History Movies

They took part in the largest airborne assault in WWII. They have fought in the jungles of Vietnam and the rugged terrain of the Balkans. And no matte...

Traces the bitter and often spirited battle over the morality and censorship of movies from the birth of the motion picture industry in the early 1900...

Biblical scholars reveal what is known of Joseph, the father of Jesus Christ.

Examines the phenomenon of Civil War re-enacting, interviewing war buffs who bring the epic engagements back to life and exploring the reasons behind...

As a war, it was small, nasty and suspicious. As news, it was a godsend. The Spanish-American War did many things it united an adolescent nation and p...

While Sherman, Grant and Lee are well-known, comparatively few have heard of Lieutenant William B. Cushing, arguably the greatest naval hero of the Ci...

Available on program for the first time, Ben Franklin is a fresh, down-to-earth, informative look at one of America's most essential human monuments.

This historical portrait of America's original armed force introduces the men and women who perform nautical good deeds year in and year out, while fi...

From barely getting off the ground to the super technology of today's cutting edge aircraft, the battle history of the United States Air Force is an a...

Beginning with a band of privateers under the command of John Paul Jones, the U.S. Navy evolved into the world's greatest sea power in the modern era....

Looks at Hitler's plan for Germany's conquest of Europe and the wealth of secret associations that helped him.

It began with the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 and ended four years later with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the eradication of slavery...

From the first Pilgrim celebration to the Macy's parade, here are the familiar stories and little-known facts behind one of our most beloved holidays.

Eighty Acres of Hell reveals that the Union was more than capable of matching the Confederates atrocity-for-atrocity. While 12,000 prisoners entered C...

Did Hamilton really fire his shot in the air? Did Burr really intend to kill his long-time rival? Why did these two statesmen end up targeting each ot...

Explore a battle waged by secret agents and spies on both sides of the American Civil War, the disturbing tales of hidden conspiracies of terror that...

This is the never-before-told story of America's secret Nazi prison camps. German soldiers captured right off the battlefield were shipped to America,...

Battle of Waterlooo-1815. The Compelling Story of the Bloody Conflict that shaped the World's Destiny.

See rare footage of test flights and meet the men who helped shape aviation history. A detailed look at the Soviet Union's efforts to conquer the ski...

Two thousand years after the last Egyptian mummies were crafted, ancient practice was revived in Russia and a ‘modern mummy’ was created in 1924. Russ...