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Title: Amazon Prime
Post by: fsn on 12 March 2018, 07:45:37 AM
For those of you with an Eastern bent, Amazon seems to be raiding the archives of Russian TV.

There is a series on the Korean War called ... "The Korean War".
A WWII air drama called "The Attackers" and some WWII ground based series "The Dawns are Quiet Here", "Life and FAte" and "Snow and Ashes".

For a more up to date offering, there's "Tank Biathlon" in which teams for around the world drive and shoot T72s in a competition - except for the Chinese who bring their own tank. 
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: Matt J on 12 March 2018, 10:54:12 AM
Cheers matey, I will peruse these later. I find amazon is quite good for old obscure docu's
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: fsn on 12 March 2018, 12:13:25 PM
There's also a 2 part series on WWI in the air called "The Aces War". It's in French. but dubbed.

Canters along at a good pace and the graphics are quite excellent.
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: fsn on 03 April 2018, 07:06:39 PM
Continuing the air theme, there's "The RAF collection": 3 episodes on "Early Jets", "Cold War A/C" and "Forgotten Bombers".
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: Leman on 04 April 2018, 10:18:38 AM
Quote from: fsn on 12 March 2018, 12:13:25 PM
There's also a 2 part series on WWI in the air called "The Aces War". It's in French. but dubbed.

Canters along at a good pace and the graphics are quite excellent.
There is also some use of subtitles, particularly interesting when German officers are speaking to each other in French. Not sure if the French is in a German accent, as in Ve haf vays of making you talk!
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: SV52 on 04 April 2018, 07:33:24 PM
Interesting one on swords and sword fighting too.  (Mike Loades isn't in it.)
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: Leman on 05 April 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Who is Mike Loads?
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: Ithoriel on 05 April 2018, 10:32:29 PM
Quote from: Leman on 05 April 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Who is Mike Loads?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Loades

I find him particularly irritating as a presenter/ tame expert - YMMV
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: Leman on 06 April 2018, 04:38:49 PM
I shall continue to avoid him then.
Title: Re: Amazon Prime
Post by: toxicpixie on 15 May 2018, 08:39:24 AM
He's astonishingly enthusiastic. I find more than a couple of minutes of him presenting puts my teeth on edge! He was on the recent BBC4 series about the Celts, and his constant "THIS CHARIOT IS THE CUTTING EDGE OF HIGH TECH MILITARY WARFARE! WOOOO!" and "THIS SWORD IS AMAZING! WOOOOO!" was really irritating. Especially as I'm unconvinced the chariot really was cutting edge in the 1st century AD :D