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Encounters at the edges of imperialism. An experimental documentary concerning mega-corp Foxconn's Wisconsin Deal.

Mixing real-life locations, archival battle footage, and 21st-century animation, we tell the story of history's greatest conflicts. Viewers are taken inside the tunnels of Iwo Jima to tell the story of this pivotal WWII battle from both the US and Japanese soldiers' viewpoint.

Truly an obscure piece of forgotten silent cinema, this film boasts fine production values; Using its set pieces, location shots, costumes and crowd scenes to good effect to tell the familiar story of Jesus, the Christ.

In a world where data is our only currency, a career-driven young mother is forced to fight for her way of life when a global tech giant comes to claim a debt.

It is estimated that well over 1,000,000 citizens of Pyongyang, participated in this Grand Parade celebrating the 55th Anniversary of the Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) which took place on September 9, 2003.

Learn from real-life Top Guns, who have flown as the Navy's best aviators in the iconic F-14 Tomcat, and are ready to discuss their experiences.

A modern day odyssey

Shots of a rainy day with audio of a D-Day radio transmission

A short film portraying clips of different artificial items being constructed, while the scene gradually becomes more and more grim and insane.

Completed in 1900 with British financing, Canadian contracting and American engineering, the White Pass & Yukon Route was the engineering marvel of its time. You will see all the points of interest on the line, learn about the WP & YR's construction and its gold rush origins through rare historical footage and photos, ride the WP & YR's pride and joy, its 1947 Baldwin steam locomotive, enjoy a rare opportunity to see the completely restored Rotary Snowplow No. 1 clear the tracks.

They took part in the largest airborne assault in WWII. They have fought in the jungles of Vietnam and the rugged terrain of the Balkans. And no matter what the generation, there is an unbreakable bond only they can understand. They are members of the elite 101st Airborne, otherwise known as the Screaming Eagles.

Discover why more soldiers died on the final day of the 'Great War' than on D-Day.

Beginning with a band of privateers under the command of John Paul Jones, the U.S. Navy evolved into the world's greatest sea power in the modern era. Combines harrowing combat footage and commentary from historians and veterans.

Featuring some of the most dramatic combat footage ever recorded and interviews with highly decorated soldiers, this is a definitive history of the U.S. Marine Corps in battle.

For many years the infamous Bridge on the River Kwai has attracted a great deal of tourists to the city of Kanchanaburi. The bridge owes its worldwide fame to a novel by French author Pierre Boulle and a distinguished film by David Lean. However, due to its natural beauty, the province, which is located around a hundred and thirty kilometers west of Bangkok, is also a popular holiday area. With the creation of the Death Railway in the Second World War, the Japanese planned to establish an alternative supply route across South East Asia built by POWs and forced laborers from all over Asia. The bridge has been moved from its original location as originally the railway viaduct was situated four kilometers further north. Despite this, the historic bridge on the River Kwai has lost nothing of its fascination and historic significance and its somewhat plain and unspectacular construction of steel and concrete is in stark contrast to its moving and dramatic history.

Traces the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, from politics to geography, and from the immigrant odyssey to the vision of people like Louis Joliet and Abraham Lincoln.

During America's Civil War, there came the evolution of pistols and rifles and artillery that would forever change the way in which humankind would fight its wars. Within the names that would forever establish themselves in the annals of weaponry - Colt, Winchester, Smith & Wesson - lies a different story of the Civil War.

The film, along with the incredible action and spectacle of the 150th reenactment, features over 60 breath taking colorized images of the leading figures of the battle by Denmark-based artist, Mads Madsen.

A narrated documentary about the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, where over 7,000 reenactors simulate the troop movements of the actual soldiers.

This video takes you on a tour of of Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park and recounts the dramatic events that led to the Declaration of Independence and the US. Constitution's establishment. In John Huston's Independence film, Ben Franklin comes to life and brings forth noted figures such as Thomas Jefferson and more to tell the story of historic events that took place in Philadelphia from 1774 to 1790.

Drummers Call: America's Fife and Drum Tradition is a documentary resonating the rich history of military field music. Learn about the honored place of fifing and drumming in the U.S. Army today and discover why corps from around the country descend upon Deep River, Connecticut each year.

Explores the role of the cabinetmaker in colonial America, including the tools and technology used to carve table legs, wooden hinges, and more.

The views of Budapest. Estimated to be recorded on the summer of 1938

A film tells the emotional history of socialism in the United States. Filmmaker Laura Conway enacts a cinematic seance animating FBI documents, political buttons, and appropriated scenes from Michelangelo Antonioni films to communicate with her deceased communist grandparents.

Off-History is a video-essay which presents, as its central ‘character’, an unfinished building located at the port of Piraeus, Greece's main harbour. The narrative of the film departs from newsreel footage shot in 1972 documenting the 'sanctification of water' in the harbour of Piraeus during Easter celebration. Throughout the clip the Piraeus Tower appears repeatedly in the background of the image and thus situates the ”off” in relating to an already written history. The “off”, in Off-History constitutes a position that wishes to shift the focus within a historical document by focusing on its margins. As a way of reading history from the backgrounds of the images, that construct it. It takes a second look at already existing narratives inspired by the concept of ”the off-modern”, a term invented by Russian/American artist Svetlana Boym.

This film explores the untold past of Minnesota’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, and celebrates the strides the state has made since the gay liberation movement began in the 1970s. The film also reveals some of the important ways that Minnesota has played a significant role in the national movement for LGBTQ equality, from the first legal challenge to marriage equality, the first gay student body president, and more.

Classic 1950's British WWII movies such as The Dam Busters, The Cruel Sea and The Colditz Story are revisited. Historian Simon Heffer and those who worked on the films defend the way the British society and the war were portrayed in them.

A macabre girl laments about the inevitability of death after getting a melting cartoon character popsicle.

This is the never-before-told story of America's secret Nazi prison camps. German soldiers captured right off the battlefield were shipped to America, except what was supposed to be a few thousand turned into a flood of 7,200 a week, 35,000 men a month. Overwhelmed with the logistics as well as the war, the government decided to let these prisoners police themselves.

Early last century, many German artists like George Grosz, Emil Nolde and Otto Dix became politically involved. This film uses their art and their own words to explore a volatile period in Germany.

History Channel documentary about death masks of famous historical figures.

Rose Hammond's documentary film explores through interviews the Black resort towns of Idlewild and Woodland Park, Michigan.

Ancient History Documentary

Ancient History Documentary

The Spitfire was the plane no-one wanted - government, industry and even the Royal Air Force turned it down. Only the faith of its brilliant designer, R.J. Mitchell, kept the Spitfire project moving forward and into service - just in time to become the symbol of British pride and power as a "killer fighter" during the Battle of Britain.

NKP's first run of 2015 with special interviews with crew members.

Supersonic Women: A Duel in the Sky

After the war, the nuclear research continued in Oak Ridge for peace.

The Capitol The history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in 1800 to the present were presented in a special 107-minute version of The Capitol. The documentary featured the impact of Presidents Washington and Jefferson on the Capitol’s creation, the grand public spaces, and areas off limits or rarely seen by the public, such as the top of the Capitol dome. The narrated segments, including tours of the building and interviews with members of Congress, historians, and curators, were recorded in high-quality video.

"The Camouflage Closet" is a documentary project with that explores how LGBT veterans have been affected by PTSD, trauma, and recovery. The video footage was created and inspired by veterans themselves, who were provided with the tools and training to develop their own video narratives in collaboration with team members from the art, medical, and social work communities.

Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle, a PBS documentary, examines the life and mysterious death of pioneering journalist Ruben Salazar. At the heart of the story is Salazar’s transformation from a mainstream, establishment reporter to primary chronicler and supporter of the radical Chicano Movement of the late 1960s. Killed under mysterious circumstances by a law enforcement officer in 1970, Salazar became an instant martyr to Latinos — many of whom had criticized his reporting during his lifetime. Adding to the Salazar mystique is that the details of how he was killed have been obscured in the ensuing four decades since his death.

Cynthia and Celinde are two and one. They share the same space, inhabit the same bodily form, in a perennial embrace, yet have separate personas. Located in the surfaces and membranes of the visual, virocrypsis displays their desires, identities and gestures.

A man recieves a phone call concerning his estranged father; A Vietnam veteran plagued with post tramatic stress. This African American family is forced to examine the fragile nature of their existence amongst social and economic pressures in the United States .

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.

Footage shot by German troops and confiscated by Allied forces of an attack in Warsaw.

A documentary tracing the history of the League of Nations from its birth to its successes.

Set in the Golden Age of Aviation, Andrew Lancaster follows the life and times of his great uncle, Captain Bill Lancaster. Against his family's wishes, he uncovers a fascinating tale of high adventures, obsession, a love triangle and a sensational murder trial.

China is currently marked by a phase of rapidly growing urbanization. The film in this context deals with two particular cities. Yum en a derelict ghost town and Or dos a mythic city of the future,both are deserted. They exist because of completely different reasons. The film shows through impressive images how these two cities and the relation of inhabitants to these cities are developing in China in times of urban growth.

Preserving American Jazz and the efforts of Dr. Albert Vollmer for his life's work in honoring Jazz's Senior Citizenry through the founding of the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band. Founded in 1973 by trombonist Clyde Bernhardt and jazz aficionado Albert Vollmer, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band became the world's most authentic swing band. It stars veteran jazz and blues musicians (64 to 96 years old) whose roots reach back to the classic period of the 20's and 30's. These 'originals' actually did 'jump' at the Woodside and 'stomp' at the Savoy, with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton

Documentary of the first 40 days Skylab was in space.

"Stories from the Hofbräuhaus," an official documentary on the world-famous Hofbräuhaus. The DVD comes in a wooden carrying out of the Bavarian Forest. The film is written in seven languages: German, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.

Go inside the world's most elite, top secret strike force. Their mission is unique, targeted, dangerous...and only National Geographic will go deep into the secret world of US Special Operations. Follow Special Forces into battle and on secret missions in Afghanistan and Iraq as they face situations where honed skill, finely tuned instincts and split-second decision making are the difference between success and failure...between life and death. Originally aired on 2003-11-05.

Two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining the Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners of war. Turning Against the West Using Japanese archive footage and interviews with both prisoners and their guards, this film investigates why, having treated their POW's comparatively well during World War I, their attitudes had altered so dramatically by World War II Death Before Surrender Conclusion of a two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining why, when the Second World War turned against Japan, so many Japanese soldiers chose death rather than surrender. Archive footage and interviews with veterans form a comprehensive portrait of a nation in crisis, revealing how Japan's inability to surrender would have terrible consequences for all the countries touched by the war in the East

The legendary Holy Grail, believed to be a relic of the Last Supper of Christ, has captured the world’s imagination for centuries. This simple peasant’s chalice sent the Knights of the Crusades across Europe, Britain and the Holy Land in hope of harnessing its mysterious powers. The quest for this ancient artifact continues to this day. Yet after 2,000 years, no one has found the Holy Grail. Or have they? Why, after hundreds of years of silence about the Grail, did the Nazis suddenly decide to launch a search for this relic? Does a British psychologist actually have the Holy Grail in his possession? And if the Holy Grail has been found, can we access its legendary powers?

The true story of George Washington. The man behind the legend. George is defined by the relationships in his life, from his wife to his soldiers, and his enslaved chef, chef Hercules. Constantly treading the line of duty and morality, George struggles to find peace in a world that demands so much of him. But when it is his time, he never fails to rise to the occasion.

In the aftermath of a medieval battle, a war-ravaged soldier meets a peasant woman searching for her warrior son. Unexpectedly their lives will change.

Daring hero Captain Bonanza -- né Hudson Hill -- uncovers a deadly plot surrounding three magic idols in the mystic Hudson Valley. But this scheme is far greater, and far deadlier, than he ever could have imagined.

In the year 1776, a young George Washington gets abducted by aliens, and learns about the true meaning of freedom. 🇺🇸🦅