History Movies
- 2011
History of the World in Two Hours
History of the World in Two Hours62011HD
Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on old televisions is background radiation from The Big Bang? That the gold on a wedding ring comes...
- 2012
The Godfather Legacy
The Godfather Legacy7.12012HD
THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film...
- 2008
Life After People
Life After People72008HD
In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life,...
- 2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers62023HD
The riveting story of the first all-Black tank battalion to fight in US military history. Under General George Patten's command, the 761st fought...
- 2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa
Miracle Rising: South Africa8.52013HD
MIRACLE RISING: SOUTH AFRICA is the epic legacy of South Africa's political transformation that culminated in the first free and fair elections in...
- 2024
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics02024HD
Follows the 1936 Berlin Olympics when Black athlete Jesse Owens won 4 golds against the backdrop of Hitler's racist Nazi regime in Germany.
- 1999
The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles7.51999HD
They started out as average, unexceptional men of their time. Fishermen, farmers, local magistrates. But their dedication to a prophetic Jewish...
- 2005
The French Revolution
The French Revolution5.32005HD
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage...
- 2012
WWII From Space
WWII From Space7.42012HD
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a...
- 2020
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later6.72020HD
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first-person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors.
- 2010
Alexandria: The Greatest City
Alexandria: The Greatest City82010HD
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to...
- 2000
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai82000HD
Made famous by the 1957 Hollywood movie, the bridges of the River Kwai emblematize one of the most misunderstood events in history. Contrary to the...
- 2013
JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide
JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide72013HD
Documentary - tember 11th... Pearl Harbor... the assassination of JFK. Days that forever changed America. But the Kennedy assassination is different:...
- 2010
Sniper: Deadliest Missions
Sniper: Deadliest Missions7.32010HD
He's the deadliest weapon on the battlefield, but his next shot could be his last. Outnumbered - Outgunned - Behind enemy lines - What happens when...
- 2000
Circus Freaks and Sideshows
Circus Freaks and Sideshows02000HD
A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human curiosities as we trace the colorful history of a distinctly...
- 2010
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash7.52010HD
On Friday, the 13th of October, 1972, a charter plane carrying 45 passengers, including a college rugby team, vanished over the desolate,...
- 2015
The Making of Trump
The Making of Trump4.42015HD
As every day of Donald Trump's presidential campaign seemingly generates new headlines, this two-hour special examines the increasingly polarizing...
- 2010
The Universe 7 Wonders of the Solar System
The Universe 7 Wonders of the Solar System6.72010HD
The seven wonder of our solar system are discussed: Enceladus' geysers, Rings of Saturn, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the Asteroid Belt, Mars' Olympus...
- 2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn
Nelson Mandela Redrawn02014HD
This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...
- 2006
The Sahara: The Forgotten History of the World's Harshest Desert
The Sahara: The Forgotten History of the World's Harshest Desert02006HD
At once a vast expanse of mesmerizing desolation and the crucible of human history, the Sahara Desert has been both the battlefield of empires and...