The High Price of Freedom

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965),soldier, pol...

A reconstruction using archive film of the bombing of Hiroshima, followed by a discussion of the main issues by Ludovic Kennedy and Group-Captain Ches...

An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from th...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

In January 2012 Italian divers discovered the wreck of a massive plane off the coast of Sardinia. At a depth of 65 meters (213 feet) lies a Messerschm...

WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satel...

Sons, daughters and grandchildren of the greatest generation travel to England to uncover the history of a disappearing World War II air base.

Story of a Dog is a 1945 short documentary film under the supervision of Gordon Hollingshead. In the film, a dog trains for the battlefield and becom...

This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.

Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on ch...

During WWII, the Japanese army developed experimental balloons able to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach the West Coast of North America in 3-6 days....