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Talking Feet is the first documentary to feature flatfoot, buck, hoedown, and rural tap dancing, the styles of solo Southern dancing which are a companion to traditional old-time music and on which modern clog dancing is based. Featuring 24 traditional dancers videotaped on location in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Post Normandy landings in World War II, an astray squad of British soldiers attempt to rendezvous with their unit while coming across a band of German infantry determined to dismantle their every attempt.

'Feast of the Seven Fishes: An Italian Tradition' shares the fascination, celebration and history of the Italian-American Christmas Eve tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes.

Since the early 1970s, humanity has sent messages beyond the Solar System in the hopes of contacting another civilization. Some were physically attached to interstellar spacecraft, while others were beamed into space in the form of radio signals. This documentary provides a detailed chronology of almost all of these messages with a focus on their meaning and improbability of reception

Christmastime 1777... General Washington marches his beleaguered Continental Army into Valley Forge. Battling starvation and disease during the harsh winter, the patriots persevere, and emerge a stronger fighting force.

"A Matriz" is a short documentary about Praça da Matriz, an important square in Porto Alegre. Through images, stories, and reflections, it explores the place’s history, architecture, and role in everyday life.

Imperial Rome, between the first and second century AD. A young nobleman suddenly dies and before too long his mother follows him to the grave. Summer of 2000, a chance discovery of a tomb in the suburbs of Rome, presents the scientific establishment with an extraordinary opportunity and a unique set of clues. Inside the tomb are two marble coffins and in each coffin preserved bodies and some very special artifacts. This film is a scientific detective story to uncover just who these two people were, their status and lifestyle and, most importantly, why they were preserved at a time when most citizens were cremated.

The history of the Russian Space Program from being the first to send a satellite into space through its downward spiral due to the demise of the Soviet Union.

Every year, millions of tourists make their way to Rome to take in some of the world’s oldest and most revered landmarks. They move from attraction to attraction with their guide maps and their cameras, completely unaware of what lies just beneath their feet. What they don’t know is that the earth below the city holds a labyrinth of secrets, a series of phenomena both natural and man-made that can explain why Rome has flourished for so long. Join Dr. Michael Scott as he returns to Rome seeking answers to many of the questions often asked by those who inhabit or visit the city: What’s the secret to Rome’s longevity? How has it passed the many tests of time while others crumbled under the same pressures? Is the foundation of the city strong enough to withstand a future of non-stop development and growth?

National Geographic explores controversial claims about Rapa Nui or Easter Island, challenging decades of previous claims from ecocide to cannibalism.

Otelinda and Lutoy, married for almost 50 years, are reminded of the moments of greatest tension they experienced, in the Angolan civil war, when confronted with the images on the news about the war in Ukraine. Narrated by Otelinda, her story, we learn her story from the 25th of April, until the day she waited alone for her husband on the verge of misfortune, in Cabinda. Her narration is accompanied by the contrasting images of their daily lives in 2023, as well as the landscapes and people of the country where they now reside. Their relationship initially appears distant, but becomes closer towards the end of the narrative, through the memories of everything they suffered together.

Brief history of the homicidal but revolutionary photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge. Told though a stop-motion puppet show.

Surrounded by friends and family at bedside, a soul decides to take one last look around as it leaves the body.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the Blitz, John Humphrys returns to south Wales to discover more about the devastating Nazi bombing campaign and how it affected those who experienced it. He sees the reconnaissance maps the Germans used to identify key bombing targets. He takes to the air to follow the direct flight path of the Luftwaffe bombers, as they attacked Cardiff and Swansea. Back on the ground, he also meets survivors of the bombings, including Elaine Kidwell from Swansea, who describes the Blitz on the city as hell. He also visits locations where the bombs hit, including the site of Hollyman's Bakery, the setting for the single worst atrocity in Cardiff. This is a personal story for John, who was born in 1943, and who remembers playing amongst the rubble of the bombsites in Splott, near Cardiff docks.

As the Sikh community in Oak Creek, Wisconsin prepares for Sunday prayers, a deadly hate attack shatters their lives, but not their resilience. After six worshipers are killed by a white supremacist, the local community finds inspiration in the Sikh tradition of forgiveness and faith. Lieutenant Murphy, shot 15 times in the attack, joins the mayor and police chief as they forge new bonds with the Sikh community. Young temple members, still grieving, emerge as leaders in the quest to end the violence. In the year following the tragedy, thousands gather for vigils and community events to honour the victims and seek connection. Together, a community rocked by hate is awakened and transformed by the Sikh spirit of relentless optimism.

Report on groups of young resistance fighters, members of the French Interior Forces (FFI), during training in the camps of Cize and Granges, in the maquis of Ain. This report emphasizes the modesty of the combatants, who are very young, and their great destitution and isolation at the difficult conditions of life in the mountains.

Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, "Letters for Those Lost" follows Aurelia, a young girl struggling to cope with the tragic loss of her parents, her brother's abuse, and a blossoming new friendship with a mysterious girl she met in the woods.

The experimental documentary is exploring the Japanese megalopolis through the lens of a mobile phone and captures the new emerging mobile phone video aesthetic. The city film records the everyday life of the mobile phone filmmaker Max during the mobile-mentary (mobile documentary) production in the the Taiheiyo Belt.

The official National Park Service orientation film on the April 1862 Civil War Battle of Shiloh.

This fully-narrated DVD tours Mount Vernon, home of George Washington. Washington's personality and interests are evident everywhere. Textbooks describe the General and the President, bu Mount Vernon, as seen in this DVD program, tells us about the man. Washington's home is shown in its entirety, including the third floor, which is not usually viewed by the public. Rooms and furnishings are described in relation to George and Martha's daily lives.

Peter Littlefield, an instructor in natural philosophy, comes to Williamsburg, Va. in 1775 to give a series of lectures on astronomy, electricity and pneumatics.

Documentary on U.S. President George Washington

Set in Manipur, a conflict region on the remote India- Burma border, this film journeys across a century to paint a portrait of a cinema and its citizens. The encounters - real, fake and surreal, are not for the fainthearted but there is good food and chatter on the go.

Documentary seeks to answer why the majority of the German people were so willing to follow Hitler, even as he led them into war.

The story of Ernest Hemingway's 30-year love affair with the West Indies republic is recounted in HEMINGWAY IN CUBA. Cuba captured Ernest Hemingway's fertile imagination and inspired him to create now-legendary fictional characters: Harry Morgan of To Have and Have Not, Thomas Hudson of Islands in the Stream and Santiago of The Old Man and the Sea. The program travels to Cuba to capture Hemingway's old haunts — many of which remain unchanged — and explores Hemingway's real-life adventures in Cuba, from his passion for marlin fishing and safari hunting, as well as the influence of his wives and lovers on his life and work. HEMINGWAY IN CUBA presents archival footage and includes interviews with Cuban scholars and Hemingway biographers who discuss how Cuba’s culture, religion and even its volatile politics influenced this legendary American author.

This beautiful short, commissioned by UCLan’s Creative Innovation Zone, is an intricate hand-drawn journey through the life of a local activist, George Dewhurst. An ordinary working man from Blackburn, George was charged with High Treason, shortly after The Peterloo Massacre in August 1819, for speaking at a gathering of workers in Burnley. Narrated by one of George's descendants, 8-year-old Monty Speed, this beautiful animated montage depicts events in George's life in the year 1819, following a quest by descendants to uncover his grave and raise awareness of his story.

An essay film about a river and the limits of knowing it. Using Mark Twain’s "Life On The Mississippi" as a road map, Brown travels along the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans and considers ways that river pilots, paddlers, historical re-enactors, and civil engineers attempt to know the river through modeling, measurement, and simulation. Along the way, Brown attempts to survey the river and the landscapes and land uses along its banks as a visible expression of economic transition, political polarization, and environmental change.

There is a place in the hills of Northwest Ireland, a land called Inishowen, where the Clan O'Dochartaigh once held unshakeable sway. They occupied a series of castles and keeps along the winding Irish countryside. They fought with immeasurable bravery and valor. They gained the respect of the British and lost it in the blink of an eye. These are Jeff Campagna's roots; follow him as his exciting and, at times, surprising ancestry is revealed to him.

From Badr International comes the long-awaited series, Animated Stories of Islam, relating some of the great stories that took place before, during and after the Prophet Muhammad. Salman the Persian, the third and final part of the 3-part series, tells the story of the life of Prophet Salman. Included in this film are his wise tales of justice, his ability to control jinn and speak to animals, as well as his rise to Kingship.

An overview of the history of dolphin research, focusing on John C. Lilly, his work, and eventually Tilikum, the infamous Orca.

This meaningful documentary, the English translation of a 10-part Spanish-language series, explores the life and work of Jesus Christ. Cameras travel to biblical sites in the Middle East where Christ lived, as historians discuss his legacy. The program also examines archaeological evidence that brings the reality of the Bible to life, the long history of Christian-inspired artwork and the evolution of Christian beliefs over two millennia.

A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.

Requiem NN is a film about a ritual of resistance of the people of Puerto Berrio, Colombia, who have lived continuous cycles of violence for many decades. The recovery of the bodies from the Magdalena River, their burial, the favors people ask from the souls of the NN (NO Names), the baptizing given to this unknown corpses, is the collective ritual that has taken place for over 30 years. Juan Manuel Echavarria began photographing the graves in Puerto Berrio in November 2006 and this film is one of the results of this investigation.

OILMEN: Tales from the South Texas Oil Patch tells the story of the oil and gas industry and how an accidental discovery in 1854 transformed a once untamed frontier into what is now one of the richest oil producing areas in the nation. This one hour documentary depicts the risky adventures of early day wildcatters and adventurous businessmen who gambled everything in a quest for black gold.

Herman J. Russell, born in the Jim Crow-era South, built one of the oldest and largest black-owned construction and real estate firms in the country. Since the 1960s, his company has helped shape Atlanta’s skyline, including work on the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Mercedes Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and many more.

Alien Perez Cruz fled from Cuba to the last nation willing to give him paperwork, Uruguay. He is among an exodus that in the last three years has seen over thirty thousand Cubans flee through the jungles of Guyana and Brazil on their way to a better life. In Uruguay, Alien is looking for a future where he can provide for his family. But at home, his family tells a different story. This is the story of a Cuban who risked it all, and the people who supported him that he had to leave behind. It's the story of Alien.

An all new End of the Line experience detailing the history of Rochester, NY’s former subway that features both updated graphics and remastered sections of the original End of the Line film, in addition to all new footage of more recent changes to the former subway system.

"Topeka Remembers" takes viewers on a trip through Topeka's history, from its founding in December 1854 to the establishment of the Santa Fe railroad to its early sports teams. Interviews with residents tell a personalized history of the capital city.

We'll uncover a long-forgotten story of religion in America, which will surprise anyone who has followed today's church-state debate.

This documentary probes Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka-camps tied to 1/3 of alleged Holocaust deaths. It analyzes Nuremberg transcripts, historians, archives, and testimonies to expose inconsistencies and challenge mainstream history.

Benjamin Franklin and George Washington are two of the men responsible for the creation of our nation. What many people don't realize is that their founding partnership may have played a critical role in establishing the United States of America.

He was called the King of the Jews, believed to be a Messiah and just before Passover, the Romans beheaded him and crucified many of his followers. But his name was not Jesus. It was Simon, a self-proclaimed Messiah who died four years before Christ was born. Now, new analysis of a metre-tall stone tablet from the first century BC, being hailed by scholars as a “Dead Sea Scroll on stone,” speaks of an early Messiah and his resurrection. Was Simon of Peraea real? Did his life serve as the prototype of a Messiah for Jesus and his followers? And could this tablet shake up the basic premise of Christianity? Head to Israel to assess this unique and mysterious artefact, including testing by a leading archaeological geologist and comprehensive review of the letters, script and content by a Dead Sea Scroll expert. Then, from Jerusalem to Jericho, researchers investigate key archaeological ruins which could help prove Simon was indeed real – all of which just might sway the sceptics.

Experience the 1950’s in the second installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

Shunning comforts and risking their lives, the great prophets Elijah and Elisha stood fearlessly against pagan priests and kings who opposed the God of Israel. The Israelites fell into gross idolatry with sensuous fertility cults. With fiery words and powerful miracles the prophets were the voice of God. Join the adventure as Stephen Ray, best-selling author and popular Bible teacher takes you on an exciting journey in this new film in the Footprints of God series through Jordan, Israel, Sinai and Egypt. You'll witness God's power demonstrated through Elijah and Elisha, the conscience of the kingdom, as they confront the powers arrayed against them, preparing the way for Christ.

An exploration of the many characters and life of songman- David Bowie.

A book torn to pieces by a basset hound dog will awaken memories and anecdotes in the form of three video letters, addressed to Berenice. A romance from the past. The letters are intended to invite her to a reunion to remember old times. Could it be that she accepts the invitation?

Struggling through life's journey, Chaquis Maliq manages to overcome the odds of being overshadowed by a male dominant industry, by self-producing her latest music project.

From scouting missions to fleet protection, the U.S. Navy had big plans for their Titanic-sized aircraft. So, what happened?

In the dying days of World War II, a secret organization of Holocaust survivors plans revenge to kill 6 million Germans.

"Hedy Lamarr in a beautiful loop and dialogue with the viewer... Watching a plane taking off in the cold..."

You'll visit majestic towering mountains with their exotic tribes of people unchanged by time. Then visit the people in a sea side fishing village of serene, tropical lagoons and coconut palms. You'll see how this place is affected when a violent and destructive South China Sea, typhoon strikes in the night and ravages into the morning, but it did provide great waves for Rick and his partner Clark, to ride. You'll experience the serenity and beauty of a Dowest temple and the wild celebration of the Ati-Ati-Han festival, much like Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but in the central Philippines. Then the delicate beauty of the jungle orchards on the island Mindanao in the south.

Red Sox Report: 1918 – 100 Years Later looks back at a time when World War I overshadowed the team’s fifth championship in 16 seasons and left the future of baseball in doubt.

Explores the three theories that explain the mystery of the November 10, 1975, sinking of the laker 'Edmund Fitzgerald' in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior. Features underwater footage from three separate dives.

Even if you can't be in Williamsburg for Christmas, you can share in its holiday spirit and enjoy some of its delights at home. Let Libby Hodges Oliver and Susan Hight Rountree show you the simple techniques for making five festive decorations in the Williamsburg way, from natural materials with elegance and style. Step by Step, they demonstrate how to shape flowers, fresh fruits, greens, berries, dried pods and cones into traditional and contemporary holiday pieces. They encourage you to experiment, to embellish their designs with your imagination, and to give your Christmas a personal gift of grace and beauty that evokes the best of Williamsburg.

Originally known as the Illinois Traction System, the Illinois Terminal Railroad was a significant provider of passenger and freight service for central Illinois, with Springfield as its hub. Now, with this fascinating collection of color and black and white films and photographs you can revisit the Illinois Terminal during the height of its career.

In addition to touring eight national park service battlefields as they are today, the program gives a full account of the famous events that took place in each, describing in detail the history of the Civil War in Virginia.

The colonial silversmith produced items both functional and beautiful. In this 1971 docudrama, silver scraps are transformed into a magnificent new coffeepot under the skilled hands of the master silversmith. You'll witness the art and science of silversmithing at every stage from the adaptation of English designs and the pouring of molds to the forging, raising, and plashing that give the metal its shape and shine.

Egyptologist Zahi Hawass presents this Discovery Channel documentary exploring the mysterious death of an ancient pharoah. Though Ramesses III, who ruled Egypt between 1186 BC and 1155 BC, would arguably have been the most powerful human being in the world during his lifetime, analysis of his mummified remains revealed that he was killed by a sharp blade. Hawass and a team of helpers set out to solve this ancient murder mystery.

In Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, a young man comes of age in a harsh time.