b'PROGRAMMES 2022 CKSELECTED AS ONEB L A OF TBIS MIPCOM 2021 HOT PICKSPANTHERS OF WW2This one-hour special tells the story of the firstGENREAfrican American armoured unit to enter combatHistory & Mysteryin WW2: the 761st Tank Battalion. Known as theDURATION Black Panthers, they proved more than capable1 x 60of living up to their motto of Come Out Fighting.PRODUCERThis programme reveals how they had to fightLike A Shot not only the enemy abroad, but also at home.EntertainmentThey were trained in an era of segregation,BROADCASTERunder the racist Jim Crow laws that prevailed inUKTVAmerica. Even Nazi prisoners of war had more rights than them. The Blank panthers had aYEAR OF PRODUCTIONfight on their hands to be heard and respected2021amongst a sea of white generals but, at last, deployment gave them a chance to proveVIEW MOREthemselves as invaluable soldiers in the war against the Third Reich. Through dramatic reconstruction, interviews with the veterans and their families, Black Panthers of WW2 tells the incredible hidden story of the brave men who fought in this little-known tank battalion. 39/40'