Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan was one of the most powerful leaders of the Middle Ages. He ruled over the Mongols ruthlessly, building one of the largest empires in history. He was widely regarded as all-powerful and brutal. The Mongol emperor...
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Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour explores the rise and fall of the world’s most infamous tyrant, tracing his transformation from leader of the Nazi Party into a notorious dictator. Chronicling Adolf Hitler’s twelve-year rule as Führer of Ger...
Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism
Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism tells the story of how many Indigenous people were displayed in exhibitions throughout America during the twentieth century, particularly at the time of the St. Lou...
In Search of History: The Aztec Empire
In Search of History: The Aztec Empire presents a comprehensive profile of the ancient American people known as the Aztecs, from their beginnings as a group of around 1,000 people to their ascension as the dominant culture of...
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, tells the story of the rescue of more than 10,000 Jewish children from persecution in Nazi Germany. They were transported from Aust...
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...
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...
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...
Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name explores the continuation of slavery long after the Emancipation Proclamation. Challenging the preconceived notion that slavery ended in the United States at the conclusion of the American Civil War, t...
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...