History

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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...
A History of Britain
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A History of Britain

A History of Britain is a fifteen-episode series that charts the history of the British Isles. Each episode runs for approximately an hour and focuses on a different period of British history. Threaded throughout the series i...
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...
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 Nazis: A Warning from History
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The Nazis: A Warning from History

In the years since the fall of the Third Reich, scholars and amateur historians alike have wondered how it all could have happened. How could a modern, cultured, and intelligent society like Germany allow someone like Adolf H...
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
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Mankind: The Story of All of Us

Mankind: The Story of All of Us explores how humans have evolved and survived over thousands of years. While climate has played a role in determining where people establish civilisations, humanity has developed tools and tech...
Architects of Ancient Arabia
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Architects of Ancient Arabia

The Architects of Ancient Arabia digs into the unexplored, deep past of Saudi Arabia as never before seen, with teams of archaeologists and a historian examining fascinating discoveries. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons narr...
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...
Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
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Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East

Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East is an eighteen-part series that recounts Russia’s epic military role on the Eastern Front of the Second World War. It begins with the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, known as Operation...
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...
Andrew Marr’s History of the World
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Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Andrew Marr’s History of the World presents an ambitious journey through 70,000 years of human civilisation. This eight-part series, hosted by British journalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr, traces the development of human so...