0:07:30 - Training in Paris at Dassault Systèmes▷ 0:10:15 - Excavations begin in the open sea▷ 0:15:45 - Louis XIV's project to establish a french post in the Barbarian Coast in 1664▷ 0:15:13 - Central office for the investigation of Nazi crimes▷ 0:18:40 - Survey of the underwater environment▷ 0:27:37 - On La Lune with the ship crew▷ 0:30:00 - Using the virtual reality for a closer insight into the excavation sites▷ 0:33:34 - Third day of expedition▷ 0:37:00 - Condition on the vessel▷ 0:39:00 - Marine exploration with newtsuit and on a remotely operated vehicule▷ 0:48:20 - Attempt to lift the boat▷ 0:50:00 - Recovering treasures from Louis XIV's ship▷ 0:51:31 - Credits#history #documentary #louisxiv #frenchhistory #france #shipwreck #earlymodernhistory #royalty-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Louis XIV’s ship La Lune was wrecked off Toulon in November 1664. The ship was returning from an expedition to the Barbary Coast with nearly one thousand people on board, simple seamen or nobles of the highest rank. In an instant all was lost, men and their belongings, the cargo and the ship. Under pressure from the Sun King and his entourage, who planned to conceal the disaster, La Lune was quickly forgotten. Discovered by an Ifremer submarine in 1993, the wreck lies in 90 metres of water. In a state of magificent preservation, like some underwater Pompei, she will, starting in 2012, be the subject of an exceptional archeological investigation, bringing together history and robotics, the expertise of archeologists and the passion for the deep. Michel L’Hour, whose renown in the domain of underwater archeology needs no introduction, invites us on an exceptional dive. He goes down, as if in a live broadcast, to the wreck of La Lune / The Moon, the flagship of Louis XIV. A wreck that he considers to be unique in the world…Original title: The Sun King's Secret ShipwreckDirected by Adrienne Ciuffo & Scott Stevenson2013 © Licensed by Grand Angle Distribution------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
A trajetória de Alberto Santos Dumont, um pioneiro da aviação | O Que Eu Vi, O Que Nós Veremos wocomoHISTORY 2024-03-29 | Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) é reconhecido por desenvolver os primeiros dirigíveis práticos e pelo 14-bis, uma aeronave mais pesada que o ar que realizou a primeira demonstração pública de voo controlado em 1906, no campo de Bagatelle, em Paris. Celebrado no Brasil como o "pai da aviação", o trabalho de Santos-Dumont estabeleceu as bases para a aviação moderna. Contudo, seus últimos anos foram marcados pelo desencanto com o uso militar das aeronaves e um prolongado isolamento, culminando em seu suicídio, no Guarujá, em julho de 1932.O documentário "O Que Eu Vi, O Que Nós Veremos" celebra o centenário de Alberto Santos Dumont, tomando emprestado o título de um livro que o próprio aviador publicou em 1918. Radicalmente contrário à ideia de que suas invenções fossem usadas para fins militares, Dumont acreditava que a principal função dos aviões deveria ser reduzir tempo e distância, aproximar as relações comerciais entre os países e agilizar a comunicação.Atualmente, comemora-se o 150º aniversário de Santos Dumont.-------Capítulos▷ 00:00 - Introdução▷ 00:42 - Paris, 1973: Salão do Bourget em 1973▷ 01:54 - Prêmio Deutsch▷ 03:03 - O desejo de voar e os balões esféricos do século XVIII▷ 03:40 - Os balões de Santos-Dumont▷ 04:47 - Paris, 1901: O balão Número 6▷ 06:06 - A militarização da navegação aérea▷ 06:43 - Viagem ao Brasil e o retorno à França▷ 08:03 - Projeto mais pesado que o ar▷ 08:27 - Prêmio do Aeroclube da França pelo voo do 14-bis▷ 09:24 - Monoplano Demoiselle chega até 96 quilômetros por hora▷ 09:56 - Alberto Santos-Dumont encerra suas experimentações e retira-se para o Brasil▷ 11:02 - O avião encontra na guerra uma de suas primeiras utilizações práticas▷ 12:37 - Publicação do livro O que eu vi, o que nós veremos ▷ 13:30 - Esforços de Santos-Dumont contra o uso bélico de aviões▷ 14:00 - Dirigível X avião▷ 16:12 - O último invento▷ 17:53 - Créditos-------Inscreva-se em wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Siga no Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Título original: O Que Eu Vi, O Que Nós VeremosDirigido por Eduardo Escorel1974 © Europa Filmes------- Documentários sobre temas históricos do início do século XX até a virada do milênio: wocomoHISTORY oferece fontes confiáveis de informação de alta qualidade. Os filmes em nosso canal são realizados por produtoras de excelência. Confira nossos outros canais para assistir documentários de alta qualidade:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOKWocomoHISTORY faz parte da rede de canais Wocomo da NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo – wonderful content in motion.
Nazi trials and first-hand witness accounts of Stutthof survivors | Fritz Bauers Legacy wocomoHISTORY 2024-03-01 | Probably for the last time former SS-guards recently faced trial for their role in German concentration camps, as for many decades Germany’s justice system had difficulty dealing with its countless unpunished Nazi crimes. However, already in 1963 General State Prosecutor Fritz Bauer (1903-1968) aptly indicated that one should also prosecute small cogs in the machines of industrialized mass murder. Interspersed with stirring and moving first hand witness accounts of concentration camp survivors FRITZ BAUER’S LEGACY not only reveals a fascinating history of why it took so long for justice to find its way into German courts but it also effectively illustrates its significance for a future without mass murders and flagrant injustices.-------Chapters▷ 0:00:00 - Intro▷ 0:01:02 - Trials against National Socialist Crimes ▷ 0:02:46 - Stutthof Concentration Camp Survivor Judy Meisel▷ 0:04:37 - 1st trial day against Johann R.▷ 0:08:22 - End of the 1st trial day▷ 0:12:11 - Judy Meisel▷ 0:15:13 - Central office for the investigation of Nazi crimes▷ 0:17:55 - Denial▷ 0:20:58 - Judy Meisel▷ 0:21:47 - Prosecution of National Socialist Crimes since 1945▷ 0:23:47 - Mentality after the war▷ 0:24:30 - Fritz Bauer▷ 0:28:22 - Auschwitz Trial▷ 0:37:55 - TV coverage 1965▷ 0:44:24 - Richard von Weizsäcker speech 1985▷ 0:47:21 - Trial of John Demjanjuk▷ 0:50:22 - Trial of Oskar Gröning▷ 0:52:12 - Hanau Regional Court▷ 0:55:31 - Law Firm Rückel & Colleagues▷ 0:01:02 - Trial of Bruno Dey▷ 0:01:02 - 1st trial day at Hamburg Regional Court 2019▷ 1:04:35 - Judy Meisel▷ 1:09:47 - Survivor of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Roza Bloch▷ 1:12:14 - 11th trial day in Hamburg▷ 1:20:46 - Testimony of Roza Bloch ▷ 1:36:34 - Credits#history #documentary #fritzbauer -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Original title: Fritz Bauer's Legacy - Justice has no ExpirationDirected by Sabine Lamby, Cornelia Partmann and Isabel Gathof2022 © Licensed by Magnetfilm------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
VW Beetle: Its Design & Troubling Legacy (Documentary) | Icons of the 20th Century wocomoHISTORY 2024-02-24 | Documentary on the Volkswagen Beetle - a car that shaped consumer society, design, and the culture of the 20th century, but also a product and symbol of the German automobile industry's dark history and complicated legacy. The film takes a critical look at the story of the VW Beetle, how it came to be, and how it reflected and shaped the reality it was built for. From the documentary series "Icons of the 20th Century". -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------About the documentary series "Icons of the 20th Century"In today's consumer society our expectations, aspirations and dreams are reflected in the products we buy, or covet. From the millions of goods that go on sale each year, certain items rise above the dictates of mere fashion – they become icons, stamped indelibly on the consciousness of our age. Made in a lively, thought-provoking and accessible way, six ten-minute programs focus on some of the icons of twentieth-century design, analyzing their conception and considering their impact: the Coca-Cola Bottle, Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue Chair, the London Transport Underground Map, the Volkswagen Beetle, Tapio Wirkkala's Composition cutlery, and the Swatch.Directed by Reiner E. MoritzProduced by Monarda Arts / NRK / VARA / YLE / ZDF in association with ARTE© 1997, Monarda Arts------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Jaffar Amin confronts friend and son of a victim of his father’s regime with their parents legacy wocomoHISTORY 2024-02-07 | This is an excerpt from the video "Jaffar Amin - Idi Amin's Son | Children of Dictators"Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/AH8LtqxeUjwJaffar Amin and Godfrey Ofumbi, son of the former dictator of Uganda and son of the former Minister of the Interior, who was murdered by Amin`s regime in 1977, talk about their fathers and whether their own relationship is still burdened by guilt.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Children of Dictators: Jaffar Amin - Idi Amin's Son#history #documentary #uganda #africa #amin #heritage #legacy -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Hundreds of thousands of people were murdered during the regime of Idi Amin Dada in Uganda. One of them was Idi Amin's close friend and minister, Oboth Ofumbi. This brutal murder and its absurd cover-up eventually led to the downfall of the African dictator. The children of both Ofumbi and Amin had to grow up abroad for different reasons… They are from different tribes, they believe in different Gods and they remember history differently.More than 30 years after the tragic events the son of Idi Amin meets the son of Oboth Ofumbi in Uganda and the most unpredictable journey of their lives begins... They leave Kampala for Kidepo National Park as they currently work for the same businessman who is planning to turn of Idi Amin's megalomanic dreams into reality: a huge hotel in the game park. After traveling day and night they arrive to the park. In the next few days they go for safaris to discover the park, visit the structure of the hotel and most importantly start sharing their memories with each other from their childhood to the tragedy... Eventually Ofumbi's son invites Amin's son to his family ranch where a tribal, religious and family reconciliation takes place with Muslim, Christian and local community leaders according to African traditions. Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Göring relative talks to descendant of a persecuted Jewish family wocomoHISTORY 2024-01-31 | This is an excerpt from the video "Bettina Göring about Hermann Göring: "My uncle was Hitler's right-hand man!" | Children of Dictators"Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/uFx4gP55yd4The grandniece of Hermann Göring, Bettina Göring, meets a relative of Jews who were persecuted and murdered in Nazi Germany. In Thailand, they talk about the role you play when related to someone who committed such crimes. -------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Children of Dictators: Bettina Göring#history #documentary #germany #ww2 #legacy #heritage-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------The great-niece of Göring looks like Hermann more than anyone else in the family. She struggled with the Nazi heritage throughout her life, at the age of 30 she got herself sterilized, partly to cut the genes... After decades in the US she decides to leave and settle somewhere else. The film follows her to Germany to dig for her roots, face victims of her family, publish her autobiography and find peace within herself. On this journey she is accompanied by her husband Adi whose historic reflections based on their research add another layer to Bettina's personal story in the film while show their common commitment to deal with the past.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Castros daughter on her life as the illegitimate child of a dictator and being forced to flee Cuba wocomoHISTORY 2024-01-24 | This is an excerpt from the video "Fidel Castro's Daughter: "I will never forgive my father!" | Children of Dictators"Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/2RcfuJZopcUThe Comandante kept his private life as private as possible. This was one of the reasons it was a huge scandal that his daughter Alina escaped from Cuba more than twenty years ago when the country was on the edge of financial collapse. Now that her father is ill, there are rumors if he is alive at all.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Fidel Castro's Daughter#history #documentary #castro #fidelcastro #cuba #alinacastro #heritage #dictator -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Alina lives in Miami quietly where Cuban crowds are planning a huge mass celebration for the day when Alina's father will die. She doesn't know if she will join them though she has never been able to forgive her dad for what he caused to her and their country. We see her in her home, in the bars of Little Havana, in a Cuban radio show and in her yoga class in Miami while we visit the locations of her childhood in Cuba from her home to her ballet school where we talk to her ex-teacher who gives another perspective on Alina... The film ends in Cuba and in Miami after the death of Fidel Castro, showing mourning, celebration – and Alina.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Lucia Pinochet defends the legacy of the Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet wocomoHISTORY 2024-01-17 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lucía Pinochet about her father Augusto Pinochet - The "good" dictator | Children of Dictators"Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/dSgE-ACBohoAs one of the most controversial dictators of history, Augusto Pinochet still generates a lot of debate in his country about his legacy, decades after his fall. He turned Chile into one of the most successful South American countries. In the same time more than 3,000 people were killed.Surprisingly Augusto Pinochet's daughter Lucía is approached by his father's fans in the streets of Santiago de Chile. But to certain areas of the country she is afraid to go as she fears she would be beaten up because of her father. She accepts the fact that her father was a dictator but she believes he was a good one... In the film Lucía Pinochet recalls tense conversations with her father and with the head of the secret service while sharing the atmosphere of a loving and warm family environment. Eventually she meets one of the most outspoken critic of her father.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Lucía Pinochet on her father Augusto Pinochet#history #documentary #augustopinochet #pinochet #luciapinochet #chile #heritage #dictator -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Lucia Pinochet, daughter of Chile`s former president and dictator Augusto Pinochet, defends her father by explaining to separate him as a private person from his role as a politician. Lucia Pinochet says that he himself wrote a letter at the end of his life in which he apologised for the suffering he caused. Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Palestinian struggle in the West Bank | Multi-awarded documentary Arnas Children (2004) wocomoHISTORY 2023-11-07 | Yussef committed a suicide attack in 2001. Ashraf was killed by the Israeli army in 2002. Alla led a group of resistance fighters to his death in 2003. The director, who documented them as promising child actors in a theatre group he founded with his mother Arna, returns to Jenin Refugee Camp in April 2002, to see what happened to the children he knew and loved…“A must-see documentary. Sure to spark controversy for its straightforward presentation of the Palestinian struggle, "Arna’s Children" limns a devastating group portrait of the legacy of occupation.”—Variety.“Arna’s Children” offers a rare and poignant window into the lives and deaths of a lost generation of Palestinian...”—Molly Moore, The Washington Post“The film can be summed up in five words: a punch in the guts.”—Itai Angel, Israel Channel 2This documentary won the following awards:-Best Documentary Feature Tribeca Film Festival USA-FIPRESCI Best First Documentary Feature Hot Docs Film festival Canada-Best First Documentary Feature One World film festival Czech Republic-The Dutch Academy Award for best documentary for 2004-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 01:10 - Arna's Children▷ 01:22:30 - Credits#history #documentary #israelpalestineconflict #palestine #israel #gaza-------Subscribe to wocomoCULTURE: goo.gl/VITuUt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo -------Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children whose lives had been disrupted by Israeli occupation. In the Jenin refugee camp, Arna opened a theatre group where she taught the children to express anger, bitterness and fear through acting and art. The children slowly grew to trust and to love Arna: “She’s like my mother,” says one child. “She helps us. She saved us from the streets.” Arna’s son, Juliano Mer Khamis, was a director at the theater group and filmed his mother and the children rehearsing and performing over a six year period. When Arna died of cancer in 1995, the theater group struggled to continue for another two years but ultimately did not survive.Five years after Arna’s death, Juliano, now one of the region’s leading actors, returns to the camp to discover what happened to Arna’s children. Shifting back and forth in time, Mer Khamis’s film juxtaposes the sweet-faced young boys with the militants and martyrs they become. Arna’s Children reveals the tragedy and horror of young lives trapped by the circumstances of occupation.Original title: Arna's ChildrenWritten and Directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel DannielProduced by Osnat Trabelsi and Pieter van Huystee© 2004, Licensed by First Hand Films------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Jaffar Amin - Idi Amins Son | Children of Dictators wocomoHISTORY 2023-10-27 | Hundreds of thousands of people were murdered during the regime of Idi Amin Dada in Uganda. One of them was Idi Amin's close friend and minister, Oboth Ofumbi. This brutal murder and its absurd cover-up eventually led to the downfall of the African dictator. The children of both Ofumbi and Amin had to grow up abroad for different reasons… They are from different tribes, they believe in different Gods and they remember history differently.More than 30 years after the tragic events the son of Idi Amin meets the son of Oboth Ofumbi in Uganda and the most unpredictable journey of their lives begins... They leave Kampala for Kidepo National Park as they currently work for the same businessman who is planning to turn of Idi Amin's megalomanic dreams into reality: a huge hotel in the game park. After traveling day and night they arrive to the park. In the next few days they go for safaris to discover the park, visit the structure of the hotel and most importantly start sharing their memories with each other from their childhood to the tragedy... Eventually Ofumbi's son invites Amin's son to his family ranch where a tribal, religious and family reconciliation takes place with Muslim, Christian and local community leaders according to African traditions. -------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 01:02 - Jaffar Amin - Idi Amin's Son | Children of Dictators▷ 48:19 - Credits#history #documentary #idiamin #jaffaramin #heritage #dictator #uganda -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Imagine that you are a child of a dictator with absolute power. Up to the military coup in Chile, in Nazi-Germany, in the 70s in Uganda or anywhere in the world where there is a dictatorship with absolute power. Your father is the most feared person in your country. He can do whatever he wants and probably you can get whatever you want too. But at a certain point history just turns around and people start to call your father a dictator. He is losing everything but you remain his daughter or son with a stigma. But can history change your mind about your father? And can facts effect your emotions? And how will you deal with the heavy heritage that your father leaves behind?These are the central questions which influenced CHILDREN OF DICTATORS. The program presents some of the most influential dictators of the 20th century from Africa to South America through the eyes of their children and relatives. The hour-long episodes bring a rarely seen personal perspective on history and offer a deeper understanding of the most feared leaders in the world while focusing on the portraits of their children. The filmmakers worked without a crew, with only two small broadcast cameras in order to have undisturbed and exclusive access to children of dictators, namely Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Göring in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Bettina Göring about Hermann Göring: My uncle was Hitlers right-hand man! | Children of Dictators wocomoHISTORY 2023-10-14 | Hermann Göring was Adolf Hitler's right hand and the second man of the Nazi Empire. He signed the “final solution” to eliminate the Jewish people in Europe. While committing crimes against humanity, he was apparently a loving and central member of his family, saving his brother Albert on several occasions, who saved Jews during the war across Europe.The great-niece of Göring looks like Hermann more than anyone else in the family. She struggled with the Nazi heritage throughout her life, at the age of 30 she got herself sterilized, partly to cut the genes... After decades in the US she decides to leave and settle somewhere else. The film follows her to Germany to dig for her roots, face victims of her family, publish her autobiography and find peace within herself. On this journey she is accompanied by her husband Adi whose historic reflections based on their research add another layer to Bettina's personal story in the film while show their common commitment to deal with the past.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 01:02 - Bettina Göring - Hermann Göring's Great-Niece | Children of Dictators▷ 49:44 - Credits#history #documentary #hermanngöring #adolfhitler #hitler #naziempire #heritage #dictator -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Imagine that you are a child of a dictator with absolute power. Up to the military coup in Chile, in Nazi-Germany, in the 70s in Uganda or anywhere in the world where there is a dictatorship with absolute power. Your father is the most feared person in your country. He can do whatever he wants and probably you can get whatever you want too. But at a certain point history just turns around and people start to call your father a dictator. He is losing everything but you remain his daughter or son with a stigma. But can history change your mind about your father? And can facts effect your emotions? And how will you deal with the heavy heritage that your father leaves behind?These are the central questions which influenced CHILDREN OF DICTATORS. The program presents some of the most influential dictators of the 20th century from Africa to South America through the eyes of their children and relatives. The hour-long episodes bring a rarely seen personal perspective on history and offer a deeper understanding of the most feared leaders in the world while focusing on the portraits of their children. The filmmakers worked without a crew, with only two small broadcast cameras in order to have undisturbed and exclusive access to children of dictators, namely Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Göring in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Lucía Pinochet about her father Augusto Pinochet - The good dictator | Children of Dictators wocomoHISTORY 2023-10-07 | As one of the most controversial dictators of history, Augusto Pinochet still generates a lot of debate in his country about his legacy, decades after his fall. He turned Chile into one of the most successful South American countries. In the same time more than 3,000 people were killed.Surprisingly Augusto Pinochet's daughter Lucía is approached by his father's fans in the streets of Santiago de Chile. But to certain areas of the country she is afraid to go as she fears she would be beaten up because of her father. She accepts the fact that her father was a dictator but she believes he was a good one... In the film Lucía Pinochet recalls tense conversations with her father and with the head of the secret service while sharing the atmosphere of a loving and warm family environment. Eventually she meets one of the most outspoken critic of her father.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 01:01 - Lucía Pinochet - Augusto Pinochet's Daughter | Children of Dictators▷ 46:48 - Credits#history #documentary #augustopinochet #pinochet #luciapinochet #chile #heritage #dictator -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Imagine that you are a child of a dictator with absolute power. Up to the military coup in Chile, in Nazi-Germany, in the 70s in Uganda or anywhere in the world where there is a dictatorship with absolute power. Your father is the most feared person in your country. He can do whatever he wants and probably you can get whatever you want too. But at a certain point history just turns around and people start to call your father a dictator. He is losing everything but you remain his daughter or son with a stigma. But can history change your mind about your father? And can facts effect your emotions? And how will you deal with the heavy heritage that your father leaves behind?These are the central questions which influenced CHILDREN OF DICTATORS. The program presents some of the most influential dictators of the 20th century from Africa to South America through the eyes of their children and relatives. The hour-long episodes bring a rarely seen personal perspective on history and offer a deeper understanding of the most feared leaders in the world while focusing on the portraits of their children. The filmmakers worked without a crew, with only two small broadcast cameras in order to have undisturbed and exclusive access to children of dictators, namely Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Göring in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Fidel Castros Daughter: I will never forgive my father! | Children of Dictators wocomoHISTORY 2023-09-30 | The Comandante kept his private life as private as possible. This was one of the reasons it was a huge scandal that his daughter Alina escaped from Cuba more than twenty years ago when the country was on the edge of financial collapse. Now that her father is ill, there are rumors if he is alive at all.Alina lives in Miami quietly where Cuban crowds are planning a huge mass celebration for the day when Alina's father will die. She doesn't know if she will join them though she has never been able to forgive her dad for what he caused to her and their country. We see her in her home, in the bars of Little Havana, in a Cuban radio show and in her yoga class in Miami while we visit the locations of her childhood in Cuba from her home to her ballet school where we talk to her ex-teacher who gives another perspective on Alina... The film ends in Cuba and in Miami after the death of Fidel Castro, showing mourning, celebration – and Alina.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 01:00 - Fidel Castro's Daughter | Children of Dictators▷ 49:39 - Credits#history #documentary #castro #fidelcastro #cuba #alinacastro #heritage #dictator -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Imagine that you are a child of a dictator with absolute power. Up to the military coup in Chile, in Nazi-Germany, in the 70s in Uganda or anywhere in the world where there is a dictatorship with absolute power. Your father is the most feared person in your country. He can do whatever he wants and probably you can get whatever you want too. But at a certain point history just turns around and people start to call your father a dictator. He is losing everything but you remain his daughter or son with a stigma. But can history change your mind about your father? And can facts effect your emotions? And how will you deal with the heavy heritage that your father leaves behind?These are the central questions which influenced CHILDREN OF DICTATORS. The program presents some of the most influential dictators of the 20th century from Africa to South America through the eyes of their children and relatives. The hour-long episodes bring a rarely seen personal perspective on history and offer a deeper understanding of the most feared leaders in the world while focusing on the portraits of their children. The filmmakers worked without a crew, with only two small broadcast cameras in order to have undisturbed and exclusive access to children of dictators, namely Lucia Pinochet in Chile, Jaffar Amin in Uganda, Bettina Göring in Germany and Fidel Castro's daughter in Miami.Directed by Eszter Cseke & Andras S. Takacs© Licensed by Autentic GmbH------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Marib: Capital of ancient Kingdom of Saba in the pre-islamic world wocomoHISTORY 2023-09-13 | This is an excerpt from the video "Yemen: Land of the legendary Queen of Sheba, who met King Solomon in Jerusalem".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/WMQGRx1yHoMWith film shot during Wendell Phillips’ 1950 expedition and footage of the collection housed in the museum in Sana’a, this documentary is a fascinating insight into a long-gone civilization and a queen who lives on in the cultural memory of her country.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Marib: Capital of Saba's empire#history #documentary #yemen #ancienthistory #queensheba #myths #archeology #middleeast-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------In the past fifty years, several foreign archaeological expeditions have sought to discover more about Yemen’s enigmatic past and the Yemenites themselves are now endeavoring to repossess their heritage. The Sabaen kingdom, which was believed to be the biblical land of the Queen Sheba, whom existence is still debated by historians. Nevertheless in the Yemeni desert lies the remains of ancient Marib, the site of the capital od the ancient kingdom of Saba, who flourished in the VIIIth century B.C. Saba was a powerful empire thanks to its successful water management and its trade. In the 1950s, the americain archeologue Wendell Phillips excavated with its team sites around Marib, including two prestigious temple: Awwam, and Bar’an, a temple dedicated to the moon god Almaqah. But this largely desert country has been reluctant to yield up its treasures. Several excavation sites which have had to be abandoned have rapidly become covered over once more by sand. Produced by Institut du Monde ArabeDirected by Alain Jomier © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Bosnian War - Survivor Kada Hotić recounts the Srebrenica tragedy in July 1995 wocomoHISTORY 2023-09-06 | This is an excerpt from the video "Looking for Karadžić - A Maggie O’Kane Investigation (2003)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/LxYWM3iC2Q4Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was charged with the slaughter of thousands of Muslims and Croats. Maggie O’Kane goes in search of one of the most wanted men in Europe.Charged with leading the slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, he has twice been indicted by The Hague for war crimes.Just weeks ago he narrowly evaded capture when Nato forces swooped on an enclave in Republika Srbska.In a special Correspondent investigation, Maggie O'Kane, the Guardian's celebrated war correspondent, goes in search of Karadzic, talking to his relatives, supporters and former secret service operatives in an attempt to hunt down Europe's most wanted.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Gulf War - How the U.S. and Britain used depleted uranium to defeat Iraq#documentary #history #bosnia #bosnianwar #yugoslavia #serbia #srebrenica #un-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------On the ground, war reporter Maggie O'Kane discovers a destroyed country, scarred from within and irreconcilable. In the midst of the ruins that populate the cities and the traumatized faces, incomprehension reigns as one of the butchers of the Bosnia, Radovan Karadzic, goes on the run. Sarajevo and Srebrenica remain iconic symbols of international failure to prevent and end violent conflict. The safety zones created to facilitate humanitarian aid and protect the population from the Bosnian Serbs have failed and led to tragedy. The fall of the town of Srebrenica in July 1995 is one these. The story Kada Hotic embodies the suffering of thousands of women, men and children, survivors of Srebrenica. She lost her son, husband and two brothers in the massacre. As a survivor, she shares her story to ensure that the past is not forgotten and to put words to this nameless tragedy that eludes all attempts of representation. She dedicated her life to finding those still missing and identifying their remains.Original title: Looking for Karadžić - A Maggie O’Kane InvestigationA film by Ron Orders© 2003, Licensed by Cinecontact------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Bosnian War - the failure of the international scene to maintain peace in Bosnia wocomoHISTORY 2023-08-30 | This is an excerpt from the video "Looking for Karadžić - A Maggie O’Kane Investigation (2003)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/LxYWM3iC2Q4Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was charged with the slaughter of thousands of Muslims and Croats. Maggie O’Kane goes in search of one of the most wanted men in Europe.Charged with leading the slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, he has twice been indicted by The Hague for war crimes.Just weeks ago he narrowly evaded capture when Nato forces swooped on an enclave in Republika Srbska.In a special Correspondent investigation, Maggie O'Kane, the Guardian's celebrated war correspondent, goes in search of Karadzic, talking to his relatives, supporters and former secret service operatives in an attempt to hunt down Europe's most wanted.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Gulf War - How the U.S. and Britain used depleted uranium to defeat Iraq#documentary #history #bosnia #bosnianwar #yugoslavia #serbia #srebrenica #un-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------On the ground, war reporter Maggie O'Kane discovers a destroyed country, scarred from within and irreconcilable. In the midst of the ruins that populate the cities and the traumatized faces, incomprehension reigns as one of the butchers of the Bosnia, Radovan Karadzic, goes on the run. Maggie O'Kane attempts to understand the inaction and weakness of the international scene by interviewing the U.S ambassador in Sarajevo and Jacques Klein the U.N representative in Bosnia. Sarajevo and Srebrenica remain iconic symbols of international failure to prevent and end violent conflict. The safety zones created to facilitate humanitarian aid and protect the population from the Bosnian Serbs have failed and led to tragedy. the country needs to be rebuilt and those responsible brought to justice, the United Nations and the United States are failing to draw up a plan for peace and reconstruction in a divided country by creating ineffective and cumbersome political structures. Original title: Looking for Karadžić - A Maggie O’Kane InvestigationA film by Ron Orders© 2003, Licensed by Cinecontact------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Gulf War - How the U.S. and Britain used depleted uranium to defeat Iraq wocomoHISTORY 2023-08-23 | This is an excerpt from the video "The Role of Lies and Propaganda in the Gulf War (Documentary, 1996)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/JSmai1UiJx4Maggie O’Kane returns to Iraq five years after Desert Storm to try to understand why she was not able to report the war freely and to investigate some of the stories which simply didn’t stand up.The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Gulf War - How the U.S. and Britain used depleted uranium to defeat Iraq#documentary #history #gulfwar #iraq #1991 #usa #veteran #mystery-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------During the first Gulf War,a coalition of some 700,000 troops, led by the United Nations, intervened to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in the first half of 1991. But at what price? Indeed, to destroy Iraqi tanks, the USA and the UK uses depleted uranium to make ammunition and tank armor. Depleted uranium is a by-product of the uranium enrichment process. It is a low-level radioactive substance with the same chemical toxicity and radiological properties as natural uranium. The 1991 Persian Gulf War saw the use of some of the most frightening and devastating weapons of the twentieth century. Tons of depleted uranium were used during the conflict without fully considering its long-term impact on local communities. It contaminated impact areas with extremely fine radioactive and toxic dust. The use of radioactive and toxic waste in munitions has ushered in a new era in land warfare.Original title: Riding the Storm - how to tell lies and win warsA film by Ron Orders© 1996, Licensed by Cinecontact------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Gulf War syndrome - The mysterious illness that afflicted Desert Storm veterans wocomoHISTORY 2023-08-16 | This is an excerpt from the video "The Role of Lies and Propaganda in the Gulf War (Documentary, 1996)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/JSmai1UiJx4Maggie O’Kane returns to Iraq five years after Desert Storm to try to understand why she was not able to report the war freely and to investigate some of the stories which simply didn’t stand up.The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Gulf War syndrome#documentary #history #gulfwar #iraq #1991 #usa #veteran #mystery-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------On their return from Iraq, many veterans had no idea that the Gulf War would pursue them. Unexplained chronic symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders, and memory problems have affected Gulf War veterans. But not only Americans, this medical condition spread to all veterans of the countries involved in the war. It's what we call Gulf War syndrome. How to explains it? According to studies, there are several possible causes: the chemical exposure, including uranium, used by the USA and its allies, and sarin gas. But also extreme weather and even the vaccines injected to the soldiers before going to war. Even today, the mystery surrounding these syndromes affecting Gulf War veterans remains unsolved. Original title: Riding the Storm - how to tell lies and win warsA film by Ron Orders© 1996, Licensed by Cinecontact------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Baalbek Temple - The largest and best-preserved Roman Temple in the world | Ancient civilizations wocomoHISTORY 2023-08-09 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lebanon: The Other Shore - A magical tour throws light on the multi-faceted Middle East country".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/NAhgNSne1CYIn the Greek myth, Agenor, King of Tyre, had two beautiful children, Cadmus and Europa. Captivated by the grace of Princess Europe, Zeus appeared as a white bull and carried her off over the sea. This episode sums up Lebanon better than any other: a tiny country with a long history, torn between East and West.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Byblos, Lebanon - Oldest inhabited city in the world#documentary #history #lebanon #archeology #middleeast #ancienthistory-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------The journey takes us to the holy city of Baalbek, today located in Lebanon. Initially under Phoenician influence, it was later conquered by the Greeks and then the Romans. In Hellenistic times, it was called Heliopolis. With its ancient city filled with priceless vestiges of its past greatness, and its modern city filled with art galleries, Baalbek is a true splendor set at the foot of Mount Lebanon. Three temples were built here by the Romans, at the request of the emperor Augustus, and are still well preserved. They are dedicated to Bacchus, Jupiter and Venus. In a quarry near the city, the "Stone of the Pregnant Woman", a monolith weighing over 1,000 tons, was discovered. The Temple of Baalbek dedicated to Bacchus, god of wine, festivity, fertility and theater and madness, is one of the best-preserved temples in the Greco-Roman world, and one of the finest examples of Roman art. The city then came under the control of the Rashidun Caliphate before being conquered by the Ottomans in the early modern era.Produced by Institut du Monde ArabeDirected by Alain Jomier © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Byblos, Lebanon - Oldest inhabited city in the world, from the Neolithic to the present day wocomoHISTORY 2023-08-02 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lebanon: The Other Shore - A magical tour throws light on the multi-faceted Middle East country".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/NAhgNSne1CYIn the Greek myth, Agenor, King of Tyre, had two beautiful children, Cadmus and Europa. Captivated by the grace of Princess Europe, Zeus appeared as a white bull and carried her off over the sea. This episode sums up Lebanon better than any other: a tiny country with a long history, torn between East and West.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Byblos, Lebanon - Oldest inhabited city in the world#documentary #history #lebanon #archeology #middleeast #ancienthistory-------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------The journey begins twenty-five miles north of Beirut in Bint Jebeil, built on the site of the legendary Byblos, considered to be the oldest stone-built city in the world. Byblos was founded 5,000 BC and has been inhabited since Neolithic times. From prehistory to the Ottoman conquests, various civilizations have settled here, including the Greeks, Romans, Hyksos and Persians. Each of these civilizations has left visible traces of its passage. Among the majestic ruins that lie scattered through the land can be found traces of the myriad influences that have helped to shape its past: Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Ottoman. In ancient times, Byblos, the motherland of the Phoenicians, was known as an important religious center. It was here that the Phoenician alphabet was invented. The system the Phoenicians developed nearly three thousand years ago is the ancestor of virtually every alphabet used in the world today. As a coastal town, Byblos grew in size and wealth, leading to a boom in agriculture and a dense network of buildings. Under the Romans, between 63 and 330 A.D., the city was enriched with temples, thermal baths and a Roman theater. Column-lined roads were built, including the "Via Appia" of the East, which began in Byblos and ended in Damascus, Syria. Byblos has been a city at the crossroads of civilizations, its architecture and history transformed by encounters and trade between peoples, but also by conquests. Byblos is a world city, a witness to the history of mankind through the ages.Produced by Institut du Monde ArabeDirected by Alain Jomier © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
How the Mafia helped Ronald Reagan become President of the United States wocomoHISTORY 2023-07-26 | This is an excerpt from the video "Ronald Reagan - A Custom Made President | His scandalous way from Hollywood to the White House".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/3U9wnS3sEocRonald Reagan - radio sports commentator, Hollywood actor, governor, president. How did this charming cowboy get from a small town in Illinois to the White House? Reagan made some very influential friends with dubious reputation. This documentary shows how the man hailed by Republicans as the hero who "defeated the Evil Empire" came to power with the support of "the mob" of Hollywood.-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Reagan and the organized crime#history #documentary #ronaldreagan #usa #hollywood -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------This extract sheds light on the relationship between three of America's most powerful men: Ronald Reagan, Lew Wasserman and Sidney Korshak, to understand how their links changed the course of history and Reagan's own. This investigation is backed up by archive materials and interviews with investigative journalists, biographers, a Federal Attorney and James Ellroy, an outspoken fan of Ronald Reagan, who talks about a country that beneath all the Hollywood glitz and glamour is thoroughly corrupt. One of the questions posed by this documentary is how a simple B-movie actor could become President. Over the course of his career, Ronald Reagan surrounded himself with powerful men, including Lew Wasserman, Hollywood's most powerful producer, and Sidney Korshak, one of America's most powerful lawyers. Both have links with the Mafia and the underworld. Their links with the mafia have enabled them to assert their domination over the film industry and the world of entertainment. By elevating Ronald Reagan to the highest echelons of power, Wasserman and Korshak guaranteed their hegemony.Original title: Ronald Reagan - A Custom Made PresidentProduced by Wichita Films Directed by Clara and Julia Kuperberg© 2016, Licensed by Poorhouse------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Spiral of violence in West Bank: Palestinians lose hope as violence escalates wocomoHISTORY 2023-07-19 | This is an excerpt from the video "Multi-awarded documentary on the Palestinian struggle in the West Bank | Arna's Children (2004)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/b4QXZAfjEFMYussef committed a suicide attack in 2001. Ashraf was killed by the Israeli army in 2002. Alla led a group of resistance fighters to his death in 2003. The director, who documented them as promising child actors in a theatre group he founded with his mother Arna, returns to Jenin Refugee Camp in April 2002, to see what happened to the children he knew and loved…-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - The spiral of violence in the West Bank#history #documentary #israelpalestineconflict #palestine #israel -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo -------Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children whose lives had been disrupted by Israeli occupation. In the Jenin refugee camp, Arna opened a theatre group where she taught the children to express anger, bitterness and fear through acting and art. The children slowly grew to trust and to love Arna: “She’s like my mother,” says one child. “She helps us. She saved us from the streets.” Arna’s son, Juliano Mer Khamis, was a director at the theater group and filmed his mother and the children rehearsing and performing over a six year period. Five years after Arna’s death, Juliano, now one of the region’s leading actors, returns to the camp to discover what happened to Arna’s children. Shifting back and forth in time, Mer Khamis’s film juxtaposes the sweet-faced young boys with the militants and martyrs they become. These Palestinian children's dreams of peace were dashed by the recklessness of the conflict and the Israeli bombardments. For some, there was no turning back, and violence was the only answer to the oppression they were suffering. Arna’s Children reveals the tragedy and horror of young lives trapped by the circumstances of occupation.Original title: Arna's ChildrenWritten and Directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel DannielProduced by Osnat Trabelsi and Pieter van Huystee© 2004, Licensed by First Hand Films------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
Growing up in the West Bank : Daily struggle of Palestinian children in Jenin camp wocomoHISTORY 2023-07-12 | This is an excerpt from the video "Multi-awarded documentary on the Palestinian struggle in the West Bank | Arna's Children (2004)".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/b4QXZAfjEFMYussef committed a suicide attack in 2001. Ashraf was killed by the Israeli army in 2002. Alla led a group of resistance fighters to his death in 2003. The director, who documented them as promising child actors in a theatre group he founded with his mother Arna, returns to Jenin Refugee Camp in April 2002, to see what happened to the children he knew and loved…-------Chapters▷ 0:00 - Intro▷ 00:05 - Palestinians children resistance through theater#history #documentary #israelpalestineconflict #palestine #israel -------Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo-------Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children whose lives had been disrupted by Israeli occupation. In the Jenin refugee camp, Arna opened a theatre group where she taught the children to express anger, bitterness and fear through acting and art. The children slowly grew to trust and to love Arna: “She’s like my mother,” says one child. “She helps us. She saved us from the streets.” Arna’s son, Juliano Mer Khamis, was a director at the theater group and filmed his mother and the children rehearsing and performing over a six year period. Arna’s Children reveals the tragedy and horror of young lives trapped by the circumstances of occupation. This excerpt shows how art can be a mean to self-expression in wartime. It keeps children from falling into a spiral of violence and rage. Through theater, the children will find a way to chronicle the violence and oppression they suffer in the West Bank, but also to escape for the time of a play from the conflicts and tragedies that continue outside. Zakaria Zubeidi is one of the Palestinian participants in the theatre. Original title: Arna's ChildrenWritten and Directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel DannielProduced by Osnat Trabelsi and Pieter van Huystee© 2004, Licensed by First Hand Films------- Documentaries about historical topics from the beginning of the 20th century to the turn of the millennium: wocomoHISTORY offers reliable high-quality information sources. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies.Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK wocomoHISTORY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
The hunt and arrestation of John Wilkes Booth, Lincolns assassin wocomoHISTORY 2023-04-20 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lincoln's Last Night - Part 2: The Road to Immortality".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/_i-uOl3KOcgNo man embodies the "American Dream" more than Abraham Lincoln. His vision of the unity of the United States in freedom and the abolition of slavery made him an icon. Lincoln was assassinated in Washington's Ford Theatre on Good Friday 1865 because of his visionary policies.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoThe manhunt of John wilkes Booth remains one of the most epic in American history. The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer will have kept America on its toes. After giving the fatal blow Lincoln Booth injured his leg badly when he jumped to the stage to escape, but he managed to get out and reach his horse. Along with his conspirator David Herold, Booth finds refuge in a barn on Richard Garrett's farm as thousands of Union soldiers search for him. The War Department soon promises a $100,000 reward. Meanwhile, the other conspirators George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and Mary Surratt are captured. On April 26, the troops surround the barn where Booth and Herold were hiding. The manhunt for Lincoln’s assassin will finally end, but in blood and fire. Original title: Lincoln's Last Night - Part 2: The Road to ImmortalityA film by Wilfried Hauke© 2009, Licensed by Vidicom#history #documentary #civilwar #lincoln #usa
John Wilkes Booth and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theather wocomoHISTORY 2023-04-13 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lincoln's Last Night - Part 1: The Assassination".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/rttn5ecJ6rsNo man embodies the "American Dream" more than Abraham Lincoln. His vision of the unity of the United States in freedom and the abolition of slavery made him an icon. Lincoln was assassinated in Washington's Ford Theatre on Good Friday 1865 because of his visionary policies.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoWith a mixture of documentary film and modern docu-drama, an exciting parallel story is told parallel story of Abraham Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth. On April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theather in Washington, D.C. the President Abraham Lincoln is attending a performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin" with the famous Laura Keene. But among the audience, one person seeks to avenge the South, and to cause a paralyzing confusion within the government. This man is John Wilkes Booth, a sucessfull actor and a fierce Confederate sympathizer during the Civil War. Booth considered Lincoln to be responsible for America's greatest crisis. As a proslavery apologists, he was horrified to hear Lincoln calling for educated Black men, and those who had served as soldiers, to be given the right to vote. For Booth and his conspirators there was no other way out than to assasinate President Lincoln. Original title: Lincoln's Last Night - Part 1: The AssassinationA film by Wilfried Hauke© 2009, Licensed by Vidicom#history #documentary #civilwar #lincoln #usa
1989 - The collapse of the Iron Curtain and the Pan European Picnic | The fall of the Soviet Union wocomoHISTORY 2023-04-06 | ’1989’ is a high-politics drama about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. A young and unknown technocrat, Miklós Neméth, is brought in to become Hungary’s new prime minister. He is to save the country’s appalling economy and soon decides to remove the massive – and expensive – border control apparatus from the state budget. He soon finds out, that this decision sets him up against formidable adversaries and communist hardliners. In the meantime, a young couple from East Germany is encouraged by the rumours that the Hungarian border to Austria will be opened for a few days to allow for the Pan-European picnic. Like thousands of other East Germans, they decide to make a go for it, but they are caught up in the political power-game that plays out behind closed doors in the Eastern Bloc. They young man is shot dead at the border, a tragic event that paradoxically accelerates Nemeth’s final decision to open the borders, and soon after the Berlin wall fallsSubscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoAnders Østergaard recreates the events of 1989 and invites the audience into the secret meeting rooms through a mixture of ’testimonials’, archive material, recreation, and reconstructed dialogues lip-synch’ed to archive footage of the real political key characters. In the 1980s, Hungary faced a serious economic crisis, the standard of living dropped significantly again, disillusionment with the ideals and promises of communism spread among the population, preparing the ground for change. To everyone's surprise, the economist Miklos Nemeth was appointed head of the Party in Hungary in 1989, when communism was on the brink of collapse and Nemeth, an outsider with few friends in the Party. He was suddenly responsible for the seemingly impossible task of saving the country from bankruptcy. But Nemeth had to lead a country divided between those who pursued the hope for a peaceful Europe free from oppression and the nuclear menace, while others saw the collapse of everything they believed in, in fact the annihilation of the very states they ruled. For these men, it became a battle of life and death.Miklós Neméth, decides to test his opponents, the disgruntled hardliners of his own party, but also two seasoned dictators, Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and Erich Honecker of the GDR and allows the Hungarian/Austrian borders to be opened for some days. This leads to the Pan European Picnic - and a welcome escape for many However following a tragedy, Neméth understands, that the political power games have real consequences for real people, and that he needs to act. He decides to open the borders for good. The documentary reveals the role that developments in Hungary played in the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent collapse of Communism throughout Eastern Europe. Hungary opened its borders and in October 1989 changed its name to the Republic of Hungary, while the Communist Party disbanded itself. In Czechoslovakia the population protested openly against the communist regime and in November the dissident Vaclav Havel was elected president. And on 9 November the Berlin Wall fell.1989 offers insight into the high-risk political game that led to the collapse of the iron curtain and subsequently, the Berlin wall, and the tragic human costs of political actionsOriginal title: 1989: A Statesman Opens UpA film by Anders Ostergaard and Erzsebet Racz© 2014, licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #ussr #History #sovietunion #1989 #hungary
Abraham Lincoln and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 | U.S History wocomoHISTORY 2023-03-31 | This is an excerpt from the video "Lincoln's Last Night - Part 1: The Assassination".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/rttn5ecJ6rsNo man embodies the "American Dream" more than Abraham Lincoln. His vision of the unity of the United States in freedom and the abolition of slavery made him an icon. Lincoln was assassinated in Washington's Ford Theatre on Good Friday 1865 because of his visionary policies.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoWith a mixture of documentary film and modern docu-drama, this excerpt highlights the causes of the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the worst crisis in American History that would divide a nation in two. It traces Lincoln's journey and what shaped him in his fight against slavery. But it was not Lincoln himself who triggered the war. Tensions were already lurking in the shadows, ready to erupt between a South that was resistant to social change and proud of its traditions and a liberal, urban and industrial North. The civil shows above all the institutional weakness of a nation that had not chosen between a state union and a federalism. When Abraham Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, was elected president of the United States, the tension between the North and the South was already at its climax. Seven southern states and eight slave states refused to recognize the election of the new governement: Secession is proclaimed and the Confederate Constitution is created with Jefferson Davis at its head. In April 1861, war was declared. The first battles, between inexperienced troops on both sides, took place in July at Bull Run.The issue of slavery, which affected 4 million blacks, was the catalyst for the civil war, but we must not forget the social, cultural and religious differences between the North and the South. Original title: Lincoln's Last Night - Part 1: The AssassinationA film by Wilfried Hauke© 2009, Licensed by Vidicom#history #documentary #civilwar #lincoln #usa
Palestinian recalls the Nakba, the Palestinian Catastrophe during the Battle of Jerusalem in 1948 wocomoHISTORY 2023-03-23 | This is an excerpt from the video "The Battle for Jerusalem in May 1948".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/g_6hxi2ZdKYOne war, ten days, three stories: the Old City of Jerusalem, at the dawn of a new Middle East. For the Brits, it's the shameful end of 30 years Mandate. For the Jews, it's the birthday of their State. And for the Palestinians, it's a catastrophe. Only now, 60 years later, images can be shown from three opposing points of view, telling a whole new story.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoAli Zaarour was one of the few photographers who took photos of the Palestinian side of the story. His photos has never been seen before his grandson discovered them, and undertook an tremendous task to illustrate the catastrophe that this war was also for the Palestinians. The Naqba, the Palestinian catastrophe and the darkest day, where 750,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes and became refugees. This archive footage remember this founding event of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also revive the family memory and that of an entire people. Original title: Jerusalem CutsA film by Liran Atzmor© 2008, licensed by First Hand Films#Palestine #Israel #History #conflict #1948 #nakba
Claus von Stauffenberg - The army officer who tried to kill Hitler wocomoHISTORY 2023-03-16 | This is an excerpt from the video "Geheime Reichssache - die Angeklagten des 20. Juli 1944 vor dem Volksgerichtshof".Watch the video in full length here: youtu.be/Hli83N1xt2cClaus von Stauffenberg was born in Jettingen Castle in Bavarian Swabia near Burgau into the southern German, Catholic noble Stauffenberg family. Parents: Alfred Schenk Count von Stauffenberg (1860--1936) and Caroline, née Countess von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1875--1957).On 26 September 1933 he married Nina Freiin von Lerchenfeld in Bamberg. With her he had five children: Berthold, Heimeran, Franz-Ludwig, Valerie and Konstanze. He was an officer in the German Wehrmacht and one of the central figures of the military resistance against National Socialism in Germany during the Second World War. He was chiefly responsible for the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. The assassination attempt, code-named "Operation Valkyrie", failed and Hitler suffered only bruises. As a result, Stauffenberg was executed in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock (Tiergarten) in Berlin on 21 July 1944.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomo© 1988, licensed by Chronos Media: youtube.com/user/chronoshistory
The Battle for Jerusalem in May 1948 wocomoHISTORY 2023-01-07 | One war, ten days, three stories: the Old City of Jerusalem, at the dawn of a new Middle East. For the Brits, it's the shameful end of 30 years Mandate. For the Jews, it's the birthday of their State. And for the Palestinians, it's a catastrophe. Only now, 60 years later, images can be shown from three opposing points of view, telling a whole new story.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoThe events of the 1948 war of Jerusalem, which would lead to the founding of Israel, had been immortalized through the photographies of two war phtographers, British and Palestinian. John Philip, the british photographer, was one of the first photo journalist in the world on the war in Jerusalem. His camera documents the jews perpective, the evacution of thousand of jews from the Old City of Jerusalem. Philip captures, for Life Magazine, the destruction of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. Meanwhile Ali Zaarour was one of the few photographers who took photos of the Palestinian side of the story. His photos has never been seen before his grandson discovered them, and undertook an tremendous task to illustrate the catastrophe that this war was also for the Palestinians. The Naqba, the catastrophe and the darkest day, where 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and became refugees. The documentary also focuses on Jack Padwais, producer of the first major film about the founding of Israel, "Hill 24 Does Not Answer" directed by Thorold Dickinson. Coming from a right wing Jewish family, he recreated the battle for Jerusalem from an Israeli perspective. To this day, his film is consistently used in schools as the definitive account of that historic battle.This documentary shows how photographs not only have the power to anchor history in memories and ensure that it is not forgotten, but also the ability to create a story and offer different perceptions of an event. Original title: Jerusalem CutsA film by Liran Atzmor© 2008, licensed by First Hand Films#Palestine #Israel #History #conflict #1948
Hitler - A mass murderer on his way to utter defeat | The Hitler Chronicles: 1939-1945 (4/4) wocomoHISTORY 2022-12-31 | Hitler personally arranges for a euthanasia program, underestimating the resistance of the Church.While the killing of the mentally ill has to be slowed down, the extinction of Jews is expanded to anindustrial scale. Russian prisoners of war are murdered directly, abused, or left to starvation. MostGermans know of these crimes even if they refuse to acknowledge them. Hitler’s military decisionsbecome disastrous, defeats are increasing, fronts break apart. Click here to watch all four episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/HitlerChroniclesClick here to watch the longer version of thirteen episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/Hitler_ChroniclesAfter Stalingrad, the military leadership realizes that the war is lost. The Western allies defeat the German troops in Italy and Africa. The Russians push the German army back in the East. But even after D-Day, Hitler refuses any idea of surrender, and German people still believe in their leader and wait for the promised miraculous twist. Only when the Russians stand 500 meters in front of the bunker of the Reichskanzlei, Hitler accepts the total defeat and must now act.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoA series by Hermann Pölking-Eiken2017 © Licensed by First Hand Films
Hitler - Striving for world domination and World War II | The Hitler Chronicles: 1938-1943 (3/4) wocomoHISTORY 2022-12-24 | After the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the world holds its breath and waits to see if Hitler will riskEuropean peace. He will, safeguarded by the Hitler-Stalin pact, and invades Poland. Inevitably, GreatBritain and France declare war, and Hitler is perplexed, in spite of all warnings, but continues anyway.The West is passive, and soon Hitler reaches the summit of military power. Almost the entire continent of Europe is under Germany’s control. In the East, however, things look harsh: incredible distances, unlimited manpower and above all, the very, very cold winter in Russia.Click here to watch all four episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/HitlerChroniclesClick here to watch the longer version of thirteen episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/Hitler_ChroniclesSubscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoA series by Hermann Pölking-Eiken2017 © Licensed by First Hand Films
Hitler - Murderer, Dictator, Führer | The Hitler Chronicles: 1929-1938 (2/4) wocomoHISTORY 2022-12-17 | The NSDAP becomes the strongest force in parliament. Still, President von Hindenburg refuses toappoint Hitler as Chancellor. Hitler now has to find another way to get power. The social, economic and political elites convince the President to appoint Hitler as Reich Chancellor, expecting to get rid of the communists this way. They believe also that they can control Hitler in a coalition. Hitler, however, gets rid of political opponents and finally of those who brought him to power with lies and violence. Now he only has to get rid of leaders within the NSDAP. Here, Ernst Roehm is the head of 4 million men of the SA. What will Hitler do?Click here to watch all four episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/HitlerChroniclesClick here to watch the longer version of thirteen episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/Hitler_ChroniclesIn 1934, Hitler’s power has become unrestricted and unlimited. He is Chancellor and President for lifetime. He makes the law. Cabinet and parliament just have alibi functions. Hitler is admired by the people. Germany feels strong again, and people accept the merciless dictatorship and the persecution of others as necessary evil. The 'Nuremberg Race Laws' pass unanimously by the Reichstag parliament. A referendum in then-French Saarland shows 91 percent of the population voting to return to the German Reich. Now the world looks anxiously whether Hitler will make further territorial claims. His gaze turns to Austria, his homeland.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoHitler’s fame reaches its climax during 1936 to 1937. Germany is simultaneously admired and feared by foreign countries. In 1936, the Wehrmacht invades the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles. The Nuremberg party rallies are a magnificent spectacle of the ever growing leadership cult. The Summer Olympics in 1936 show Hitler's popularity internationally. Hitler himself never does sports. He has no driver's license, cannot swim. A Spartan lifestyle is propagated by him while he, unnoticed from the public, collects a large fortune for himself. Since 1934 he has been exempted from tax payments. He doesn't drink alcohol, nor smokes or eats meat.In Benito Mussolini, Hitler finds an ally to whom he remains faithful until his downfall. The trips to Italy are the only foreign ones he undertakes. Hitler takes control of the army. The threat alone of an invasion is enough: the Austrian Chancellor allows Hitler to take over. 99,75% of the Austrian people want to be part of the German Reich. Planning to disintegrate Czechoslovakia, Hitler signs the Munich Agreement in September 1938, in which Czechoslovakia has to abdicate the territories of the so-called Sudeten Germans. Hitler declares he no longer has territorial claims in Europe. On November 9th, 1938, Hitler and Goebbels initiate a pogrom night against the Jews. Meanwhile, Hitler has set up a private and secret life mostly at Obersalzberg, now declared a restricted area. He hides his mistress Eva Braun from the public to project an image of living solely for Germany. He fears an early death and has vague plans to end his own life.A series by Hermann Pölking-Eiken2017 © Licensed by First Hand Films
Hitler - Early years and his rise as leader of the NSDAP | The Hitler Chronicles: 1889-1929 (1/4) wocomoHISTORY 2022-12-10 | Hitler is born as third of six children in Upper Austria and has an untroubled childhood. He leaves school at almost twelve years without graduation and is rejected twice by the Art’s academy. He is homeless at times, and hungry. For mere survival, he paints and sells postcards. His share of his father’s inheritance is paid out on his 24th birthday. He escapes from the military and moves to Munich, declaring himself stateless to avoid investigations by the Austrian military administration. The inheritance helps to build an existence on the fringe of society. As World War I starts, Hitler joins the Bavarian Army and becomes an ardent German soldier and patriot. For the first time he feels that he belongs. The end of the war means he loses the only regular life he’s known so far.Click here to watch all four episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/HitlerChroniclesClick here to watch the longer version of thirteen episodes of "The Hitler Chronicles": bit.ly/Hitler_ChroniclesSubscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoInitially installed at the NSDAP as a police informer, Hitler quickly takes over a leadership role. He realizes having a speaker’s talent. His flair for art enables him to modernize the party; he designs the swastika flag. He is impressed by the ‘March to Rome’ by Mussolini and the fascists in Italy. But his own coup attempt of 1923 fails and puts him in jail for more than a year. There he writes “Mein Kampf”. The NSDAP is forbidden and Hitler is banned from speaking publicly. It is an uncertain new beginning. Out of prison, Hitler re-establishes the NSDAP to achieve power by legal means this time. As its undoubted sole leader, he develops the party into a powerful movement. During the recovering economy the NSDAP stagnates, but with the looming crisis in the early 1930s it gains voters in each election.A series by Hermann Pölking-Eiken2017 © Licensed by First Hand Films
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Rise of an icon of duty and devotion wocomoHISTORY 2022-09-14 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Elizabeth II - Winds of Change | Those Who Shaped the 20th Century, Ep. 17"Click here to watch the documentary in full length: youtu.be/4qgrfxDN6kgElizabeth II (born 21 April 1926 in Mayfair, London as Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York, Duchess of Edinburgh) from the House of Windsor, the eldest daughter of King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was both Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of State of the Commonwealth. On 6 February 1952, the death of her father George VI., Elizabeth was proclaimed queen. Her official coronation took place 16 months later, on 2 June 1953, held at Westminster Abbey. Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wocomoThe celebrations of her Silver, Golden, and Platinum jubilees were also significant events. Occasionally, she had to face republican sentiment and media criticism of her family, especially after the breakdowns of her children's marriages, her so called annus horribilis in 1992, and the death of her former daughter-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. She reigned for 70 years and 214 days which is the longest of any British monarch and also the longest recorded of any female head of state in history. She died at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, at the age of 96 years and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III.#history #royalfamily #elizabethii #queenelizabeth #coronation #unitedkingdom #westminster
From Europe to the land of unlimited opportunities - Immigration waves to the USA in the early 1900s wocomoHISTORY 2022-08-05 | For a long time, the USA was considered the land of dreams and unlimited opportunities. 30 million Europeans left their homeland in the 19th century to seek their fortune in America. The largest ethnic group was the Germans. The immigrants made the country strong. And - as conquerors - they showed little consideration.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoEuropeans were leaving their native countries and immigrated to the USA because of many different reasons: There was a high population growth in Southern and Eastern Europe and jobs, food and available farmland were scarce. The USA on the other hand seemed quite attractive for immigrants: Land was broadly available and it was also known to have more economic opportunities. Industries like steel and railroads were booming and people had their freedom of religion and democracy.This is an excerpt from the documentary "Hoping for a better life: The American Dream"Click here to watch the documentary in full length: youtu.be/49GiZC3bD7I© 2011, licensed by Vidicom
Constructing the Statue of Liberty - Symbol of freedom and beacon to the world wocomoHISTORY 2022-07-29 | The Statue of Liberty was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi while Gustave Eiffel built the metal framework of the colossal neoclassical sculpture. It was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States and is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City. On the 28th of October in1886, the statue was dedicated. The figure is a robed Roman liberty goddess called Libertas. The statue has become an icon of freedom and of the United States and is seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThis is an excerpt from the documentary "Hoping for a better life: The American Dream"Click here to watch the documentary in full length: youtu.be/49GiZC3bD7I© 2011, licensed by Vidicom#history #documentary #statueofliberty #usa #newyork #liberty #symbols
Hotel Eden, un hotel nazi en Argentina (Documental, 1995) wocomoHISTORY 2022-07-22 | En La Falda, una pequeña ciudad en la Argentina Central, se pueden encontrar las ruinas del lujoso Hotel Eden, aunque nadie supondría el rol que este hotel asumió en la historia de Alemania. El hotel, fundado en 1899, ayudó no solo a la región a prosperar, sino que también ayudó a Hitler a llegar al poder. En los años veinte, famosos ilustres de Argentina y Europa, como la poetisa Berta Singer, la bailarina Isadora Duncan y el científico Albert Einstein, se alojaban en el hotel, mientras, los propieatarios, Walter e Ida Eichhorn, visitaban Europa y estrechaban lazos con Adolf Hitler. Desde 1929, el hotel apoyó el NSDAP e, incluso después de la desarticulación del partido en 1945, el hotel fue lugar de refugio para fascistas que buscaban esconderse.Actualmente, la comunidad de La Falda se pregunta qué hacer con las ruinas de aquel lujoso hotel; muchos son los que apoyan su demolición mientras que otros, en cambio, defienden su conservación como museo y centro cultural.El director Cuini Amelio-Ortiz, nacido en La Falda y residente ahora en Alemania, cuenta la historia del famoso hotel adoptando rasgos propios del documental y del cine de ficcion. Siguiendo un desdibujado camino entre leyenda y realidad, el director nos muestra cómo la historia de Alemania deja un rastro en Sudamérica y cómo el destino de los habitantes de La Falda está, en realidad, intimamente ligado a la Alemania de Hitler.Suscríbete en wocomoHISTORY para más documentales: goo.gl/oXDoxY Síguenos en Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
Hoping for a better life: The American Dream wocomoHISTORY 2022-07-15 | For a long time, the USA was considered the land of dreams and unlimited opportunities. 30 million Europeans left their homeland in the 19th century to seek their fortune in America. The largest ethnic group was the Germans. The immigrants made the country strong. And - as conquerors - they showed little consideration.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe documentary dissects the historical "heritage" of the United States. Starting points are the traces of the Europeans along the US East Coast. But the flourishing of slavery and the extermination of the indigenous people are also part of this story. The film tells with great images and discoveries how a world power emerged from a sparsely populated continent.Original title: Der amerikanische Traum - die Europäer in der Neuen Welt (The American Dream - Europeans in the New World)© 2011, licensed by Vidicom#documentary #history #usa #immigration #europe #newyork #ellisisland
Lincolns Last Night - Part 2: The Road to Immortality wocomoHISTORY 2022-07-08 | No man embodies the "American Dream" more than Abraham Lincoln. His vision of the unity of the United States in freedom and the abolition of slavery made him an icon. Lincoln was assassinated in Washington's Ford Theatre on Good Friday 1865 because of his visionary policies.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoWith a mixture of documentary film and modern docu-drama, an exciting parallel story is told parallel story of Abraham Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth. Two seemingly contradictory lives that nevertheless meet again and again.Click here to watch part 1 of "Lincoln's Last Night": youtu.be/rttn5ecJ6rs© 2009, licensed by Vidicom
Lincolns Last Night - Part 1: The Assassination wocomoHISTORY 2022-07-01 | No man embodies the "American Dream" more than Abraham Lincoln. His vision of the unity of the United States in freedom and the abolition of slavery made him an icon. Lincoln was assassinated in Washington's Ford Theatre on Good Friday 1865 because of his visionary policies.Subscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoWith a mixture of documentary film and modern docu-drama, an exciting parallel story is told parallel story of Abraham Lincoln and his assassin John Wilkes Booth. Two seemingly contradictory lives that nevertheless meet again and again.© 2009, licensed by Vidicom
Hunt the Kaisers Cruisers! (2/2) - The Last Ship afloat | Documentary series about the German Navy wocomoHISTORY 2022-03-09 | In the early days of the 20th century, the German Kaiser challenged the naval power of the British with a new and mighty battle fleet. Who would rule the world’s seas? It was a question that would be decided in the First World War. After the shock defeat of the British at Coronel, a battle which cost 1,700 seamen their lives, Winston Churchill demanded a merciless revenge. Off the Falkland Islands, the entire German overseas squadron with a crew of 2,200 men was sunk. Only two cruisers escaped the demise of their fleet, the Dresden and the Emden. Churchill set a bounty on them, making them the most hunted ships on the Seven Seas. In the icy fjords of Patagonia and the tropical heat of the South Seas, both crews battled for their very survival. After a dramatic hunt they were both finally sunk.Nonetheless, most of their crewmen escaped death and returned home safe and sound. How this came about and their long adventurous journey through the war-torn seas and continents is recounted by two very dramatic documentaries in the Hunt the Kaiser’s Cruisers! series, The Caravan of Sailors and The Last Ship Afloat. Newly discovered archive materials on the decisive sea battles, naval reports and private journals permit a precise reconstruction of the events. For the first time, interviews with descendants and military historians, footage from the original scenes of action and dramatic re-enactments allow us to do justice to both of these exciting stories.////The DRESDEN is off South America when World War I breaks out in August 1914. She is fast, but weakly armoured. She joins the German overseas squadron Graf Spees in the Pacific. The DRESDEN's first officer is Wilhelm Canaris. His talents of deception and camouflage will prove vital to the crew's survival. On 1 November 1914, there is a clash with the Royal Navy off the Chilean coast. For the first time in more than 150 years, the Royal Navy is defeated. Winston Churchill sends out his heaviest battle cruisers to avenge the defeat. The decisive battle with Graf Spee's squadron takes place off the Falkland Islands: the DRESDEN is the only ship of the German navy to escape. The fast cruiser flees from its pursuers towards Cape Horn. When coal runs out, the DRESDEN manages to manoeuvre through the narrow channels of Patagonia to a remote hiding place.The largest search operation in the history of the Royal Navy begins. When the DRESDEN finally gives itself away through a radio message, a chase begins across the Pacific to Robinson Crusoe Island. The British mercilessly sink the immobilised cruiser.A film by Jürgen Stumpfhaus
Hunt the Kaisers Cruisers! (1/2) - The Caravan of Sailors | Documentary series on the German Navy wocomoHISTORY 2022-03-02 | In the early days of the 20th century, the German Kaiser challenged the naval power of the British with a new and mighty battle fleet. Who would rule the world’s seas? It was a question that would be decided in the First World War. After the shock defeat of the British at Coronel, a battle which cost 1,700 seamen their lives, Winston Churchill demanded a merciless revenge. Off the Falkland Islands, the entire German overseas squadron with a crew of 2,200 men was sunk. Only two cruisers escaped the demise of their fleet, the Dresden and the Emden. Churchill set a bounty on them, making them the most hunted ships on the Seven Seas. In the icy fjords of Patagonia and the tropical heat of the South Seas, both crews battled for their very survival. After a dramatic hunt they were both finally sunk.Nonetheless, most of their crewmen escaped death and returned home safe and sound. How this came about and their long adventurous journey through the war-torn seas and continents is recounted by two very dramatic documentaries in the Hunt the Kaiser’s Cruisers! series, The Caravan of Sailors and The Last Ship Afloat. Newly discovered archive materials on the decisive sea battles, naval reports and private journals permit a precise reconstruction of the events. For the first time, interviews with descendants and military historians, footage from the original scenes of action and dramatic re-enactments allow us to do justice to both of these exciting stories.A film by Jürgen Stumpfhaus////When the German Reichsmarine receives the terrible news of the outbreak of the First World War at its only overseas base, on the east coast of China, the squadron sets off on its retreat to Germany via South America. Only one ship remains: the fast but weakly armoured cruiser EMDEN. Within a few weeks, the EMDEN becomes the most feared privateer of the First World War, sinking 34 Allied freighters and warships. Merchant shipping on the Southeast Asia route comes to a standstill, as do troop transports from the British colonies to the front in Europe. Twenty battleships from England, Japan and Australia now hunt for the EMDEN.During a mission to Keeling Island, a remote palm atoll in the middle of the Indian Ocean, an Australian armoured cruiser suddenly appears and sinks the EMDEN. To avoid capture, First Officer Hellmut von Mücke comes up with a daring plan: he confiscates a discarded sailing schooner without further ado. The crew survives for three weeks on collected rainwater until they are finally picked up by a German freighter. But where to? All accessible ports are in enemy hands. Only the Ottoman Empire has sided with the Germans. At the southern tip of the Great Turkish Empire, in Yemen, Mücke and his men are dropped off. What follows is an incredible odyssey over 1,000 km through the Arabian Desert to the north.
Karajá Indios - Rare Footage of 1955 | Rio Araguaia, Brazil wocomoHISTORY 2022-02-26 | Footage taken from the movie "Tigrero - A Film That Was Never Made"Rent or download this film on vimeo: vimeo.com/ondemand/tigreroThe Karajá people live in a 180-mile-long area in central Brazil, in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Tocantins. They currently reside in 29 villages in the Araguaia River valley, near lakes and tributaries to the Araguaia and Javaés Rivers, and the Ilha do Bananal.This footage has been shot in the village of Santa Isabel Do Morro, where in 1955, the film director Sam Fuller had been sent by a hollywood studio to scout a location and write a script for a movie based on a tigrero, a jaguar hunter. But this film was never produced and so the footage remained in the private archive of Sam Fuller for decades. In 1993 he travelled back, gathered the villagers to show his old film footage, and people recognized friends and relatives, thanking Fuller for momentarily bringing them back to life.
Agent Orange - The notorious herbicide that US military used to contaminate Vietnam wocomoHISTORY 2022-01-31 | The destructive force of warfare assumes unheard-of dimensions in Vietnam. The united states drops millions of tons of bombs on this small country in Southeast Asia many times more than the total amount dropped by all sides in world war II. The escalation of destructive frenzy is without parallel. All the more so because the opponent never stands a chance.The vietnamese forces operate under the forest's thick canopy it is the perfect hiding place and a strategic advantage that the Americans are unwilling to accept. To make use of its overwhelming air power, US forces build a network of bases throughout the country. Over the course of the war, Da Nang becomes one of the busiest air bases in the world. It is one of the centers of US aerial operations. The aircraft stationed there dropped not only bombs they also dropped chemical agents.Watch the full documentary "Footprints of War": youtu.be/C3WI-NAVtQASubscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo#documentary #history #vietnam #vietnamwar #war
Nuclear submarines dumped their nuclear waste in the oceans. No records were kept. wocomoHISTORY 2022-01-24 | The nuclear arms race shapes the dynamic of the cold war. The destructive force of nuclear technology is not the only reason why it attracts the military's attention. The enormous amount of energy it releases makes it a perfect fuel. The nuclear submarine fleets of the superpowers were some of the most prestigious objects of the cold war. The USSR has the largest fleet by far. During the height of the cold war, around 1/5 of the world’s nuclear reactors are used by the submarines of the notorious northern fleet. The dangers they hold are top secret until a former submarine officer goes public: Alexander NikitinWatch the full documentary "Footprints of War": youtu.be/C3WI-NAVtQASubscribe to wocomoHISTORY: goo.gl/oXDoxY Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
