Patrick King
Director
Battle Stations (2000)
Season 1
Battle Stations is a documentary series of 1 hour episodes, which uses archive footage, re-enactments and first-hand accounts from the crews, to follow the machines and technology implemented from the Second World War to the Gulf War in the land, air and sea.
Released Sept. 24, 2000
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, History, War
Keywords: tmdb.airplane, tmdb.technology, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.combat-vehicle, imdb.technology
Network: History
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
Hungarian
S1E1 - Sherman Assault
Ride along in the thick of battle in the American M4 Sherman Tank, as it blasts its way into history and paves the way for liberation of Europe.
Sept. 25, 2000, midnight
S1E2 - Spitfire Squadron
In this episode, see how it feels to be a Spitfire fighter pilot in a dogfight.
Sept. 27, 2000, midnight
S1E3 - Drop Zone
In this episode, we fly on a Dakota, and American C47/DC3 cargo plane used to transport paratroopers across the English Channel for the D-day invasion at Normandy.
Sept. 28, 2000, midnight
S1E4 - DUKW Landing
Ride in the American DUKW Amphibious Vehicle (Duck to G.I.s)
Sept. 29, 2000, midnight
S1E5 - P-51 Mustang
Originally built for the RAF, the USAAF's P-51 Mustang became one of the greatest fighter planes ever to be built.
Aug. 19, 2001, midnight
S1E6 - T-34 Russian Victory
Stalin enlisted the ideas of an American engineer, J. Walter Christie, to develop one of the most formidable tanks in history.
Aug. 26, 2001, midnight
S1E7 - Mulberry Harbour
Outlining the most audacious engineering feat of WWII.
Sept. 16, 2001, midnight
S1E8 - Hitlers Vengeance Weapons
Enter the world of rocket scientists, secret weapons, and the race to destroy two of Hitler's most elusive weapons.
Sept. 23, 2001, midnight
S1E9 - Tiger Attack
Adolf Hitler became personally involved in the Tiger Tank, one of history's finest armoured fighting vehicles.
Oct. 7, 2001, midnight
S1E10 - Liberty Convoy
The terror of being hunted by Hitler's U-boats and the bravery of crews that risked their lives to deliver men and material to defeat Nazi forces.
Nov. 11, 2001, midnight
S1E11 - Messerschmitt 262
We take the viewer inside the cockpits of the German pilots who flew the jet-powered Messerschmitt 262 which was a wonder weapon.
Nov. 18, 2001, midnight
S1E12 - Radar
Details how one man was asked to develop a death ray, but discovered radar.
Nov. 25, 2001, midnight
S1E13 - Lancaster Bombers: Target Germany
The RAF Lancaster Bomber ranks as one of the finest aircraft of WWII.
Dec. 16, 2001, midnight
S1E14 - Huey Helicopter: Air Armada
The Vietnam War was the Huey war-a brutal war, where the lethal Huey gunship wreaked havoc on the Viet Cong. The Huey revolutionised U.S. Army tactics and changed the way modern wars were fought.
Jan. 20, 2002, midnight
S1E15 - B-26 Marauder
Bombing from altitudes of over 10,000 feet, the Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber during WWII.
March 10, 2002, midnight
S1E16 - F-86 Sabre-Jet Strike
Developed from jet technology captured from the Germans after WWII, the F-86 approached speeds of Mach 1.
March 19, 2002, midnight
S1E17 - MIG-15: Russian Stealth
The MiG 15 was one of the 20th century's most feared high-performance weapons.
April 7, 2002, midnight
S1E18 - Catalina Patrol
The legendary "Black Cat" squadrons won fame as night bombers in the battles of the Solomon Islands.
April 28, 2002, midnight
S1E19 - Black Hawk: Night Stalker
The Black Hawk remains today the world's most advanced twin-turbine military helicopter and flies wherever duty calls, from hot deserts to the icy Arctic.
Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
S1E20 - Blackbird Stealth!
Designed in the 1950s by Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 Blackbird was the world's first stealthy aircraft, designed to over-fly enemy territory with impunity while photographing 100,000 square miles in an hour.
Dec. 15, 2002, midnight
S1E21 - Aircraft Carrier
Weighing in at over 27000 tons and over 800 feet in length, they were known as floating cities.
Dec. 16, 2002, midnight
S1E22 - Corsair: Pacific Warrior
Designed for aircraft carriers, it proved too hot to handle during deck landing.
Dec. 26, 2002, midnight
S1E23 - B-52 Stratofortress
The race to produce the first intercontinental jet bomber.
Dec. 26, 2002, midnight
S1E24 - M1 Abrams: Supertank
Dec. 26, 2002, midnight
S1E25 - P-38 Lightning Strikes
The P-38s struggle for aerial supremacy in the skies of the South West Pacific during WWII - Americas Ace of Aces.
July 5, 2003, midnight
S1E26 - The Destroyer
Featuring interviews with sailors who served on these gladiators of the sea in the often suicidal Pacific Theatre, striking archive film, much of it in colour, and detailed re-enactments.
Aug. 1, 2003, midnight
S1E27 - FA-18 Hornet
One aircraft in the US arsenal best typifies the will to win. Using the latest and most sophisticated computerized technology, the F/A-18 Hornet is now one of the foremost fighters of the 21st century.
Aug. 15, 2003, midnight
S1E28 - B-17 Flying Fortress
This is the story of the young airmen of the "Mighty Eighth" and the angers they faced at 30,000 feet!
Sept. 15, 2003, midnight
S1E29 - The F-15
Built to put US pilots back in charge of the skies, the F-15 Eagle proved its superiority in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Oct. 24, 2003, midnight
S1E30 - F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
Dogged by controversy, shrouded in secrecy F-117's have become the world's first truly stealth aircraft - forever changing the concept of aerial warfare.
Feb. 1, 2004, midnight
S1E31 - A-10 Tankbuster
It is the most feared aircraft in the US Air Force. The A-10 Tankbuster was the first aircraft in the US aviation history designed specifically for Close Air Support.
Feb. 27, 2004, midnight
S1E32 - Mosquito Attack
Powered by two Rolls Royce Merlin engines, this plane was a revolutionary design with no armour or weapons but could carry the same bomb load as a B-17.
June 1, 2004, midnight
S1E33 - Apache Helicopter
Developed during the Cold War, this incredible aircraft is now the most powerful and feared helicopter in the world. Able to dive into action at over 200mph, it can deliver a devastating firestorm of missiles or rockets.
Nov. 19, 2004, midnight
S1E34 - PT Boats
These boats were WWII's most heavily armed fighting boats. Screwed and glued together on a hull made of wood, they were nicknamed "The Devil Boats of the Night".
Dec. 17, 2004, midnight
S1E35 - Challenger Tank
When this 60 tons of high-tech military hardware rumbles onto the battlefield there's nowhere for the enemy to hide.
Dec. 17, 2004, midnight
S1E36 - HMS Victory
The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in 19th century maritime history, the Battle of Trafalgar.
May 26, 2005, midnight
S1E37 - B-2 Bomber
With its origins in single wing experimentation carried out in Germany in the 1930s, and continuing through cutting edge aviation research in the 1950s and 60s, the B-2 was developed under a cloak of secrecy.
June 26, 2005, midnight
S1E38 - Heavy Metal of D-Day
The greatest machine of WWII springs into action. It is made up of thousands of ships and aircraft, tens of thousands of men and millions of tons of steel and concrete.
April 12, 2006, midnight
S1E39 - F-22 Raptor
Deadly and undetectable at long range, this super-jet is the latest in fifth-generation fighter technology.
July 14, 2006, midnight
S1E40 - HMS Belfast: Fortress of Steel
Commissioned in 1938, the British cruiser HMS Belfast was the Royal Navy's most modern warship.
Dec. 15, 2006, midnight
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42 min/ep
42 min
Sept. 24, 2000
Dec. 15, 2006, midnight
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