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.

The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigat...

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

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

Norwegian researcher Petter Amundsen claims to have deciphered a secret code hidden in legendary pla...

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

Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth ...

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but a...

From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police off...

Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 m...

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 ...

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Ea...

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to t...