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.

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...
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...

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mou...
HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

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

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's pro...

Mountain men Joseph R Walker was probably the first non-Indian to see Yosemite, in 1833, but not unt...

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

Winston Churchill understood the power of films, but the true extent of his use of cinema as a propa...

China is the only civilization that continues to hold sway throughout its entire territory as define...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new er...

Brenda’s first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was suddenly ...

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