
Our rapidly growing collection of history documentaries includes: Explorer Bob Ballard's successful quest to be the first to locate the legendary Titanic in 1985, in Secrets of the Titanic; and, Return to Tarawa, the story of WWII veteran Leon Cooper's trip to "Red Beach", hallowed ground, now desecrated by trash.
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Secrets of War: Cold War - ...
The story behind Richard Nixon's resounding triumphs and crushing defeats
Secrets of War: Hitler's La...
Joseph Goebbel's diaries provide a fresh understanding of life inside Hitler's bunker in the final days of the Reich
Secrets of War: Psychologic...
The soldiers who employ "Psy Ops" use every means available to destroy the will of the enemy to resist
Secrets of War: Spy Planes
From remotely piloted vehicles on today's battlefield to the venerable U-2 and the SR-71, spy planes have long been the most vital top covert aircraft in the sky
Secrets of War: The Hunt fo...
The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States
Secrets of War: Bio-Chemica...
Chemical warfare has long been shrouded in a veil of secrecy; take a close look at the deadliest of secret weapons - chemical and biological agents
Secrets of War: Stalin's Spies
The Kremlin operatives who were loyal to one man - a paranoid dictator who spied as intensely on his Allies as he did on his enemies
George Eastman House: Pictu...
The urban estate of George Eastman, who made photographers of us all, is a treasure trove of photographs and one of the world’s premier film archives.
About Sugarcane and Homecoming
ABOUT SUGARCANE AND HOMECOMING tells the story of a growing number of people in the North Eastern part of Brazil, on a quest for identity and faith
Oy Mama
95 year old Holocaust survivor Fira shares her incredible story and we get to know her complicated and touching past
The Name My Mother Gave Me
Follow Ethiopian and Russian Israelis who meet at a leadership training program in Israel and go on a journey to self discovery and growth in Ethiopia
These Are My Names
Ethiopian Jews' multiple names reflect the richness, wisdom and beauty of their culture -- and every name tells a story
Eyes Wide Open
Six decades after the founding of the Jewish State, when cherished historical memories collide with complex realities, how do you build your own individual relationship to Israel?
Jubanos: The Jews of Cuba
JUBANOS: THE JEWS OF CUBA, tells the humbling story of the 1500 Jews who remained in the country despite the difficulties
Between Revolution and Trad...
BETWEEN REVOLUTION & TRADITION is a documentary about the efforts of the Jewish community in Cuba to preserve its identity
Go In Peace, Rain!
A journey following the metamorphosis of one Jewish melody to be the anthem of the State of Israel
Secrets of War: Nazi Propag...
Behind the Nazi war machine was a well-crafted secret propaganda campaign aimed at Germans and foreigners
Secrets of War: Hitler's S...
An examination of Hitler and the eventual betrayal of his chief spymaster
Secrets of War: D-Day Dece...
It was the greatest secret of World War Two - the time and place of the D-Day invasion
Secrets of War: Cold War - ...
This youngest of American presidents took over in the most tense period of the Cold War
Cries from Nagasaki
Experimental video inspired by children's accounts from Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Way of the Warrior
This documentary examines the visceral nature of war and the bravery of Native-American veterans who served in World War I, World War II,
The Oneida Speak
The instructional television program, THE ONEIDA SPEAK, is based in part on oral interviews of Oneida Indian elders in Wisconsin conducted between 1939-1941
Blackfeet Encounter
In the summer of 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition headed home from the Pacific Ocean
Looking Toward Home
Looking Toward Home is a one-hour documentary which explains government relocation programs in the 1950's
The Great American Footrace
THE GREAT AMERICAN FOOTRACE documents an extraordinary 3,422-mile cross-country trek in 1928, won by 19-year-old Cherokee Indian Andy Payne
The Liberators of Bulgaria
An American journalist and the Russian emperor change the map of 19th century Europe
Making War Horse
Making War Horse is the story of how Michael Morpurgo's children's novel became one of the most popular and acclaimed productions in the National Theatre's history
Short Long Journey
About people, not only about Jews; about the evil in us, not only about the Holocaust; about the present, not only about the past
Intolerance
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Trojan Women
Euripedes adaption stars Katharine Helpburn, Vannessa Redgrave, and Genevieve Bujold
Double Take
This documentary-fiction hybrid paints a vivid portrait of American media run amok during the Cold War
Abraham Lincoln
Returning to the historic era of his greatest success, Griffith paid homage to the sixteenth President in this moving drama starring Walter Huston
Seeds of Destiny
Postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
To Bear Witness - A Living ...
Fourteen people who live in a community on the Virginia Peninsula witnessed first hand the greatest atrocity in world history
There is a Fault in Reality
A moving, inspiring and often shocking story that gives an insider's view of schizophrenia