Her War, Her Story: World War II

A unique, fascinating animated biopic about the legendary French Emperor Napoleon, and his mission to defy death. From the enemy bullets from the Pont D’Arcole to the poison of a suicide attempt, Napoleon forged the image of an invincible being. The final battle against death, on St. Helena, will be the pinnacle of his glory. […]

Archaeologists have uncovered a mystery in the heart of London. Unearthed during the excavations of Europe’s biggest building project, the new Crossrail train network, are dozens of skulls from the days of Roman London, found in clusters under the city’s surface. Show More

A special U.S. Air Force squadron volunteered for one of the Vietnam War’s most dangerous air missions. Their assignment was to search for enemy supply transports and antiaircraft installations concealed within the web of trail paths and waterways known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The activities of Operation Commando Sabre, the official name of […]

In the heart of the French region of Burgundy lies a hidden city that’s been dormant for 2,000 years. It’s called Bibracte. Thanks to topographic maps using LIDAR technology as well as spectacular computer-generated imagery, you’re about to discover the evidence of galloping Romanization, notably through a sophisticated hydraulic system, a forum, and a basilica. […]

The Founding Fathers yearned for a nation of individual liberty. However, the origins of America were overflowing with a deep-seated paradox. It’s ironic how America’s Founding Fathers established a nation of individual liberty while many owned slaves. Show More

The 31st president, Herbert Hoover, was an Iowa native who had the misfortune to be in the White House when the stock market crashed in 1929. He presided over the Great Depression’s early years before losing his reelection bid to FDR in 1932. An engineer by profession, Hoover directed WWI-era humanitarian aid to Europe and […]

The bonds between the crew members of Arizona have lasted far beyond the ship’s loss on 7 December. Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has allowed survivors of USS Arizona to be interred in the ship’s wreckage upon their deaths. In this moving tribute using archival footage, aerial drones and contemporary interviews, we follow the family […]

Writer and historian Dr. Helen Castor explores the life and death of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure, a female warrior born in an age that believed women couldn’t fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was driven by faith, and today more than ever, we are acutely aware of the power […]

The life of John F. Kennedy is so often defined by his death. His assassination in November 1963 came to be seen as a turning point for America, a shift from an age of innocence and hope to one of violence and change. JFK himself was transformed from man into legend. But that reading of […]

At the height of Maoism, China was as closed off as present-day North Korea. But even at that time, some Western foreigners lived in the country and, in the summer of 1966, they witnessed firsthand the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. In this time, young leftist activists In Western Europe idolized Mao as a harbinger […]