When Winston Churchill needed the help of the US Army to defeat Hitler, he made a controversial decision to allow America to bring its segregated Army to the UK. Racial tension between black and white American soldiers spilled out onto the streets of Britain, resulting in shoot-outs, riots and murders. Searching for people alive today directly impacted by the violence, the program examines its lingering impact.

The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation o...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a co...

On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster – an earthquake t...

A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apach...

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a...

British intelligence undertook an audacious operation to listen in on the private conversations of 1...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

See Kenneth W. Rendell's collection of over 6,000 artifacts that range from the end of World War I a...

Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Divis...

A short documentary made from archival footage that explores the various dynamics of Japan and the U...

French Resistance's documentary during the liberation of Paris in August 1944.

A documentary focusing on American conscientious objectors during WWII.

Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The f...

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glou...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...

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

Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz used submarines, a vessel used to great effect by Germany in WWI and WW...

The Korean War saw three years of heavy combat take place on the small Korean peninsula, ending in a...