jem3@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com (John E McKillop) (05/21/91)
From: jem3@pyuxf.cc.bellcore.com (John E McKillop)
The following are the June 1991 programs on cable's Arts and
Entertainment (A&E) Network that may be of interest to the
aviation/military folk in the U.S. and Canada.
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BATTLELINE
Operation Torch (Allied invasion of North Africa, Nov 42)
Wed, Jun 5, 2030-2100
Thu, Jun 6, 0030-0100
Tarawa (USMC invasion in 1943)
Wed, Jun 12, 2030-2100
Thu, Jun 13, 0030-0100
Stalingrad (Russian defense of)
Wed, Jun 19, 2030-2100
Thu, Jun 20, 0030-0100
The Battle of the Atlantic (Allies vs. German U-boats)
Wed, Jun 26, 2030-2100
Thu, Jun 27, 0030-0100
BIOGRAPHY
Bomber Harris (head of RAF Bomber Command in WWII)
Tue, Jun 25, 2000-2100
Wed, Jun 26, 0000-0100
Hitler
Tue, Jun 18, 2000-2100
Wed, Jun 19, 0000-0100
Rommel (The Desert Fox)
Sun, Jun 16, 2200-2300
Mon, Jun 17, 0200-0300
Schwarzkopf (Stormin' Norman)
Tue, Jun 4, 2000-2100
Wed, Jun 5, 0000-0100
Sun, Jun 9, 2200-2300
Mon, Jun 10, 0200-0300
CALL TO GLORY (TV series about Air Force family in 1960's)
Paper Tiger (spy flights over Red China)
Mon, Jun 3, 2200-2300
Tue, Jun 4: 0200-0300
A Nation Divided (civil rights movement)
Mon, Jun 10, 2200-2300
Tue, Jun 11, 0200-0300
Go/No Go (Raynor in Vietnam)
Mon, Jun 17, 2200-2300
Tue, Jun 18, 0200-0300
Call If Coming (bitter political controversy)
Mon, Jun 24, 2200-2300
Tue, Jun 25, 0200-0300
CRUSADE IN EUROPE (video series of Eisenhower's book)
Rise and Fall of a Dictator (Mussolini)
Mon, Jun 3, 0830-0900
The GI: Hero of the War (that says it all)
Mon, Jun 3, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 4, 0830-0900
Victory in Italy (Anzio)
Tue, Jun 4, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 5, 0830-0900
Preparations for Invasion (D-Day invasion)
Wed, Jun 5, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 6, 0830-0900
D-Day (Normandy)
Thu, Jun 6, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 7, 0830-0900
Beachhead and Breakthrough (Normandy)
Fri, Jun 7, 1930-2000
Mon, Jun 10, 0830-0900
Liberation of Paris (Jul 44)
Mon, Jun 10, 1930-2000
Tue, Jul 11, 0830-0900
Pursuit (Patton's Third Army)
Tue, Jun 11, 1930-2000
Wed, Jun 12, 0830-0900
The Battle of Supply (logistics)
Wed, Jun 12, 1930-2000
Thu, Jun 13, 0830-0900
The Air War (Luftwaffe vs. RAF over England)
Thu, Jun 13, 1930-2000
Fri, Jun 14, 0830-0900
The Battle of the Bulge (Dec 44)
Fri, Jun 14, 1930-2000
Mon, Jun 17, 0830-0900
Crossing the Rhine (Allies into Germany)
Mon, Jun 17, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 18, 0830-0900
Overrunning Germany
Tue, Jun 18, 1930-2000
Wed, Jun 19, 0830-0900
Victory's Aftermath (lessons of war)
Wed, Jun 19, 1930-2000
Thu, Jun 20, 0830-0900
American Military Government (GIs as civil governors)
Thu, Jun 20, 1930-2000
Fri, Jun 21, 0830-0900
Russia (Russian Army in WWII)
Fri, Jun 21, 1930-2000
Mon, Jun 24, 0830-0900
Review (post WWII)
Mon, Jun 24, 1930-2000
Tue, Jun 25, 0830-0900
CRUSADE IN THE PACIFIC
The Pacific in Eruption (history of Pacific rim countries)
Tue, Jun 25, 1930-2000
Wed, Jun 26, 0830-0900
Awakening in the Pacific (Japanes prior to Pearl Harbor)
Wed, Jun 26, 1930-2000
Thu, Jun 27, 0830-0900
The Rise of the Japanese Empire (plan against Pearl Harbor)
Thu, Jun 27, 1930-2000
Fri, Jun 28, 0830-0900
America Goes To War in the Pacific (Pearl Harbor)
Fri, Jun 28, 1930-2000
DAVID L. WOLPER PRESENTS
D-Day (plots, counterplots, etc. for Normandy invasion)
Mon, Jun 3, 2000-2100
Tue, Jun 4, 0000-0100
Sat, Jun 8, 1300-1400
The Enterprise in Action (USS Enterprise off Vietnam)
Mon, Jun 17, 2000-2100
Tue, Jun 18, 0000-0100
Sat, Jun 22, 1300-1400
The Plot to Murder Hitler (Jul 44)
Sat, Jun 1, 1300-1400
Trial at Nuremberg (Nazi war crimes trials)
Mon, Jun 10, 2000-2100
Tue, Jun 11, 0000-0100
Sat, Jun 15, 1300-1400
FLYING MARINES (USMC flyers from WWII to Nam)
Sun, Jun 2, 1930-2000
MOVIES (All comments are from Leonard Maltin's book TV MOVIES AND VIDEO
GUIDE, 1991 edition. Maltin rates movies from BOMB to 4 stars for films
and average, etc. for TV movies.
5 BRANDED WOMEN (1960) starring Van Heflin, Silvana Mangano, Vera Miles
and Barbara Bel Geddes. 2 STARS. Overambitious production, badly
miscast, set in WWII Middle Europe. Five women scorned by partisans for
consorting with Nazis prove their patriotism.
Tue, Jun 11, 1200-1400
Wed, Jun 12, 0400-0600
BLUNT, THE FOURTH MAN, Nothing in Maltin's book. (1986) Movie stars Ian
Richardson as Sir Anthony Blunt--historian, knight and spy! Anthony
Hopkins co-stars in the true story of the bluebloods who betrayed
England in the most scandalous spy ring of the century.
Fri, Jun 21, 0400-0600
THE HIGH COMMAND (1937-British), 2.5 STARS. Stars James Mason. Crime
melodrama set at an AFrican military outpost. A general caught up in a
blackmailing scheme that leads to murder. An early role for Mason.
Thu, Jun 20, 1200-1400
ICE COLD IN ALEX (1960-British), 3 STARS. Stars John Mills, Sylvia Syms
and Anthony Quayle. Well-handled psychological drama of British
ambulance officer, two nurses, and a German soldier brought together in
African desert.
Thu, Jun 27, 1200-1400
THE IMMORTAL BATTALION, (1944-British), 3.5 STARS. Starring David Niven,
Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Trevor Howard. Exhilarating wartime British
film showing how disparate civilians come to work together as a fighting
unit; full of spirit and charm, with an outstanding cast.
Fri, Jun 21, 1200-1400
IN ENEMY COUNTRY, (1968), 2 STARS. Stars Tony Franciosa, Guy Stockwell.
So-so programmer of WWII intrigue, set in France and England, filmed on
Universal's backlot. Not very convincing.
Sat, Jun 22, 1500-1700
UNDER TEN FLAGS (1960), 2.5 STARS. Stars Van Heflin, Charles Laughton.
German attack-ship during WWII uses a variey of doges to elude British
pursuers, in naval cat-and-mouse game, told from German point of view.
Sun, Jun 23, 1500-1800
OUR CENTURY
Cities At War: Berlin
Wed, Jun 12, 2100-2200
Thu, Jun 13, 0100-0200
Sun, Jun 16, 1900-2000
Cities At War: Leningrad
Wed, Jun 19, 2100-2200
Thu, Jun 20, 0100-0200
Sun, Jun 23, 1900-2000
Cities At War: London
Wed, Jun 5, 2100-2200
Thu, Jun 6, 0100-0200
Sun, Jun 9, 1900-2000
Cities At War: Paris
Wed, Jun 26, 2100-2200
Thu, Jun 27, 0100-0200
Sun, Jun 30, 1900-2000
SACRIFICE AT PEARL HARBOR
Sun, Jun 2, 1800-1930
SPACEFLIGHT
Thunder in the Skies (early pioneers of flight-Von Braun, Yeager, etc)
Wed, Jun 5, 2200-2300
Thu, Jun 6, 0200-0300
Sun, Jun 9, 1800-1900
The Wings of Mercury (early US & USSR space flights)
Wed, Jun 12, 2200-2300
Thu, Jun 13, 0200-0300
Sun, Jun 16, 1800-1900
One Giant Leap (struggle to be first on moon)
Wed, Jun 19, 2200-2300
Thu, Jun 20, 0200-0300
Sun, Jun 23, 1800-1900
The Territory Ahead (reusable space craft)
Wed, Jun 26, 2200-2300
Thu, Jun 27, 0200-0300
Sun, Jun 30, 1800-1900
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
D-Day Attack, Part 2 (Normandy)
Wed, Jun 5, 2000-2030
Thu, Jun 6, 0000-0030
The Plots Against Hitler (Jul 44)
Wed, Jun 12, 2000-2030, Part 1
Thu, Jun 13, 0000-0030, Part 1
Wed, Jun 19, 2000-2030, Part 2
Thu, Jun 20, 0000-0030, Part 2
Freedom For the Philippines (Japanese invasion; US invasion)
Wed, Jun 26, 2000-2030
Thu, Jun 27, 0000-0030
VICTORY AT SEA (award winning TV series)
Guadalcanal (invasion in Aug 42)
Thu, Jun 6, 2000-2030
Fri, Jun 7, 0000-0030
Sun, Jun 9, 1730-1800
Mare Nostrum (Allied struggle in Mediterranean)
Thu, Jun 20, 2000-2030
Fri, Jun 21, 0000-0030
Rings Around Rabaul (naval battles to control Solomon Is. in '42/'43)
Thu, Jun 13, 2000-2030
Fri, Jun 14, 0000-0030
Sun, Jun 16, 1730-1800
Sea and Sand (invasion of N. Africa, Nov 42)
Thu, Jun 27, 2000-2030
Fri, Jun 28, 0000-0030
Sun, Jun 30, 1730-1800