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  • Esther

    Movie

    The Bible story of Esther starring Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham and Jurgen Prochnow.

  • Effigy Poison and the City

    Movie

    1828 in the German port city of Bremen, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried.

  • Bonhoeffer

    Movie

    Bonhoeffer is the compelling true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for his connection to the German Resistance and their failed attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Heavily influenced by the death of his brother in World War I and the...

  • Victory at Sea

    1 season

    Twenty-six episode series about naval combat during World War Two. Famous for its music score, eloquent narration and combat footage.

  • 1533 km To Home

    Movie

    It's 1982, and Argentina and Great Britain are at war over a tiny patch of land known as the Falkland Islands. Told from the rarely explored Argentinean viewpoint, this is the story of the Falklands War through the eyes of eight former soldiers and sailors who fought to defend their country's cla...

  • Effigy Poison and the City

    1828 in the German port city of Bremen, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried.

  • Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed

    Movie

    Marco Polo became a legend after his 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world’s greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic’s own legend & master photographer, Michael Yamashita, used Polo's book as a guide to find the truth.

  • First Lady of the Revolution

    Movie

    First Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, a Southern belle who takes a life-altering journey through marriage, civil war and audacious democratic reforms to become the First Lady of Costa Rica.

  • Float Like A Butterfly

    Movie

    In this powerful and timely story of a girl's pursuit of freedom and belonging, 15-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be br...

  • Walnut Tree

    Movie

    Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city.

  • Seven Lost

    Movie

    An American troop stranded in the Italian wilderness, struggle to find their way back to safety during World War 2.

  • Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium

    Movie

    SPOOKED, The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, documents paranormal evidence including, ORBS, EVPS, Shadow People, Ghostly Photography and video, interviews with actual patients, ghost hunters and the people of Waverly Hills Sanatorium. If you don't believe in ghosts, you will NOW!!! 83 minutes...

  • World War Two HD

    1 season

    A collection of documentaries from the U.S. National Archives.

  • Alistair1918

    Movie

    A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present-day Los Angeles. Filthy, penniless, with no way to prove his identity, he struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.

  • H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer

    Movie

    At the height of his criminal career, the infamous Dr. H.H. Holmes designed his castle of horrors in Chicago, where he rented rooms to unsuspecting victims visiting the 1893 World’s Fair.

  • Jesus In India

    Movie

    A former Fundamentalist from Texas is ousted from his church for asking unwelcome questions about the "missing years" of Jesus - the years from 12 to 30 unaccounted for in the Bible. The Texan, author Edward T. Martin, undertakes a seeker's question across 4,000 miles of India in search of eviden...

  • Kobe Bryant the Greatest of All

    Movie

    The sudden and tragic passing of basketball legend Kobe Bryant alongside his beloved daughter and protege Gianna shocked and devastated fans around the world. Relive a career like none other as we pay tribute to the incredible life and accomplishments of NBA royalty.

  • Bass Reeves

    Movie

    Bass Reeves was the first black deputy marshal in the Old West and, with over 3,000 arrests, could be the greatest lawman ever.

  • Mexico's Knockout Artist

    Movie

    Mexico is a country rich with boxing history. They have produced numerous outstanding fighters such as Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez and Canelo Alvarez among others. But Pipino Cuevas remains supreme as the country's hardest puncher of all-time.

  • Neurons to Nirvana

    Movie

    A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge.

  • The Conscientious Objector

    Movie

    The story of Desmond Doss, a US Army medic who was the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

  • The Intruder

    Movie

    A charismatic agitator stirs racial tensions in a Southern town during the fight for school integration.

  • A Tuba to Cuba

    Movie

    A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.

  • Raymond Lewis: L. A. Legend

    Movie

    Tells the hard-to-believe story of the mythical basketball legend from Watts California who was blackballed from the NBA in the early 70's following an ugly contract dispute with the Philadelphia 76ers.