Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s hea...

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontaineble...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known...

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristo...

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mou...

It is the year 2546. Corporations rule the world, and an agent is on a secret mission to explore the...

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provi...

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...

The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, ...

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

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

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

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Trou...

The Hobbit Enigma examines one of the greatest controversies in science today: what did scientists f...

Stonehenge is an icon of prehistoric British culture, an enigma that has seduced archaeologists and ...