L’aviation, toute une histoire

Der Traum vom Fliegen

A History of Aviation

La historia de la aviación (1/2)

Historia lotnictwa - wyścig pionierów

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The story of flying from the very first test flights to the environmental challenges of today’s aviation industry taking in the huge advances made during the Second World War. In this first part: Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers and Louis Blériot, brave pioneers who risked their lives trying to reach the skies.

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<p>The story of flying from the very first test flights to the environmental challenges of today’s aviation industry taking in the huge advances made during the Second World War. In this first part: Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers and Louis Blériot, brave pioneers who risked their lives trying to reach the skies.</p>

Pioneers of the Skies (1/2)

Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers and Louis Blériot were brave pioneers who risked their lives trying to reach the skies.

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The Maginot Line is a giant: Thousands of underground bunkers and concrete defences lining the French border, from Belgium to the Mediterranean. In its time it was celebrated as a technical masterpiece and thought to be impregnable, today it also stands for the trauma of the French defeat in 1940. The documentary looks at a military construction that is as fascinating as it is controversial.

France's Defensive Barrier

Thought to be impregnable, the French defensive barrier did not halt the German invasion in 1940.

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The Nazis meticulously eliminated traces of their crimes against humanity between 1942 and 1944: The so-called Operation 1005.

Operation 1005

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On February 14, 2003, in the UN Security Council, Dominique de Villepin refused ratify the Iraq war

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In the aftermath of Franco's coup d'etat in 1936, Dolores Ibarruri took to the radio waves to call for resistance. Her famous phrase - No Pasarán - became a rallying call to action and continues to be used today.

No Pasarán! - Dolores Ibárruri

In the aftermath of Franco's coup d'etat in 1936, Dolores Ibarruri took to the radio waves to call for resistance

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Martin Luther King, speaking at the event, orginally hadn't intended to talk about his dream. But at the very last moment, he did. And the result was legendary. 

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For 35 years President Tito kept Yugoslavia’s diverse population living in peace. But after the fall of communism thinks started to fall apart.

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For 35 years President Tito kept Yugoslavia’s diverse population living in peace. But after the fall of communism thinks started to fall apart.  

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 In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled

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Far away from the South Korean metropolis of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple where three nuns live, pray and cook together 

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Three Japanese men have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus

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Philippe Jordan recreates the evening of December 22, 1808, when Beethoven presented his Pastoral symphony

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Changing jet streams are bad news for life on Earth

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Live from the Teatro Real in Madrid, an adaptation of Prokofiev’s flamboyant masterpiece by the ever-radical Calixto Bieito.

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