HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 17

Born poor in St Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success

In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the worlds biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operation

At the end of the 1930s, Hitler ordered the construction of a special train that could transport him around safely and appease his growing paranoia A veritable fortress on rails, this armored fifteen carriage convoy served as his mo

A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871 Filmed in Utah

Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center

Young Tom Hall Art Parkinson and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1941

An examination of the conventional bombs and missiles that are reshaping modern warfare Also discussed are the counters to these weapons

In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victorias rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert

Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted

In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each others way of life

A group of journalists of the Knight Ridder news service covering President George W Bushs planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the Presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction

The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders

In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaohs court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein

A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti

Johnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S Thompson

In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969

Following an ambush in his visit to America, Wong Fei hung becomes separated from his fellow travelers and suffers memory loss

This Hong Kong martial arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions One of his Governors is sent on a mission to

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husbands aristocratic position in 18th century England

In LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS Emmy Award Winning director Laurie Kahn turns her insightful eye towards another American pop culture phenomenon the romance industry

Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years The prisoners name was Nelson Mandela

Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war

Iconoclastic Adam Conover from CollegeHumor turns life as we know it on its ear by showing us how unnecessary, and sometimes horrible, things we think we know to be real and true really are

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword

A dramatization that traces former UK prime minister Tony Blairs relationships with Bill Clinton and George W Bush

A young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous friends, escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge

Follows the passing of the FIFA baton through three association presidents Jules Rimet, Joao Havelange, and Sepp Blatter

Germany 1939 Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli police officer, of his past as the architect of Hitlers plan for the fFnal Solution Captur

Television adaptation of Victor Hugos classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert Set against a backdrop of post Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris onc

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa

Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day