Technology, War Documentary hosted by Brian Matthews and Mark Healy, published by Chronos Films in 1996 - English narration
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This 'War Archive' set of exclusive programs brings the most comprehensive collection of the Wehrmacht's mobile fighting armor ever compiled as a definitive series.
At the heart of the series is the story of the evolution of the German tank, including the Panzer and Tiger tanks in their various configurations, which swept all before them throughout Europe, Russia and Middle East during the Blitzkrieg campaigns. Their powers are amply illustrated through the lenses of the German combat cameramen who accompanied the front line action in all the theaters of war. Their abilities are assessed and judged against the capanilities of the allied armor which they were born to crush.
In addition the series is complemented with in-depth coverage of the armored cars and half tracks whose main task was to range ahead of the tank battalions. It was often said that where you found these vehicles, the Panzers would not be far behind.
The series deals with the evolution of each tank, many of which were judged to be the best designed tanks of the war.
Written by Mark Healy ; Produced by Mike Croker ; Directed by Micky Shephard ; VAF Liechtenstein Production with Chronos Films UK
3) Panzer IV - Heavy Tank
In continuous production from 1936 until 1945 the Panzer IV was the armoured 'workhorse' of the German army in the Second World War.
Designed originally as a heavy 'support' tank for its stablemate, the lighter Mark III in the Panzer divisions, it became one of the key instruments of the blitzkrieg victories, in the early war years.
This programme traces the long history of this most versatile of German tanks and documents, a combat career that finally ended with the destruction of the last Mark IV's in Syrian service by the Israeli army on the Golan Heights in June 1967.
Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4 Video Bitrate: 2 097 Kbps Video Resolution: 720x552 Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps Audio Codec: AC3 Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz Audio Streams: 2 Audio Languages: english RunTime Per Part: 51 min 46 s - 1 h 1 min Number Of Parts: 10 Part Size: 822 MB - 1.08 GB Source: DVD (Thanks to [email protected]) Encoded by: DocFreak08
