Overview

In the mid-1960's, after the success of Project Mercury, the need to master long-duration missions and extravehicular activity resulted in Project...

Top scientists want to build a nuclear bomb-powered spaceship to visit Mars and the planets.

Helen Castor presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get...

While London was a swamp, and Paris, a fishing village, Istanbul, then known as Constantinople, reigned for a thousand years as the world's richest...

Documentary that takes a scientific and historical look at the story of Moses. Uses archaeological evidence from the stables of Ramses II to...

In June 1942, Japanese bombers tried to level the American presence on Midway Island in a bid to steam unimpeded toward the U.S. mainland. Yet the...

History Channel documentary which chronicles the history of Hawai'i and the rarely told story of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy by the...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

It was a time when a generation rebelled and lost its innocence. From the Vietnam War to the struggle for racial equality to the birth of a...

This documentary combines archaeological and geological evidence with tales passed down through generations, uncovering a dramatic history of...

The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home of the United States Army and one of the world's most top secret fortresses. Hidden...

Apollo 16 mission from NASA footage.

An Irish doctor survived the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki and was given a Samurai sword for the lives he saved. 70 years later his family searches...

At an isolated outpost in the Arctic, the pioneering spirit of the Space Race clashes with the suspicions of the Cold War.

Documentary of an underwater archaeological expedition led by French explorer Franck Goddio that explores the sunken ancient city of Alexandria,...

A short biography of life of St Thomas More. Contains clips from the 1966 feature film "A Man For All Seasons."

A look at the gritty world of New York through the eyes of Sheldon Nadelman, bartender at the old Terminal Bar. A follow up to the prize winning...

In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scientific goal. Locked in their spinning space lab,...