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.

Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act...

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the plane...

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

One of the 20th century Belgian artists who was the most idolized, exhibited, published, sold... Yet...

From empire to ashes-Japan's rise, war, and reckoning. A gripping journey through ambition, conflict...

The Le Mans race in 1955 made history through tragedy when more than 80 spectators were killed. Unco...

In this documentary film, the final day in the short life of the guitar god Jimi Hendrix is reconstr...

Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping ris...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and wh...

Phil Comeau shines a spotlight on the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier, a powerful secret society that opera...

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, B...

A documentary examining what the Tyrannosaurus Rex was really like - both appearance and behaviour -...

A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity,...

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...