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  • Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice

    Movie

    Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice shows the very personal stories of several veterans as they return to Omaha Beach and documents the celebration in Normandy that continues to this day as a result of their acts of courage and determination on June 6, 1944.

  • The Misunderstood Saga Of The P-38 Lightning

    Movie

    Using stunning recreations, historical documents, and beautiful archive footage to cover the often misunderstood story of the legendary P-38 Lightning, one of the most iconic US Army Air Force fighters of World War II.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Lost In The Amazon

    Movie

    Col. Percy Fawcett takes his son and friend into Brazil's remote jungles to find an ancient civilization - the Lost City of Z - and disappears forever. Now Niall McCann travels to England and South America to unravel the mystery of his disappearance.

  • Reparando

    Movie

    On the morning of June 18. 1954, the US CIA dropped leaflets in Guatemala City demanding the resignation of the president. Guatemala was ravaged by Civil War for the next 36 years. But hope is rising. In the midst of incredible odds, victims have been transformed into champions who willfully embr...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Bridgewater Triangle

    Movie + 1 extra

    The Bridgewater Triangle hosts an unusually high volume of reports involving strange happenings, baffling mysteries, and sinister deeds. This region in Southeastern Massachusetts serves as one of the world’s most diverse hotspots for paranormal activity.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Seven Lost

    Movie

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

  • Esther

    Movie

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

  • An Honest Liar

    Movie

    The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.\

  • 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...

  • The Book of Genesis

    Movie

    Based on the first book of the Bible, The Book of Genesis is a sweeping and poetic look at the beginning of man’s relationship with God. While Jochebed (Venus Monique) hides in a shelter to protect her infant son from being murdered, she tells him the story of her people over the course of a dang...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Road Dance

    Movie

    A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.