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Snowbound and desperate, some of the Donner Party died of starvation Some of them did not They all sang

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England

To the world, Shakespeare left a lasting legacy and an awful lot of unanswered questions Follow John Nettles as he recounts the life of William Shakespeare

In late nineteenth century America, Rising Free portrays the story of a young woman living in the aftermath of racial prejudice Surrounded by danger of being sold and further stripped of freedom, she discovers hope through a graciou

A chronicle of Oscar Wildes libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it

Film about the lead up to the Polish uprising against German occupation at the end of the Second World War

In 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II

During the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed

Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is trying to force the King to resign

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides

Robert Downey, Jr gives reports and interviews with other stars in this documentary about the Democratic National Convention in 1992

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self disgust

UFOs Declassified uncovers the worlds most amazing UFO stories and reveals the top secret documents that back them up

In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war

A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he cant adjust to peacetime life

The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930s to the present day

William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800s Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time

World war two drama about the 1942 North Africa battle at El Alamein between the Allies and the Axis forces

The Optimists is a Russian spy drama series that brings a 1960s Mad Men aesthetic to the Nikita Khrushchev era, set during peak Cold War The show opens during the 1959 American National Exhibition in Sokolniki and continues to un

Food will tell the unknown stories of innovation and rivalries behind food industry tycoons Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, Henry Heinz, C W Post, the McDonald brothers and more

A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Joseph Stalins funeral

The U S Navys SEALAB, a pressurized underwater habitat complete with science labs and living quarters for divers, helps advance deep sea diving and rescue

An investigation of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Kleins proposition that neo liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance

A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber

During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people

As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar

This is the story of the days directly after 911, and the presidents whereabouts

Belle Melina Mercouri is a tempestuous gypsy girl who is after Sir Paul Deverill Keith Michell Her plan is to marry him and take him for every cent he has before moving on to other lovers

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor