WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948

Name: WWII: Mysteries in the Archives 1938-1948
Released: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dana Westberg

TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

Uncovering the footage that bears witness to a century of history. Some of the images are well known, some have never been seen before, and every image is analysed until they reveals all their secrets.

2022 · 26m

Starring Dana Westberg

Director Serge Viallet

EPISODE 1

Atomic Test at the Bikini

Why so many cameras and equipment to film two atomic explosions just after the end of the Second World War?; what's the relationship between atomic testing and the famous bathing suit?

26 min
EPISODE 2

Japan Surrenders

Tokyo Bay, Japan. September 2, 1945. On board the USS Missouri, an American battleship. Several weeks ago, American atom bombs devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan has capitulated.

26 min
EPISODE 3

Concentration Camps Liberated in Germany

In April 1945, Allied troops uncover and liberate numerous camps. It is only when the Americans open camps like Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau in Germany that the world truly grasps the scale of the horrors inflicted by the Nazis.

26 min
EPISODE 4

Secret Meetings

In February 1945, British Prime Minister Churchill and US President Roosevelt secretly meet Soviet leader Stalin in Crimea. Their discussions lay the foundation for Europe's future after the defeat of Nazi Germany.

25 min
EPISODE 5

French Resistance Filmed and Trapped

In 1944, cameraman Felix Forestier was secretly sent to film the French Resistance in Vercors. His unique footage was lost and forgotten until 2013. Why did the Maquis Du Vercors become a symbol of the French Resistance?

26 min
EPISODE 6

Eva Braun Films Hitler

On 6 July 1940, in Berlin, crowds cheer for Chancellor Adolf Hitler as he arrives in a convertible. Eva Braun captures the only colour footage of this moment at the Chancellery. What do her images reveal about Hitler's relationships with people?

25 min