A stationary camera, looking diagonally across a racetrack toward the infield, records the horses as they race past. Once they are out of view and the race is over, police officers run onto the infield. The crowd moves around.
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have prog...
Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840 ...
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this heartfelt documentary follows Hall of Fame jocke...
The French team —on home soil— was always going to be in contention for the title of World Champion....
Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piaz...
Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot to...
Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to tak...
In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...
The definitive chronicle of the best Mexican athlete in history. From his beginnings in Mexico's uni...
Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Wood...
In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and...
In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolle...
They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of ...
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel a...
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotogr...
The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea worl...
As the carrier of a nation's hopes, there is a lot riding on Overdose. The successes of Hungary's pr...
This movie is a docudrama relating the early history of the Eiffel Tower: From the planning to its f...