The 'Roslin Castle' (Troopship) Leaving for South Africa

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against...

Jan Smuts is a foremost political figure in South African 20th Century History, and is recognised to...

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of E...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital...

Recorded by pioneers as far back as 1805, the Tasmanian tiger has become an intensely mystifying Aus...

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Bordeaux, France, 1828. Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes dies in his French exile on Ap...

Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot to...

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness nov...

Tommy's Christmas parcels are despatched to the Front in a fleet of trucks.

This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a gener...

Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break fro...

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though t...

The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixe...

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel...