The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, County Kerry, to Newfoundland, Canada, 165 years ago was an 8 year endeavor that helped lay the foundation of the modern technology industry and explains the fragility of undersea cables today.

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently decla...

The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was ...

In 1900, the eyes of the whole world are on Paris. The World's Fair welcomed 50 million amazed visit...

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. T...

The battles between the ruling empires and houses of nobility that would decide the fate of the Cauc...

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinemati...

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

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

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

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...

Between June 1940 and March 1943, the 1,200 kilometer long demarcation line broke France in two. For...

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

Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company called Nokia that manufactured the world’s best a...

William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and i...