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. ************************************************* ************************************************* ** ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EST)! ** ************************************************* ************************************************* 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