Je ne sais pas vous, mais je regarde peu la TV, à cause que ça m’ennuie souvent.
Et pourtant des fois c’est bien.
Par hasard on tombe sur un truc bien foutu, qui interpelle le neurone, l’œil ou une glande à émotion.
Comme le français moyen, je parcours le programme TV dans les cabinets et je coche ce que je veux ou voudrais regarder.
Certes j’ai des sujets de prédilections (anthropologie, égyptologie et les femmes à poil) mais des fois j’aimerai me laisser tenter par une émission qui aborde (par exemple) la castration des zébus au Yémen sous un angle inhabituel et faute d’une incitation directe à la curiosité, je rate un monument de la télévision.
Donc - bref - j’irai droit au but : si vous vous sentez l’âme d’un critique de la petite lucarne, que vous êtes exigent, ce post est pour vous.
Des films, des vrais ! sur les chaînes Hertziennes, et pas tous le même jour …
Ce mois-ci, sur Military Channel, on a découvert par hasard la série documentaire Hitler’s Bodyguard.
Sur un format de 60 mn, chaque épisode porte sur un aspect très précis du dispositif de protection d’Hitler, avant ou pendant la guerre. Non seulement c’est passionnant (c’est particulièrement bien monté), mais en plus il y a une quantité incroyable d’images d’archives qu’on avait jamais vues ailleurs. On a vu une demi-douzaine d’épisodes parmi la quinzaine que compte la saison 1. Je mets en rouge les épisodes qu’on a vus. Les autres je ne sais pas, mais s’ils sont de la même qualité : chapeau !
A voir absolument si vous êtes passionnés d’histoire :
The Inner Circle
In the 1920s, Hitler recruited street-fighting bullies to guard party meetings. They would soon become known as the SA. As Hitler’s career evolved, the SA grew and their rival SS was created and competed for the powerful position of guarding Hitler.
Assassination Attempts
The rivalry between the SA and the SS heats up as Hitler’s power grows. Hermann Goering and Ernst Roehm square off in their attempts to get closer to their rising leader. Hitler’s near fatal revolt and subsequent arrest serve to promote his ambition.
Kill the New Chancellor
When Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1933, immediate threats on his life are made and quickly thwarted. These threats become serious attempts when Hitler seizes absolute power after the burning of the Reichstag.
Operation Hummingbird
A storm is brewing as the SA grows into a force of more than 4 million. Roehm’s ambition is to make the SA the main power in the Nazi state. The SA has become most serious threat to Hitler’s survival. It is rumored to be plotting his overthrow.
Enemies of the Fuher
Within a few months of Hitler becoming dictator of Germany, his enemies increase enormously. The persecution of the Jews leads to several attempts to kill him. Students, organizations and the Soviet Union all contemplate or attempt killing Hitler.
Before the War
In 1938, Hitler makes his aggressive intentions clear. Occupations of Austria and Czechoslovakia enormously increase his personal enemies. German officers plot to overthrow and kill Hitler, but their plans diminish with the invasion of Poland.
Elser’s Bomb
As Hitler begins his aggressive expansion, the German army sets up a special unit of trained soldiers to guard his military headquarters and escort him on visits to the front. Elser is arrested after Hitler comes close to being killed by his bomb.
The Paris Attempt
Hitler was a car fanatic. His love of travelling through massive crowds in open-topped Mercedes presented his guards with particular problems. While following his armies during the Blitzkriegs in Poland and France, Hitler puts himself in danger.
Hitler’s Flights
Hitler appreciated the power of aircraft, not only as a military weapon, but as a political tool. During the early 1930s, he hired aircraft for election campaigning, often facing weather and mechanical problems, as well as specific assassination attempts.
Hitler’s Train
As Hitler’s empire expanded, the need for a secure, mobile military headquarters led him to use a Special Train, the Führer-Sonderzug. Code named ‘Amerika’, this became an armored monster with anti-aircraft armament and state-of-the-art communications.
The Wolf’s Lair
Hitler’s most famous headquarters, the Wolfschanze or ‘Wolf’s Lair’, was near Rastenburg deep in the forests of East Prussia. From here Hitler directed the titanic campaign against the Soviet Union.
The Berghof
The Berghof, near Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Obersalzberg, was the nearest Hitler had to a home. Here he was surrounded by close colleagues and their families, and relax amid the mountain scenery.
The Bunker Plot
By early 1945, Hitler was held up in his bunker deep beneath the Reichschancellery as the Red Army surrounded Berlin. His colleagues and officers plot to either kill Hitler or escape the bunker and negotiate with the Allies.