HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 68

October 24, 1944, Japans navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II Instead, Musashi, its top secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean

Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and

Echoes That Remain paints a rich portrait of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust Folk stories, parables, and anecdotes come together in a complex tapestry woven from archival research and oral histories

Nero is on holiday at the seaside Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to c

One Man and His Shoes tells the story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers showing their social, cultural and racial significance and how ground breaking marketing strategies created a multi billion dollar business

Fleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno 1548 1600 has found some protection in Venice But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to b

A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief

Australian documentary filmmaker Ian Darling re examines the incidents that marked the final 3 years of footballer Adam Goodes playing career

A documentary that chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, and activists used their creativity as a response to the reactionary politics that came to define our culture in the 1980s

Set in early 20th Century Japan, the movie follows the adventures of a young man who wants to get into the movie business but in a job unique to his country a dramatic narrator for silent movies known as Katsubenshi or just be

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case

The morning of September 11, 2001 is shown through multiple video cameras in New York City, from the moment the first WTC tower is hit until after both towers collapse

A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials

From PBS HRH The Prince of Wales reveals an extraordinary treasure trove of rarely seen art by members of the Royal Family past and present, exploring a colorful palette of intimate family memory and observation

The cast of The 14 Amazons is a veritable whos who of the golden age of Shaw Brothers swordplay adventures, and was not only a major box office hit ranking 4th for 1972, but also a top prize winner, including Best Support Actres

In 1920s Ireland, I R A members are being lead by the war mongering Dr Sean Lenihan James Cagney, as they fight oppressive British forces

A docu drama that follows Manoel de Oliveiras life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal

Unearthing the terrible secrets hidden in the tomb of Chinas first emperor The Terracotta warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in a mausoleum the size of Manhattan, which has gone largely unexcavated

Latin boogaloo is New York City It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx and Brooklyn Starring Latin boogaloo legends like Joe Bataan, J

The story of Queen Victoria from her coronation, focused on her meeting and marriage to Prince Albert and the way they established shared responsibilities until his death

The story of the Civil Rights Movement interstate busing protest campaign

Twenty weeks before Khe Sanh, these men were boys, sitting in their mothers kitchens Then they went to war Through interviews, film footage, photographs and audio recorded in Vietnam in 1968, fifteen former Marines and Navy Cor

Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jeronimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government offi

On March 1st, 2020, New York recorded its first COVID 19 case Nine weeks later, 12 health care professionals were asked to share their experiences fighting a new kind of war no one could have prepared them for

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the masters death

The story of what happens in between where we are born and who we decide to be, the only place we can really call home

Exploring the archetype of the witch in Hollywood cinema from the 1930s to the present and how it is linked to the social history of female power

Aboriginal elders, Djalu Gurruwiwi, and his sister, Dhanggal, strive to shepherd their clan through countless internal and external pressures, while searching desperately for new custodians to safeguard their musical and cultural

A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission

The Paw Project chronicles the David and Goliath story of a tiny grassroots movement taking on big veterinary corporations in an effort to ban the de clawing of cats

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation in 1953

A demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt

A young man determined to become a mighty warrior joins an elite army, encountering the wrath of a maniacal warlord and the love of a woman

American Pain traces the rise and fall of twin bodybuilders from Florida who become the kingpins of the largest oxycodone trafficking network in US history

Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the citys ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the