During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. T...

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napol...

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad is confronted with his destiny after animals fa...

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

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreat...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a ...

This story of the miller Florian, who gave all his money to the war against Napoleon, is loosely bas...
Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the ...

Historical drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution produced to celebrat...

Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...

In 1980, the first march of gays, lesbians and transvestites took place in Brazil in protest against...