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The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis

April 1, 1987

In the revealing 24 minutes of the PBS video documentary The Secret Government available for free viewing below, host Bill Moyers exposes the inner workings of a secret government much more vast that most people would ever imagine. Though originally broadcast in 1987, it is even more relevant today. Interviews with respected top military, intelligence, and government insiders reveal both the history and secret objectives of powerful groups in the hidden shadows of our government.

Hell on the Battleground

Hell on the Battleground

April 1, 1987

Vietnam: The battle-tested Seargents Casey and Lance have to accompany a young Lieutenant and a group of newly arrived teenage soldiers on a practice trip in the jungle. But the trip turns bloody serious when they are discovered by Russian scouts and have half a company follows hot on their heels.

The Hanoi Hilton

The Hanoi Hilton

March 27, 1987

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.

Madrid

Madrid

March 18, 1987

Hans, a German director, is in Madrid to film a television production about the capital and the Civil War, 50 years after it occurred. Accompanied by Lucía, his editor, and Goyo, his cinematographer, he films shots of the modern city, searching for spaces and people related to its past. At the same time, he views materials related to the past. In this search, Hans questions the point of his project, and disagrees with his producers until he discovers a project that he is passionate about.

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

March 1, 1987

Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.

Vietnam

Vietnam

February 23, 1987

The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

To the Four Winds

To the Four Winds

February 12, 1987

A poet and journalist must take under the role of a Basque army commander during the siege of the Basque Count

The Stone Lion

The Stone Lion

February 4, 1987

When a British officer is found dead on a pipeline, tensions rise between a local tribe and authorities.

In Their Prime

In Their Prime

January 2, 1987

At the Sino-Vietnamese border, a group of nine people headed by a deputy company commander and a platoon commander braved the enemy's intensive artillery fire to the No. 3 post, a natural cave, and began three months of hard fighting.

Strawman

Strawman

January 2, 1987

In 1940s Taiwan, during the last days of Japanese rule, an impoverished farming village is less concerned with colonial politics than with feeding their families. One day, an American bomb falls onto a field, where it lies unexploded.

Last Step

Last Step

January 1, 1987

Stepan Astashonok, a graduate of the orphanage, came to the factory and seemed to have found his business. He soon got married, but he lived few happy days. When the war began, the Germans stole his wife and children to Germany. Having reached Berlin, the hero did not lose hope of finding them. Stepan learned about the death of his daughter, son and wife in the last days of the war. But the soldier continued to fight and tried to be human.…

Avrianos polemistis

Avrianos polemistis

January 1, 1987

Drama about a family split by the war in Cyprus.

Si wang ji zhong ying

Si wang ji zhong ying

January 1, 1987

Xiang Xi Jiao Fei Ji (Part II)

Xiang Xi Jiao Fei Ji (Part II)

January 1, 1987

Xiang Xi Jiao Fei Ji

Xiang Xi Jiao Fei Ji

January 1, 1987

天音

天音

January 1, 1987

Silent Heroes

Silent Heroes

January 1, 1987

One soldier's fight for survival in Britain's war for the Falkland Islands. A true story.

Going Home

Going Home

January 1, 1987

At the end of the first World War, Canadian soldiers revolt against the bad condition they endured while in Wales.

Wielki wóz

Wielki wóz

January 1, 1987

Cards on the Table: Wreath on the Grave

Cards on the Table: Wreath on the Grave

January 1, 1987

The year 1963 drags on heavily. Rumors about the US-backed coup are spreading. Ngo Dinh Diem's ​​government continues to suffer from a severe loss of popularity that is still worsening. Two lots of trafficked drugs from the Golden Triangle to South Vietnam have vanished into thin air. Luan sets out on what may be his final collaboration with Ngo Dinh Nhu.