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During a cryogenics test, a pilot frozen in 1939 awakes in 1992 but time is running out, as his body starts to age rapidly.

Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.

War is declared and Britain must take action against Nazi Germany if Europe is going to be saved from its ruthless clutches.

The epic story of a B-24 'Liberator' bomber aircraft, 'Shady Lady', that took off from Darwin, Australia, on Friday 13th August 1943, on what was at that time, the world's longest ever attempted bombing mission.

The stark phrase 'Missing In Action' leaves the human spirit room for hope, doubt and question. While it seems that Dr. Scannon's work is in a far remote piece of the world, the real adventure and spirit is in bringing answers to the families of those missing all these years.

World War Two would herald gigantic advances in military strategy. However, as far as the sea was concerned, the perils of the deep remained unchallenged.

World War II footage and films about the B-24 Liberator bomber.

Ford's massive World War II B-24 bomber factory.

The story and battles of the famed US Government supported American mercenary fighter pilots who flew in China in early World War II.

We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.

Germany starts World War II in Europe and Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Now, the same president who once vilified the Titans must ask them to join forces.

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

The bombing of Tokyo demonstrated the power of the B-29 bomber. The cost of creating this machine exceeds that of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb.

"Episode 1 - Living History" details those who are committed to keeping history alive, in the most literal sense. In the story 'Tora, Tora, Tora' a group of Commemorative Air Force volunteers fly Japanese Zero replicas to recreate the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 'Bomber Fantasy Camp' civilians pay to experience training and a mission on-board a B-24 bomber... to drop dummy bombs on target. In 'Paratrooper School' folks travel from far and wide to Frederick, OK to learn how to make WWII-style paratrooper jumps out of a period C-47 cargo plane.

To support the D-Day invasion the Allies chose to prioritize bombing transportation hubs and aircraft factories over synthetic oil plants expecting attacks on Germany's oil infrastructure would take longer to have an impact on the battlefield. However, post war analysis showed that once attacks on oil plants began Germany's oil production immediately drop precipitously. So a case can be made that oil plants should have been prioritized promptly after D-Day.

Jim McGrady, 97, of Fremont tells his experience in the World War II Air Force, having near-death experiences and meeting famous people. He trained hundreds of aerial gunners and earned his Silver Wings as an armament specialist and nose gunner on a Liberator B-24 bomber crew. He saved lives on two separate training flights, and met a famous athlete and a famous actress.

Charles Holcomb, 92, of Helena spent 11-and-a-half months as a POW in German prison camp during WWII, after his B-24 bomber that was shot down. As a prisoner of WWII, he was taken in the forced "Death March Across Germany" which many did not make it through. He barely survived starvation and frostbite through the harsh conditions of winter in Germany. He slept in the snow, enduring dysentery and illness, at times so sick he couldn't walk, losing 50 pounds and weighing just over 100, barely alive at the end.

The political ambition of Joseph P. Kennedy passes first to his son Joe Jr. and then to reluctant second son, Jack.