First transmitted in 1977, this documentary follows three months in the life of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Green Jackets (also known as the Black Mafia) as they move from their Dover barracks for a tour of duty at the Tower of London. The Royal Green Jackets are light infantry, trained to move fast. Above all they are riflemen and take pride in their reputation of being thinking fighting soldiers.

The 'mighty' Hood was the pride of the British Navy for more than 20 years, revered around the world...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div...

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas...

Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.

Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, m...

The story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, who witnessed the liberation...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry ...

Doolittle's Raiders pull off a one-way bombing run over Tokyo and ditch their planes in and along th...

Recorded during World War II, this rare color film traces an RAF Bomber Command night attack on Berl...

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the co...

How the Soviet Union was able to copy the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, and the influence of the...
A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghan...

Guy Martin undertakes a challenge to restore a plane from the Second World War, and recreate a parac...

Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WW...
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German...

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t...