History

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The Untold History of the United States
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The Untold History of the United States

The Untold History of the United States, by Oliver Stone, investigates the reasons behind the Cold War, the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, and America’s role in the world since the fall of communism. Over the course...
LA 92
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LA 92

LA 92 chronicles the unfolding riots in Los Angeles, California, in 1992, as social justice activists demanded police reform in the wake of the police assault on Rodney King, a Black motorist. Framed by both the events that l...
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
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Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

Auschwitz was one of the most infamous Nazi death camps. Through a combination of survivors’ interviews and historical re-enactments, this six-part series tells the story of how the Nazis attempted to exterminate the Jewish p...
Night and Fog
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Night and Fog

Night and Fog is a French documentary directed by Alain Resnais which depicts the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps in Europe. Filmed ten years after the end of the war, it fluctuates between scenes of abandoned death c...
The Real Chernobyl
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The Real Chernobyl

The Real Chernobyl seeks to expose the story of what happened during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine, on 28 April, 1986, from the perspective of those who lived through it. Once a thriving Soviet city with...
The Story of India
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The Story of India

The Story of India is a sprawling epic that traces the history of one of the oldest civilisations on the planet. Beginning with the earliest human migrations out of Africa and following the story through oral history and anci...
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Once Upon a Time in Iraq chronicles the story of the Iraq War from the perspectives of the people who lived through it. It covers events between 2003, when coalition forces occupied the country, and 2014, when the Islamic Sta...
The Men Who Built America
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The Men Who Built America

The Men Who Built America focuses on the lives of five self-made entrepreneurs responsible for the rise of the United States as a manufacturing giant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Produced in eight parts, the ser...
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a 3D documentary by Werner Herzog that explores a remote cave in France known as the Chauvet Cave. This cave is home to many ancient human-made images, tens of thousands of years old. The cave is f...
America Before Columbus
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America Before Columbus

When most people think of pre-Columbian America, they picture an idyllic wilderness dotted with small native villages and settlements. America Before Columbus tells the story of what Columbus really discovered when he landed...
World War II in Colour
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World War II in Colour

World War II in Colour presents the history of the 20th century’s greatest conflict in stunning detail by utilising the latest film colourisation technology. Narrated by legendary English actor Robert Powell, the documentary...
Hiroshima
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Hiroshima

Hiroshima is a BBC docudrama that analyses and depicts the devastating impact of the world’s first nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States military in 1945. Narrated by John Hurt, it includes re-...