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A documentary about the changing face of the fans of Doctor Who, the hit BBC science fiction drama series.

In February 1993, the world watched as the biggest armed siege in American history. The bungled raid, on the headquarters of the extreme religious group led by David Koresh, culminated in the deaths of 84, including 22 Britons.

Brendan Bracken was Winston Churchill's closest advisor for over 30 years. Was Brendan Bracken Churchill's illegitimate son? In the 1920's even Winston's wife had to ask. This documentary tells the truth about this remarkable man.

Journey with Steve Ray in the footsteps of Abraham, from Ur across Iraq - ancient Babylon. Then through upper Syria and lower Turkey - ancient Mesopotamia and Assyria. And, finally to the Holy Land - ancient Canaan.

Tracing the ghost of infrastructure in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Film by Tatyana Borsch “Nicholas Roerich. Altai-Himalayas" (2017) talks about the Central Asian expedition of the outstanding artist, thinker and public figure Nicholas Roerich. It was the largest journey of the 20th century through the most unexplored areas of Asia. The route ran through the majestic, inaccessible mountain ranges of the Himalayas, Tibet, China, Kashmir, Mongolia and Altai. ... Altai - Himalayas.

Shot in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this documentary follows a young sex worker in a Beijing massage parlour. Aifeng, like so many other migrant workers in modern China, is struggling to support her family back home. When the shop is forced to close and she loses her job, Aifeng faces her biggest challenge yet.

Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children. At a time when half the population was under 18 he argues that, although they had to grow up quickly and take on adult responsibility early, the experience of childhood could also be richly rewarding.

Kanoon is a documentary from the doctoral thesis of Khatereh Khodaei, which was prepared by interviewing dozens of artists, users, and members of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents in Iran named "Kanoon". Iran enjoys one of the most productive film cultures of our time, yet what is less known by contemporary audiences , is the formative past of this vibrant cinema. The creativity, modern lyricism and social commitment of the filmmakers before the 1979 revolution is seldom remembered by the film critics outside the country. This film sets out to portray that the post revolution cinema that came to be recognized by the world was a product of Kanoon, an institution that influenced the artistic culture of several generations. Kanoon was a medium for filmmakers to express their socio political and cultural criticisms under the title of children's cinema. It gave rise to an aesthetic art that was itself a by product of that very historical embodiment.

The film “Short stories of restoration” created by the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) to accompany the photographic exhibition “Chisel and Memory: the contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the Acropolis monuments” which was hosted at the Acropolis Museum. The film uses footages of the audiovisual archive of the YSMA and the personal testimony of marble technicians who took part in the works, to shed light to the everyday life in the worksite, the contribution of marble craftsmen to the restoration works, and the emotions that they experience and share during the interventions.

Cuba, 1967. Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara have a conversation... one last time.

Tony Robinson goes on a journey across Egypt, where a series of incredible new discoveries are being made. He travels the length of the Nile, from Cairo to Aswan, to investigate tombs of all shapes and sizes, and meets the archaeologists, including John Ward, who are unearthing extraordinary wonders.

June 6 1944 saw the world’s biggest amphibious assault, one of the most important military campaigns in history and a pivotal moment in the Second World War. For generations, historians, archaeologists and other experts, in their attempts to reconstruct the events of the day, have scoured every battlefield – except one. Just off the coast of Normandy is a lost graveyard, where hundreds of objects lie on the sea bed.

A 16-team field for an inaugural baseball tournament in 2006 was pre-selected, featuring the countries judged to be the "best baseball-playing nations" in the world; no qualifying competition was held.

It's the year 50 b.C., in Ancient Egypt. The Roman army has just invaded the country and is now moving war prisoners across the desert. But a rebel boy will try to escape his captors.

Two strangers meet on their journeys home and decide to travel together.

What happens after the death of an immortal? Following the longest reign in world history, King Louis XIV - the Sun King - passed at 76 in the Chateau of Versailles. Long rumored to be blessed with eternal life, Louis' death caused controversy that would change Europe forever. This is the story of the Sun King's death, and its aftermath.

"On The Left" it's a memory of my childhood frozen in my mind; that passed outside of my house, in the Municipality of Sopó, Cundinamarca (Colombia), and tells some experiences that I lived with a man who had most monster face than human. "... I discovered that when I was little I could talk to objects." And it's to my nightstand that I decided to tell this story. What I could not say in words at some time, but I shouted with time, now asks to be brought to light... I'm left-handed, but I wrote this story with my eyes.

A historical short film, crosses the genres of action, horror, mystery, thriller, comedy, giallo, Italian mob, psychedelic & cultism. Follows a Smegma the Cowboy, Steve from Minecraft, Knifey McKnifeface, A Screaming E-Boy & A Guy with a Knife.

Dennis Wilson was the drummer in the Beach Boys. And he was the real Beach Boy. In a band of geeks who sang about surfing, cars and girls, Dennis was the only one who surfed, the one who drove hot rod cars in competition and the one who got all the girls.

FAKE NEWS, short documentary produced during the Guerrilha DOC workshops. The work consists of captures made in the Women Against Bolsonaro act of September 29, 2018 in Santos / SP and research work.

The Panama Canal, built by the United States on Panamanian territory, turned at once into a symbol of American power and Panama's national identity.

Moshke the jew, manager of the villages tavern is in heavy debt to the town Portiz. The Poritz gave a chance if he could win the dance competiton that Moshke had no chance of winning. Only with Hashems help a miracle did happen. The Flim Was flimed in Ukraine to give it a real look to where the true story happened.

Among the wealth of untold stories in American history is the rise and slow disappearance of all-black towns that sprung up in the American West following the end of the Civil War. Founded in an effort to convince the U.S. to create an all-black state, most of these towns have now been swallowed up by nearby counties and cities, or are clinging desperately for their survival. Struggle & Hope mines the stories of the last-remaining residents of these towns, while charting their heroic efforts to ensure their town retains its independence, character, and even hopes for a better future.

In Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death, historian and author Dr. Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites of passage birth, marriage, and death. Why were physicians of no help to women enduring the pains of labor and the dangers of childbirth? Why were newly married couples "put to bed" by the priest on their wedding night? What did it mean to "die well" and why was death such a communal affair, both before and after it happened?

12 episodes documentary about Turkish political history focused on period between 1993 and 2002.

"The Road to War" uses elaborate and fascinating computer-generated recreations and archives never seen before to examine how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 was used by the Austro-Hungarian Empire to start a war against Serbia. The film investigates how this regional conflict involving the Central Powers and the Triple Entente escalated to become "World War I", a war with more than 17 million dead and More than 20 million injured.

The story of Lucia Apicella, woman who dedicated himself to find the remains of the fallen soldiers.

Two simultaneous events—the cutting down of a palm tree and the sound of a demonstration against austerity outside the Portuguese Parliament—become related, in unison, reflecting the present situation. While the trees are being cut due to the red weevil plague, that is affecting specific types of palm trees brought from African ex-colonies, the demonstrations against austerity are identified as the roots of economic crisis.

"Civil War Life" is a six-part series that examines the American Civil War from an insider's point of view, with first-person accounts and never-before-seen period photos. "Left for Dead" tells the story of Ohio schoolteacher Oscar L. Jackson, who formed his own regiment and was engaged in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War -- only to be shot in the face and left for dead.

Four separate individuals at the dawn of wireless technology unknowingly become accidental collaborators of a musical composition that is pieced together through radio waves.

The story of a trade that is dying out, and the strength of those who view this way of life, passed from father to son for generations and now doomed to disappear, with nostalgia and place their hopes for its survival in someone they would never have imagined.

The transformative journey of an American woman who finds deeper meaning in her life after traveling to a mystical island in India where the inhabitants use artistic expression as a means for communing with God.

Northern France, 1917. Australian Private Joseph Richmond and his fellow soldiers from the 18th Battalion A.I.F. have retreated into a supply trench during an artillery barrage. After being left by himself to act as a listening post, Joe discovers the all-important trench periscope has been damaged, meaning he has to poke his head above the parapet to determine enemy movements after he can overhear them close by. After exchanging shots with an unseen enemy, he retreats, but is confronted by a mysterious soldier. The soldier tells Joe go with him, even though he is not Joe’s relief. Joe refuses to leave his post without proper orders. The soldier reveals himself to be Joe as well, that Joe’s shooting exchange was fatal, and he has been dead ever since. The mysterious soldier represents everything Joe had to leave behind to become a soldier, but now he is dead, the two must reunite so Joe’s soul can meet its destiny.

An essay film celebrating the work and home life of a rural state in the early twentieth century. Focusing on "the gaze" of amateur filmmakers and their subjects - so often someone they know well. Drawn from the regional archives at Northeast Historic Film.

This programme captures the climax of the procession taking Richard III’s remains to Leicester Cathedral, and asks leading historians and other experts what his place in British history should now be.

In 1942, a young woman fends off the fears and trials of war by reading the letters her lover sends home. When the letters stop coming, she falls into a secretive affair with the village postman, but his motives are not what they seem.

In Salem Witch Trial Conspiracy, join author Katherine Howe as she embarks on a historical journey to bring you the truth behind the world's most famous witch-hunt. Of the over one hundred people charged with witchcraft, five died in jail, 19 died on the gallows and one was crushed to death. Each of these deaths was the result of an overwhelming religious hysteria, and even to this date historians are uncovering more about what really occurred.

England's Kind Edward I just crushed the infamous Scottish braveheart William Wallace and claimed all of Scotland as England territory. But Wallace's death only ignited a flame within the heart of Scottish outlaw Robert the Bruce. Robert gathered his men and waged war against England, capturing every English-held castle in Scotland, except one — Stirling Castle near the Bannock Burn. NGC tells the story of the pivotal campaign at Sterling Castle and how it held the key to Scotland's future.

Over seven hours on the morning of 7th December 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on a US naval base in Hawaii. It's the day the lives of thousands of servicemen were lost and the United States was thrust into WWII. Dramatic eyewitness accounts and expert testimony show this day as it has never been seen before.

The Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was an important Union victory in the the Civil War. The city was a vital rail hub that, once taken, became the gateway for later campaigns in the Deep South, including the capture of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea. A Confederate soldier called the Battle of Chattanooga "the death knell of the Confederacy."

This short documentary exposes the ruins of three places designed and built by organized crime, to disintegrate human bodies and deposit their remains.

Remastered with new footage and interviews, the 611 returns to her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia in this nearly-hour long steam special.

"Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it." With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. More than 40 years later, Deb must consider the future of the collection.

Based on the incredible true story of professional baseball player-turned WW2 spy, Moe Berg, The Catcher brings us along on Moe's first mission for the OSS. Filled with suspense and intrigue and set against the beautiful, yet dangerous, backdrop of 1930's Japan, Moe must gather intel crucial to the planning of a historic battle - and of the upmost importance to the war effort of the Allied Forces.

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.

A story about the bitter fate of Darusya and her parents, who were tortured by Soviet NKVD officers during the pre-war and post-war periods of Soviet occupation of Western Ukraine. The events unfold in the remote mountain village of Cheremoshne, in Bukovina.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely considered to be one of the greatest archaeological finds in modern history. More than a half century after their discovery, scientists are still trying to solve the mystery of who wrote them. With special access to the scrolls, National Geographic goes beyond the enclosed glass case to examine the actual texts up close and explores the caves where they were found. Witness as a new clue to the identity of the scrolls' writers is deciphered-a 2,000-year-old cup inscribed with a strange text. Could analysis of this finding unravel the mystery?

Harriet, young beautiful and intelligent, met the future doctor Percy on the train as she headed from Chicago to Baltimore women’s College. Her father, a staunch Christian, disapproved the progressive Ivy League suitor, but Percy finally won her hand in 1899 after 6 years of correspondence, but Percy became a doctor and an abortion and a small bureau called Hollywood for the film minister began and he and Harriet advocated for free sex and socialism in 1910s and 1920s. All looked well until Harriet grew love jealous of her husband‘s lovers, especially young dancers who lived next-door. Depression and bad health ensued, which led to an operation to remove a tumor but she really die from the operation. was it really an accident?