In 1968 the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise. The CIA crafted a secret program to raise the submarine in 1974. Now after much secrecy, this story can be told, by the men who made it happen and with never-before-seen footage of the actual salvage attempt, and new evidence of the project's successes and failures.
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginni...
In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniver...
12,000 feet down, life is erupting. Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 f...
A wine documentary exploring the most suitable types of wine in extreme environments for the future ...
What lies hidden beneath Moscow? Subway palaces full of Soviet propaganda, Stalin's magnificent bunk...
When Mikhail Gorbachev rose to power in 1985, his reform policy sparked an independence movement in ...
Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.
Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compellin...
A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films...
This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russi...
The ITN-produced documentary promises to “go beyond” news coverage and bring viewers up to date, whi...
The Man Who Saved the World is a feature documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenan...
A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the...
Robert Llewellyn examines the enduring appeal of submarine movies, finding a beached Cold War Russia...
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of E...
A documentary about US-led covert actions under the Reagan administration intended to bolster the pe...
13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...
Deals with the establishment of the Italian republic and Italy’s foreign affairs, particularly how I...
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed...