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Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand

August 24, 2006

The Nuremberg trials, 1946 Goering and the Nazi high command stand trial. Within the prison a dangerous mind game is being conducted by Goering and the prison guards who stand watch over the perpetrators of the Holocaust.

Francisco de Miranda

Francisco de Miranda

August 18, 2006

In 1750, in the glare of the Caribbean, the man who created history known as the forerunner of independence in Venezuela. His name is Francisco de Miranda and, to be exact, is the largest globetrotter who has known the Americas, Miranda has a reputation as an inveterate wanderer, an eternal conspirator, a turncoat, a conqueror of nobles and courtiers, a lover of asylums, libraries, prisons and brothels, has written 63 volumes of his autobiography, a friend of princes, military and world-renowned artists, collector of women and unthinkable dreams, restless fugitive, owner of ten different names, and presented by the British press the moment as the future liberator of Spanish America.

A Thousand and One Monica

A Thousand and One Monica

August 16, 2006

There is no shortage of words to define the actress, screenwriter and director Monica Vitti: Intense, beautiful, sensual, eclectic, intelligent, muse... She was a shining star during the golden age of Italian cinema. She is a legendary figure who served as example for generations of young filmmakers. Monica Vitti’s story is the story of Italian cinema; her life is inextricably linked to the medium. This documentary shows the sheer physicality of her acting; her visceral style which demanded that everything, personality defects included, was integrated into her unique performances.

Battle of Long Tan

August 16, 2006

In the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and another Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seemed hopeless. Long Tan is the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.

The Miracle of Stairway B

The Miracle of Stairway B

August 14, 2006

Survivors tell how 12 fire-fighters, a police officer and an office worker survived inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center as it collapsed on top of them

World Trade Center

World Trade Center

August 9, 2006

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 2)

15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 2)

August 6, 2006

Highlighting the canal’s quiet beauty and fascinating people, Part 2 travels from the Genesee Waterways to Spencerport, Brockport, Holley, and Lockport– taking to the trails and the water, on everything from the historic Sam Patch tour boat to Luxury cabin cruisers. Dr. William Hullfish, a SUNY Brockport associate professor, musician and the expert in Erie Canal Songs.

Global Haywire

Global Haywire

August 6, 2006

Documentary about the state of the modern world.

Rome at Dawn/Les Bijoux Brillants

Rome at Dawn/Les Bijoux Brillants

August 5, 2006

"ROME AT DAWN" is a Takarazuka adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Gandugali Kumararama

August 4, 2006

Gandugali Kumararama is the King Kampila

Zuzu Angel

Zuzu Angel

August 4, 2006

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.

The Dancing Girl

The Dancing Girl

August 1, 2006

A lonely exchange student meets and falls in passionate love with a dancer. A girl who falls into madness when she learns her lover is going home to make his life.

Lloyd George: The People's Champion

August 1, 2006

Huw Edwards presents a profile of the former Prime Minister, depicting him as a brilliantly innovative social reformer to whom we owe old age pensions, National Insurance and much else. Contributors include Stephen Constantine, Margaret MacMillan, Neil Kinnock, Michael Heseltine and David Steel.

Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation

Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation

July 30, 2006

The theology of the Book of Revelation

Apollo 11: The Untold Story

Apollo 11: The Untold Story

July 24, 2006

Nearly forty years after the moon landing the men on the mission reveal what really happened. On how close the mission came to disaster.

Tutankhamun's Fireball

Tutankhamun's Fireball

July 20, 2006

A team of scientists set out to solve the mystery of chunks of ancient glass scattered in a remote part of the Sahara Desert. Their quest takes them on a perilous journey into the Great Sand Sea, the wastes of Siberia and the test site of the world's first atomic bomb in New Mexico. What their search uncovers is a devastating new natural phenomenon.

Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung

Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung

July 20, 2019

The Little Dictator

The Little Dictator

July 19, 2006

The Little dictator is the 'real' story behind Napoleon, he decides to invade Russia but his adventures leave him beaten by Mother Nature.

Dead Letters

Dead Letters

July 15, 2006

On the ‘home front’ in 1943, Ngarie and Gerald sort air graph letterforms destined for New Zealand soldiers abroad. A tiny act of heroism brings together this unlikely pair in an unconventional love story that cleverly blends fact with fiction.

Hanbando

Hanbando

July 13, 2006

The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order to prove that the Japanese claim to railroads is false, a claim that will stop the reunification of the two Koreas.