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.
Exclusively created with period engravings, this animated feature explores the Franco-Prussian War o...
« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, de...
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...
In the heart of Paris, an entire palace has disappeared. It was the very first residence of the king...
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of bo...
Recently discovered footage reveals the secret history of NASA's first landing on the moon, and usin...
Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...
An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bil...
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...
On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captiv...
For eight centuries, between the 9th and 1st century BC, the Etruscans, inhabitants of the Italian p...
The life and work of stage designer ADOLPHE APPIA, originator of the most profound agitations in con...
In the spring of 1902, Viennese working-class daughter Marie König runs away from her beating father...
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth ...
The history of skiing is an amazing journey through small and big events starring strong and avant-g...
As early as 1920, the journalists of the "Münchener Post" recognized the danger posed by Adolf Hitle...
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.