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The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group. ...

A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy (2024)

Through interviews and real-life examples, Hari Sreenivasan and Dr. Haass explore how Americans are working towards strengthening democracy and renewing the spirit of a more informed and engaged citizenry. ...

The Mistake that Killed Hitler (2023)

In April 1945, as Stalin's Red Army approach from the East and the Western Allied forces quickly approach through France and Belgium, Adolf Hitler awaits his fate in his bunker, reflecting on the mistakes that lost him the war. ...

The Kennedy Dynasty (2023)

The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the turbulent destiny of the United States of America throughout the 20th century; of nine brothers who had truly extraordinary lives, marked by both greatness and tragedy ...

LOLA (2023)

Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine. ...

Filmmakers for the Prosecution (2023)

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors committed by the infamous Third Reich in order to prove Nazi war crimes during the Nuremberg trials (1945-46). ...

The American Führer (2022)

The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler's deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of American ...

The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II (2022)

Western Freemasonry and Eastern communists won WW2, leading to a secret holy war aiming for a one-world government and a single religion in a communist utopia. ...

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966. ...

The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America (2021)

Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into action: it was time for the "New Deal". This bold plan, designed to turn around a nation on the brink of co ...

Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II (2021)

Based on Worldwide Defeat by Salvador Borrego, it exposes the forbidden side of history and reveals Adolf Hitler's hamartia. ...

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)

Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position. ...

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress (2021)

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command center. ...

The Soul of America (2020)

Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country's current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the sa ...

Korea, A Hundred Years of War (2020)

A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative. ...

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)

The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with special emphasis on the activism of Eva Davis asserting the rights of the tenants. ...

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020)

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets ...

Laboratory Greece (2019)

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. ...

Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master mani ...

Curtiz (2019)

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's intervention in the ...

Storm Front in Mayo (2019)

Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the ...

The Swamp (2019)

The history of the Florida Everglades and the efforts to reclaim, control and preserve the vast area once viewed as a wasteland. ...

USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter (2019)

The discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site, 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea, is detailed. The ship's sinking during World War II was the largest loss of life in U.S. Naval history. ...

A Greater Society (2018)

It's the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their shoulders. In one of the most influential counties of America's largest swing state, these political kingmakers trade their golf clubs for cl ...

Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)

How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the c ...

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill (2017)

Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between 1940 and 1945, these two enormously contradictory personalities faced each other in both politics and war. ...

Remember Pearl Harbor (2016)

Narrated by veteran Hollywood actor Tom Selleck, REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941, launching the United States ...

Pornography (2016)

Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask). ...

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb (2015)

On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation ...

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand's emergence as an activist following his 2014 book Revolution, where he railed against "corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility, and eco ...

Laissez-faire (2015)

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives. ...

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (2014)

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day. ...

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century (2014)

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literat ...

New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor (2014)

A step-by-step illustration of how institutions including the United Nations and secret societies, such as freemasonry and the European Union, have all played their part in pursuing their end goal. Communism by the Backdoor exposes a tangled web of lies an ...

Sirius (2013)

Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information about classified energy and propulsion techniques, investigates new technology and sheds light on criminal and murderous suppression. He does so by accumul ...

The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present. ...

41 (2012)

An HBO documentary, takes a 'personal, not political' look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. ...

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile (2012)

Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne (2012)

The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is the subject of this excellent documentary. From British Pathé TV's Royalty Collection. ...

Reagan (2011)

Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan. ...

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)

A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. ...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special. ...

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility (2009)

A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other. ...

Iran: The Hundred Year War (2009)

What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it? ...

All the Presidents' Wives (2008)

A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States. ...

Blood and Oil (2008)

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this conv ...

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americ ...

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals. ...

The Great Raid (2005)

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. ...

The Fog of War (2003)

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vi ...

Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel an ...

10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman por ...

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (2001)

Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Oceanographer Robert Ballard dives deep into the waters of the harbor to fin ...

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)

Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries. ...

The Astors: High Society (1996)

The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of happiness or stability. John Jacob Astor built an empire by parlaying a job in the fur business into a real ...

Inside the White House (1996)

Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-depth tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- the White House. Interviews with presidents and first ladies offer a ...

A Web of War (1996)

The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very same Canadians who survived them. ...

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orc ...

FDR (1994)

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shape ...

Wild by Law (1991)

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire ...

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first "mass medium." In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invent ...

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents (1991)

Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the evolution of the presidents' airplanes. ...

Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House (1991)

A special that takes a look inside the White House. ...

Mount Rushmore: The Shrine (1986)

The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. ...

Backstage at the White House (1985)

This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some of the most significant personal moments they have experienced. These instances have not only resonated with our emotions but have also elicited joy, creating la ...

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War. ...

Genocide (1982)

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are se ...

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ...

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)

Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain. ...

The United States in the 20th Century 1932-1940 (1967)

Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal legislation designed to overcome it. Emphasizes events that had lasting effects on the nation, such as the ...

The Guns of August (1964)

Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty. ...

Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)

Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of manki ...

Wonderful Times (1950)

Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century. ...

The Golden Twenties (1950)

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures. ...

Okay for Sound (1946)

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound ...

Crimean Conference (1945)

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace near Yalta. ...

To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)

Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan. ...

Tuesday in November (1945)

A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is meant to explain how the democratic process in America works. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007. ...

The Valley of the Tennessee (1944)

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Know Your Ally: Britain (1944)

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propagand ...

Ode to Victory (1943)

This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different "chapters" of the work, relevant excerpts from MGM films show the history of America. The chapters are: 1) Birth ...

Show-Business at War (1943)

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort. ...

Fala: The President's Dog (1943)

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms. ...

The Navy Comes Through (1942)

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. ...

For Me and My Gal (1942)

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI. ...

The World at War (1942)

Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War. ...

United We Stand (1942)

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to the verg ...

Buck Privates (1941)

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a ...

The Archives (1940)

A Washington Parade reel.... ...

Trifles of Importance (1940)

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal p ...

Til Vesterheimen (1939)

The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939 ...

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd ...

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. ...

The Fight For Peace (1939)

A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. ...

Speaking from America (1938)

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted across the waters. Engineers of the Post Office describe how they are improving the service. ...

1932 Lake Placid Olympics (1932)

IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men's speed skating. The other eight minutes are taken from newsreel reports produced by Hearst Metrotone, Fox Movietone and Pathé. ...

The President's Mystery (1936)

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice ...