The first major operation for the 101st US Airborne Division was the airborne landing in Normandy on June 5, 1944. The objective was to parachute 6,700 soldiers behind German lines to weaken the defenses for the planned sea landing as much as possible. Heavy anti-aircraft fire scattered the soldiers across Normandy, resulting in heavy losses – many were killed by German anti-aircraft fire during their parachute descent.
By a stupid coincidence, single mother Tanja and her two children have to share their vacation home on the Cote d'Azur with the writer Paul Wackernagel.
A man signs up as a driver for a group of criminals on a dangerous job. On the way to the hit the man hears the lottery numbers and realises he's got the winning ticket on him.
Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death.
Selling the world from the trunk of his worn and dented 1948 Tucker, James Frederickson travels across the American countryside with nothing but a car full of altlases and a sales pitch.
Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events—Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation.
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