HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 41

In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences

An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family

Based on The New York Times best selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U S President Abraham Lincoln

When a realtor shows an old New York factory building to a group of would be investors, they are unwittingly caught in its tragic and sinister history

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II

Two young hustlers attend a convention and become tangled in a financial disagreement

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name Deep Throat helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972

It is 500 years since the Reformation, when England broke away from the authority of the Catholic Church This is the story of three books at the heart of the schism Presented by Dr Janina Ramirez

With a career spanning decades Photographer Rose Hartman is known for her Iconic Photos from Studio 54 and the fashion world, her boisterous personality and ever presence capturing the New York social scene

Deep Time portrays the landowners, state officials, and oil workers at the center of the most prolific oil boom on the planet for the past six years

Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 1653 was one of the first well known female painters The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi Her professional curiosity ab

The zombified leaders of the free world rise from the dead to hunt down a group of ill fated teens and give them a lethal lesson in American history Their only hope for survival is to summon the demonic spirit of John Wilkes Booth

A film about the highway that connected the American colonies The discovery and preservation of historic places in Philadelphia The true origin story of America

A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD

Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine

On April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark Based on real events in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement

A chronicle of a young mans rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the citys wealthiest and most influential women

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972

The true story of Herb Brooks, the player turned coach who led the 1980 U S Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan

During World War II, a hand picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience The 23rd Headquarters Special Tro

Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he ne

A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitlers command

An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II

A documentary feature chronicling the history of two New York icons and the journey that brought them together for the last musical performance at Shea Stadium

How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U S cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies

Based on the true story of Richard The Night Stalker Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to track him down

The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Bomber Harris

Beep is a documentary history of game sound, from the Victorian penny arcades through pinball and the video games right up to 2015

True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of womens lingerie, famous for its bras and girdles

A preview for the HBO documentary The Loving Story

Inspired by the scriptural tale Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem

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

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko