Sir John Franklin set off from England in 1845 with two ships and 129 men to be the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, a new trade route over the top of the world, when Franklin’s ships vanished without a trace. Now, a team of explorers attempts to solve the mystery by retracing Franklin’s route in search of his long-lost tomb.

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...


Romantic art was a response to the social upheavals of the 19th century, as shown by works by its em...

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

Today London, tomorrow Paris, the day after New York – the life of the "jetsetter." Long before the ...

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid durin...

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

On the eve of the publication of a biography of Claude Jutra, one of the most famous and celebrated ...

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers ...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...