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.

Showcases a series of daring raid made by various sections of the British military during World War ...

On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky cast...

A young lieutenant must persuade a captive resistance fighter to betray his comrades, or enforce a l...

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followe...

Fifty years since the start of The Troubles, the film captures the remarkable history of the Irish n...

Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mot...

Based in the backdrop of 19th century Bengal, Rosogolla is a story of a young man with a romantic he...

A picture of John F. Kennedy Jr. you've never seen before - new interviews, rare video, intimate new...

Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the fac...

"Mexico begins where the roads end ”. Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tells us about the history of Me...

To recover a silver lion ornament for singer Emma Bunton Tim travels back to the court of Henry Vlll...

The documentary tells the little known story of thousands of Ukrainian and Eastern Europeans that we...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

Artist and life-long nerd Johannes Grenzfurthner is taking us on a personal road trip from the West ...

Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History is a documentary about the history, the development in the prese...

Six young women programmed the world's first all-electronic programmable computer, ENIAC, as part of...

Based on the story of Helen Keller who at a very young age was left deaf and blinded by an illness. ...

John Meehan created a terrifying trap of seduction, deceit and betrayal for countless victims. The i...