Documentaries : History

Follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearces life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemens Land is little more than a living hell. Chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell under Hobart Gaol, Pearce is visited by Father Connolly, the parish ...

1915, the Lusitania was the fastest, biggest and most glamorous ocean liner on the Atlantic. It was the Cunard flag-ship, steaming the Atlantic between New York and Liverpool. On the morning of May 17, the Lusitania was attacked by a German U-boat. Just 18 minutes later the ship had sunk. 1200 of 1...

500 Nations is an eight part documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of North America. 50...

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention....