Meet the architects behind the Nazi war machine. The Führer's most prominent planners, designers, architects, and builders tried to downplay their role in the Holocaust, but the truth is now exposed.
Occupied Western Ukraine, 1944. The Soviet High Command is concerned about a large-scale, highly classified construction running through the line of the Soviet offensive. A reconnaissance unit is deployed and a Soviet scout is placed behind enemy's lines in order to obtain information about the project.
He's a nobleman, and she's a peasant serf.… They weren't meant to be together. Perhaps this is how this love story would have ended if it hadn't been for the war. Napoleon invaded the borders of the Russian Empire, and this day changed the usual way of life and class prejudices. The world will never be the same again. War is writing a new love story.
APO 923 was a proposed one-hour adventure television series, set in World War II and created by Gene Roddenberry. It was not picked up by the network, and only the pilot episode, "Operation Shangri-La", written by Roddenberry, was filmed. That episode can be viewed at The Paley Center for Media in New York City.
Berlin 1933 – Diary Of A Metropolis tells the story of how Berlin, the vibrant hub of modernity, became Germany's staunch capital city in step with the Third Reich. Contemporary journals, letters and documents, photographs and film material, form a dense collage of the dynamics of this collectively organised disaster.
Embark in a journey through some of the most beautiful cities in the world in this documentary series. Each episode features a new city and explores the many things that make it the legendary place it is today.
An elegantly produced documentary divided into eight parts and running nearly seven hours in length, The Romanovs beautifully encapsulates the epic story of the Russian Dynasty over the course of over three hundred years.
This series explores the facts and investigates the truth behind the British Redcoat Army's campaign in Zululand during 1879. The war was started by a country at the height of it's imperial powers and prosecuted by an army charged with the responsibility of implementing a policy known as Confederation - a proposal to unite various black and white factions in South Africa under British authority. Interviews, on-location footage and new geological surveys all help to reconstruct the conflicts and give insight into the tactics used in these epic battles.
Tells the story of the succession of royal power in the Xia Dynasty and Shao Kang’s restoration of the territory. From the loss of royal power and the killing of the Prince of Xiang to Shao Kang’s hardships and accumulation of strength, and finally, the elimination of enemies and the restoration of the throne, comprising the historical process of the historical “Shao Kang’s Restoration”.
Su Jin, a lively and intelligent woman, disguises herself as a man and enters the court to find out the truth about the injustice done to her relatives. She boldly overturns the table and investigates the mystery, implicates the prince, punishes the treacherous and corrupt, and fights against the powerful officials. Her fate has gone through ups and downs, but her original intention has never changed. She meets the iron-blooded censor Liu Chao Ming and the passionate prince Zhu Nan Xian. Their destinies are intertwined between the struggle for power and the choice of affection, and together they write a legendary story of people pursuing light in the darkness.
Mobuto Sese Seko has left his mark on the destiny of post-independence Congo. With western support and a skilful orchestration of political alliances, he ruled over the Congo for 32 years during which he plundered the country's resources for his own personal gain and brutally repressed his own people. This four-part documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of a dictator.
For Palestinians, 1948 marks the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. For Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This four-part series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.