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Digital map titled "Battle of Waterloo." Belgium, France, northern Italy and western Germany are shaded in red. Text over countries reads, "Belgium. France. Italy. Germany." Paris is marked on the map and the French flag is on France.
Command Decisions
Episode 12
21 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Rivoli." The "French Republic" is white with a yellow dot by Paris. 1 yellow arrow points northeast from France into red-shaded Germany. "Austrian Empire" with corresponding flag are shaded red. South, a yellow shaded area is labeled "Italian States" with a yellow arrow pointing from the French Republic to the Italian States.
Command Decisions
Episode 13
20 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of San Juan Hill." U, S, flag is on Florida's southern peninsula. Across the Straits of Florida, is the country, Cuba, with Santiago marked by a green dot.
Command Decisions
Episode 14
20 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Six Day War." Closeup view of 1967 Israel highlighted in blue with surrounding North African and Middle East countries.
Command Decisions
Episode 15
20 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map titled "Tet Offensive." Closeup of southeast Asia with China, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam shaded in red. A yellow star appears on North Vietnam. To the west, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma are shaded in beige.
Command Decisions
Episode 16
21 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Vintage labeled map of Europe. Army positioned between Portugal and France, stretching out along the border to Hungary, and up to the German Empire. Caption. He led his own army on a 3-year crusade.
1 hours 29 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Wide high shot of New York City skyline with smoke billowing from the World Trade Center Towers.
43 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of brown script on a tan background. Script reads, "July 4, 1776. United States of America.
44 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Map shows a circuitous sailing route from Plymouth out to the Atlantic Ocean. Caption. Narrator. The ships turn back not once but two times.
2 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Computer image compares the features of 2 war planes. The P-51C Mustang has speed and maneuverability. The FW-190 has durability and armament. Caption. But the FW-190 is more rugged and has better armament.
45 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Digital architectural rendering. Aerial view of grassy fields surrounding an ancient Egyptian city by the water.
1 hours 31 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Color illustration of men in a small rowboat with a giant whale breaching in front of them. Caption. Soon there is the cry from the mast of, "Thar she blows!"
44 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
World globe stopped on the Atlantic Ocean, showing Africa, and a section of North and South America. Caption. But the world is very big and life very short.
45 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white military profile shot of George Herbert Walker Bush. Caption. For now, there was a war to fight... and win.
46 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Map of eastern United States with north shaded blue and south shaded red. Dashed arrows point to a red dot labeled "Gettysburg."
1 hours 26 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white image of nineteenth century men surrounding an unconscious Abraham Lincoln wearing white and lying in bed.
28 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
13 Episodes
Sepia toned three-quarter view of John Wilkes Booth with short curly hair and a mustache wearing a suit coat and cravat.
1 hours 30 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo shows John Pierpont Morgan walking and talking with a young man. Caption. Narrator. Morgan knew he had been beaten, but he wasn't about to give up.
44 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Painting of Merlin dressed in medieval clothing reaching his hands out to a woman holding a baby in her arms. Caption. Merlin told her it was for the boy's own safety.
44 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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