‘Spitfire— Birth of a Legend‘ tells the story of the Spitfire from a radical design on the drawing board to the fighter aircraft that became the symbol of Britain’s determination to fight on to victory. It celebrates the history of this acclaimed aircraft, the men who designed and built it, and those who flew and fought in it. The story, along with dramatic archive and colour film of aerial combat, graphically illustrates the appeal and fascination the Spitfire has maintained since it faced and fought the fighter and bomber formations of the Luftwaffe.

A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a co...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...

Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Divis...

How could a German Wehrmacht soldier become a celebrated soccer idol of the Britons in the post-war ...
Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

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

Martha Gellhorn, Ruth Cowan, Dickey Chappelle: Three tenacious journalists who forged legendary repu...

David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later n...

Highlights the increasingly important roles women occupy on the various fronts of WW II. In England,...

A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early sta...

Drawing upon eye-witness accounts from survivors and participants in the bombing of Hiroshima, this ...

The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive for...

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrop...