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Based on "The Ghost of Pinochet" by Armando Uribe. Through archive footage this essay documentary propose the thesis that Augusto Pinochet embodies a political fantasy that traverses the entire history of Chile.

Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and laid the foundation of modern Europe, William The Conqueror.

Can a mission to save a mob of brumbies in an inaccessible wilderness bring fiercely independent horseman and feral control National Parks Ranger to see the world through each other's eyes?

While tattoos can be found on people in almost every country in the world, few know the history behind this ancient form of body modification. Part of this tale traveled on the arms of sailors from the islands of the South Pacific to Europe and beyond.

A father and his son leave in quest of Zero, a most weird figure. Indeed, Zero fascinates as much as it worries and disturbs.

A documentary is based on authentic witness stories and unique archival shots. The main heroes of the film, the then 20-year-olds, after 25 years, remember the events of January 1991, which led to their further fate. The stories are illustrated by the footage stored in personal archives and not yet seen before, which reveals the events of the night of January 13 and the eve of January. In 1991, the filmed amateur shots speak witnesses of the events at the TV tower and the Radio and Television Committee. As a result of the injuries, they testify directly from the hospital wards about the events of the seizure of the most important objects of the country.

Since it opened as Municipal Pier in 1916, Navy Pier has been evolving in response to the changing needs of a city on a Great Lake—Chicago. Originally, it was a port for steamer and shipping traffic. It promoted Chicago’s progress to the world, presented concerts and conventions, and once hosted a trade fair that enticed a visit from the Queen of England. The Pier’s history spans the terms of 17 United States presidents, including one who trained as a fighter pilot there; 18 Illinois governors, including one who went to college there; and 15 Chicago mayors, including its first African-American mayor, who held his inauguration there. The Pier served as a training center in both world wars, and was the one-time Chicago home of the University of Illinois. In the late 1970s, Navy Pier launched the city’s signature ChicagoFests. And since the mid-1990s, the Pier has drawn crowds as an amusement destination, tour boat embarcadero, and home to a children’s museum and Shakespearean theater.

After Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, it was clear there was no time left to waste in the fight for peace. Immediately following the news, Winston Churchill journeyed across the Atlantic to spend Christmas at the White House with Franklin Roosevelt. The optimism, courage and camaraderie that Churchill and FDR demonstrated as the remaining leaders of the free world not only laid the foundation to win WWII, but allowed for a glimmer of holiday hope in the hearts of the American and British people.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is an icon within the Democrat Party, but unlike many liberal politicians today, FDR was shockingly open about his deep commitment to God. Featuring Governor Mike Huckabee, Fox chief religion correspondent, Lauren Green, and the author of 'The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,' Christine Wicker, this Fox Nation special explains how one man's faith guided a nation through some of the toughest times in American history.

During the years 1856 to 1859, a remote village in Mizoram faces a brutal tribal raid. Amid the chaos, a young warrior struggles to protect his people while caught in a forbidden love that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

This movie is born out of the classic chapter of Liao Zhai, adding many details, the most important of which is the appearance of the three monsters. The appearance of the old black mountain monster, the snake monster and the scorpion monster adds a lot of fighting scenes to this work. Guo Xin Yan's battle with these three demons is undoubtedly the most exciting. However, the increase of these scenes will not make the main line-the love story between Ning Cai Chen and Nie Xiao Qian disgraced, on the contrary, this numerous obstacles can highlight the two people's unswerving death. Although it is no longer separated by heaven and man, it is a ladyboy who has a different route. Whether the sadistic love between Nie Xiao Qian and Ning Cai Chen, played by Guo Xin Yan, can blossom or not is still the biggest attraction of the film.

The bride, Qin Xiu'er, died suddenly in the candlelight night of the bridal chamber, and a beautiful head disappeared. Is it murder on earth, or is it carried by ghosts? Confusing and confusing... Husband Zhao Ye loves his wife deeply, vowing to find his wife's head. Adapted from the short story "The Mysterious Head" of the novel "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".

Finland, 1944: An initially enthusiastic recruit who can't wait to fight is confronted with the horrors of war.

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?

This documentary is a dedicated yet moving account of Operation Millennium, the first 1,000 bomber raid by the R.A.F in World War Two. It was an extraordinary feat of organization involving 1,048 bombers and 6,000 aircrew and 53 British airfields. The result; an awesome and unprecedented bombing raid which ultimately reduced the population of Cologne by ninety five percent.

Take a journey 6000 years back in time to the late Neolithic and early Bronze ages, which is when the first over-water settlements on stilts, which are described here, were built.

Hundreds of hours of news reports from the days surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy.

After the defeat of France by Nazi Germany on June 23, 1940, Adolf Hitler makes a sudden trip to Paris. Despite hating the French people, he finds the capital surprisingly fascinating.

Survivors tell the inside story of the massacre of the leftist students at Istanbul University on 16 March 1978 and the political atmosphere before the coup of 12 September 1980.

In the tradition of The Decline of Western Civilization and Urgh! A Music War, this teensploitation trashterpiece of Subterranean Sinema documents a geological excavation of underground rock through a low-fi odyssey into the current Austin, Texas garage scene. Come dig...

This Short Documentary is about the History of the cuisine of the North Indian state of Rajasthan.

“The Island of Strang(e)” is a historical documentary about Beaver Island, Michigan. In the 1850s, Beaver Island was the location of America's only legal monarchy. The self-proclaimed king, James Jesse Strang, settles his group of Mormon followers on Beaver Island in order to escape the harassment bestowed upon the Mormons--however, Strang's reign on Beaver Island is anything but typical. The story of King James Strang is one that includes greed, deception, passionate love, polygamy, piracy, and, of course, murder.

Two generations of catchers strap on “the tools of ignorance” to share stories of intimidating hitters, violent home plate collisions, and catching legends like Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale from the 1960s to the 1990s.

From the D-Day Landings in Normandy to Nazi Germany's surrender, take a look back at the final year of World War Two, the most deadly of all time.

As archaeologists excavate a mass grave of British sailors, Sam Willis explores Antigua's ruins and sees how the Caribbean's sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time.

An introduction to the history of the Mexican American people from their origins in Europe's invasion of the American continent up through World War II, through the Chicano Movement years to the present day. Includes archival footage and lively music ranging from corridos to rap.

Crimson Bond is a 70-minute movie produced by Jas Townsend & Son in 2011. It is an endearing story about two friends, Jon and Josh (played by Jas. Townsend & Son’s very own Jon Townsend and Joshua King), who unwittingly serve in the Continental Army in the Ohio wilderness under the command of a tyrannical commander. Jon is begrudgingly bound to Josh by a childhood promise to keep Josh safe from the trouble that seems to hound him at every turn. The tension between this promise and self preservation finally reaches a breaking point as the two find themselves falling deeper into danger. Crimson Bond is a fictional tale, not a documentary. Its theme of friendship, loyalty, and redemption, combined with a bit of lighthearted humor in the midst of darker circumstances, is intended to entertain the entire family.

Julian Fellowes, the author and creator of `Downton Abbey' tells the stories of the real men and women of Blenheim, whose lives were changed forever by the Great War.

London is burning. German bombs are decimating British homes and the dead lie in heaps. But this Blitz has nothing to do with World War II. This little-known story of a terror bombing campaign on the capital took place during the First World War. For 18 months the carnage was delivered by a machine straight from the pages of science fiction. The Zeppelin, the biggest flying machine ever to have existed, delivered a deadly payload straight to the heart of a nation and, for a time, there was nothing the British could do to stop them. This new kind of terror campaign rewrote the rules of war. For the first time in history, innocent civilians were bombed in their homes in a ruthless attempt to break a nation's morale.

An insight into Frank Lee Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin's 1962 attempt to escape from Alcatraz, reputedly the world's most secure prison at the time. The authorities always maintained the prisoners drowned, but the programme examines evidence suggesting at least one of them reached the mainland.

Haven, graveyard, legend and lore. History was made and lies buried on Pirate Island – the coral ringed Isle Saint Marie off the coast of Madagascar that sheltered the world's most ruthless 18th century pirates. This real Treasure Island was home for pirates like Captain Kidd, who continue to capture our modern day imagination, and sailed from this very real place in history. This two-hour special voyages with underwater explorer Barry Clifford as he dives for treasure on sunken pirate ships and reveals secrets on land of hidden pirate tunnels, forbidden graveyards and mysterious symbols. Interlaced with reenactments of the pirates’ lives and exploits in the busy shipping lanes of the Indian Ocean, Pirate Island offers a wealth of modern-day adventure.

With reference to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, investigators hunt for clues hidden beneath the surface to assess the risk of a new and potentially devastating event of equal magnitude. This documentary follows historians and geologists as they discover the latest evidence of Pompeii's fiery destruction, unpacking the chain of events that led to the ancient world's most notorious disaster in AD 79. What lessons does the tragedy of Pompeii hold for Naples' citizens, who face a mounting threat from the unseen forces beneath their feet?

The Nazi high command who were part of a secret society.

The objective of this film is to recount the life and actions of a man who left an indelible mark on history: Adolf Hitler. We will do so by showing a journey from childhood, from his rise to power, to the tragic events that led to the end of the Nazi dictatorship and its main driver, showing the whole world what Hitler meant for modern history. This documentary is intended to be a complete educational tool that can unveil the veils of some of the darkest pages of our civilization. Follow us on this journey, because knowledge is the tool with which we can prevent history from repeating itself.

On 30 September 1938, the Swastika flag was raised over Cardiff’s Town Hall, where it fluttered alongside the flags of Britain, France and Fascist Italy. The instructions came directly from Tory mayor Oliver Purnell and within hours he had received a message from the German consul “expressing delight at the Lord Mayor’s gesture of friendship”. Purnell himself described it as “a gesture of jubilation” at the outcome of the Munich conference. An agreement by which Britain and France conceded to Hitler’s demand for Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland in return for a dubious promise of peace.[

"Pajubá" is a language created by black LGBTs as a mode of resistance. Given this, the present short film seeks to rescue the reality of people who experience in their own skin the strength of intersectionality between race, gender and sexuality in the São Francisco Valley region.

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.

The film richly illustrates the history of one of the most famous and lavish Italian pleasure villas, located in the town of Lainate in Lombardy, not far from Milan. Using onsite documentation, costumed reenactments, interviews with prominent curators and historians, architectural models, and computer graphics, Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta portrays centuries of Italian art and architectural history in terms of stylistic expression. The film also explores the social, familial, and political milieux—not least of which is the chronicle of Pirro I Visconti Borromeo, count of Brebbia, the creator of this place of art and delights, a romantic, a patron, and a sophisticated man of culture in Milan during the late sixteenth century. The villa’s wonders are many—its famous Nymphaeum, greenhouses, palaces, sculptures, frescoes, fountains, and water features among them.

"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.

In May 2015 the City of Springfield played host to tens of thousands of visitors, including thousands of military and civilian reenactors who all gathered in Abraham Lincoln’s home city to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s funeral. This video captures the sights, sounds and experiences of that historic 3-day event which recreated Lincoln’s funeral.

Kennesaw: One Last Mountain is an excellent dramatic presentation of the Civil War in 1864 and the role played by Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign. Several "untold stories" are included. Local Cobb County residents, unlikely combatants and the aftermath of the battle.

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.

Nearly 200 ancient cultures with the capability to keep a written or oral history have records of an all-encompassing flood – one with astonishing parallels to the biblical account of Noah’s Ark. Was there a deluge of such enormous proportion that it covered the entire Earth? Has modern technology finally answered these questions? Some scientists now believe the biblical record of a worldwide flood can account for all the world’s geographic anomalies – geologic abnormalities that, until now, have defied explanation. Astonishing new theories explain the flood that many have inundated the world in ancient times.

This countdown special reveals the weapons, inventions and vehicles that shaped and decided World War II. Counting down from 10 to 1, we ll provide an expert-led analysis of key game changers, from every theatre of the war.