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Barbarians Rising | HD Documentary Series

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Barbarians Rising 
This docu-drama focuses on legendary warriors as they’re engaged in one of mankind’s most timeless struggles – the fight for freedom.
Barbarians Rising is not a story about the glory of Rome, it’s the story of the millions who rise and fight for freedom in the shadow of absolute power and the few who led the charge.  The empire calls them “barbarians”: tribes beyond the fringe of civilization that live a primitive, brutish and violent existence.  These peoples are also some of the fiercest warriors in history – men and women who refuse to bow to ruthless oppression, launching an epic saga of resistance that ushers in the fall of Rome and shapes the world to come.








 Barbarians Rising
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 01:20:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English



Episode 1:  Resistance (part 1)

Episode 1:  Resistance (part 2)


Episode 2:  Rebellion (part 1)


Episode 2:  Rebellion (part 2)


Episode 3:  Revenge (part 1)


Episode 3:  Revenge (part 2)


Episode 4:  Ruin (part 1)


Episode 4:  Ruin (part 2)



The Rise and Fall of Versailles | Documentary Series

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The Rise and Fall of Versailles
A symbol of France’s glory, Versailles is probably the most splendid royal palace in Europe and is seen as one of the wonders of the world. From 1643 to 1792 it was the stage on which the most glorious period of the French Monarchy played out, until the darkest days, at the fall of the Bourbon dynasty.
Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI: Three kings, three reigns, three stories. This three-part series offers a sensitive and endearing portrait of the monarchs and recreates their life, loves and political willpower. From the Sun King, admired by the court and his subjects, to Louis XVI, the only King of France ever to be executed, wewill revisit the Versailles of the 18th century until the French Revolution.
Filmed in the spectacular staterooms, bedrooms and gardens of Versailles itself, these beautifully photographed drama-documentaries bring the 150-year reign of France’s three most famous monarchs to life, with the help of interviews from world leading specialists.




 The Rise and Fall of Versailles
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 Duration: 50:00 min
 Language: English


Episode 1: Louis XIV, The Dream of a King

Episode 2: Louis XV, The Palace of Pleasure


Episode 3: Louis XVI, Versailles: Countdown to Revolution


The Day Hitler Died (2016) | Documentary Film

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The Day Hitler Died
As Russian and Allied forces surrounded Berlin in 1945, Hitler took refuge in a bunker beneath the crumbling city. What exactly happened in that claustrophobic labyrinth has long been a mystery, until now. Relive Hitler's final days, detailed through never-before-seen interviews with the men and women who were with him during those last desperate moments. These recordings, lost for decades, but recently found in an archive in Pittsburgh, tell the untold story of the Fuhrer's final days, in the words of the people who were there.
Adolf Hitler's last days are reconstructed via remarks from those with him, including Hitler Youth leader Artur Axmann; Traudl Junge, his secretary; and Willi Johannmeier, his army adjutant. The interviews were conducted in 1948 by Judge Michael Musmanno, who presided over the Einsatzgruppen military tribunal at Nuremberg.



 The Day Hitler Died 
 Production: FineStripe Productions
 Duration: 47:00 min
 Language: English






The Vikings Uncovered (2016) | BBC Documentary

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The Vikings Uncovered
Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with space archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak. Sarah uses satellites 383 miles above the earth to spot ruins as small as 30cm buried beneath the surface. As Sarah searches for Viking sites from Britain to America, Dan explores how they voyaged thousands of miles when most ships never left the shoreline. He also tracks their expansion west, first as raiders and then as settlers and traders throughout Britain and beyond to Iceland and Greenland. In North America they excavate what could be the most westerly Viking settlement ever discovered.


 The Vikings Uncovered
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 01:28:00 min
 Subtitles: English
 Language: English


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Last Days of the Nazis (2015) | HD Documentary Series

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Last Days of the Nazis
is a story that’s rarely been broadcast on television before. This is a dark and compelling history of Nazism from a different perspective – that of the Nazis themselves. In 1945, the Allies rounded up and interrogated thousands of ex-Nazis. The interrogations became a fascinating, but largely forgotten, part of the historical record. The Last Days of the Nazis uses these interrogations to dramatically bring to life accounts by Nazi death camp commandants, Nazi doctors, generals, architects, and members of the Hitler Youth. It is an inside look at the minds and motivations of the most evil regime in history. This is what the enemy told us.



 Last Days of the Nazis
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 41:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles:
 Language: English


Episode 1:  Smoke Blood and Mirros (Part 1)

Episode 1:  Smoke Blood and Mirros (Part 2)


Episode 2:  The Executioners (Part 1)


Episode 2:  The Executioners (Part 2)


Episode 3:   End of the Reich (Part 1)


Episode 3:   End of the Reich (Part 2)


Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016) | BBC Documentary

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Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Of all the dangers Elizabeth I had to survive - the Spanish Armada, a Catholic continent plotting against her incessantly, restless nobles uneasy at serving a queen who refused to marry - none was so personally intense as her rivalry with another woman - her cousin and fellow queen, Mary, Queen of Scots. This was her longest, most gruelling battle - lasting over two decades, it threatened to tear apart both Elizabeth and her kingdom. In the end, it would force her to make the hardest decision of her life.
This chronicle of love turned to hatred, of trust betrayed by plot and bloodshed, is dramatised purely from the original words of the two queens and their courtiers. Expert historians examine, interpret and argue over the monarchs' motives for their 'duel to the death' - for in the end only one queen could survive such emotional combat.



 Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 58:57 min
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 Language: English





TOBAGO 1677 | HD Documentary Film

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TOBAGO 1677
This 96-minute docudrama explores the historical facets of one of the most brutal sea and land battles ever fought – its background and historical development, the scientific and cultural importance of this unique archaeological site, the technological aspects of the quest, the team who spent more than six years to bring this project to fruition and last but not least pay homage to all the local people, organizations, government departments and private companies that have participated and helped to unearth this unique historical event.
In 1676, on explicit orders of King Louis XIV, Vice Admiral Comte D’Estrees led a Fleet of 14 war ships to the West Indies to seek out and destroy all Dutch holdings and their Fleet. But besides the royal order, D’Estrees pursued his own agenda, an agenda of revenge on an old nemesis – Vice Admiral Jacob Benckes, the new Governor of Tobago who defeated him a few years earlier during a sea battle. In 1677, the harbor in Tobago is a natural port protected by reefs, rocks, sandbanks and a strong four-star shaped fortress, and yet on a cloudless morning the French fleet sailed into this bay, ferociously attacking the 13 Dutch ships laying there at anchor. During this furious and brutal broadside-to-broadside sea battle, more than 2000 people perished including 300 women, children and babies that were hiding on supply ships. The burnt hulls of once proud ships sank beneath the waves turning this bay into a gigantic war grave, the day – March 3rd 1677.



 TOBAGO 1677
 Production: Ocean Discovery
 Duration: 47:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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The World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition | Full HD Online

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The World at War
is the definitive version of one of the greatest documentary series ever made for the Second World War. Each frame has been painstakingly restored and the audio enhanced and upgraded so that this is the best this award-winning series has ever looked and sounded. Now on Blu-ray this is the ultimate way to watch this classic series. Narrated by Laurence Olivier and first broadcast in 1973 when memories of the Second World War were still clear in people's minds and the war's veterans numerous, over 26 episodes this unique series assembled these recollections, together with archive footage, to create one of the most powerful and successful historical documentaries ever seen. The voices of those that fought, worked or watched during the war gave each episode a vivid sense of what it was like to be there and was the hallmark of the series.






 The World at War
 Production: Thames Television
 Duration: 54:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles:
 Language: English


Episode 1: A New Germany (1933–1939)

Episode 2: Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)



Episode 3: France Falls (May–June 1940)



Episode 4: Alone: The Battle of Britain (May 1940–May 1941)



Episode 5: Barbarossa (June–December 1941)



Episode 6 : Banzai: Japan Strikes (1931–1942)


Episode 7: On our Way: America Enters the War (1939–1942)


Episode 8: Desert: The War in North Africa (1940–1943)


Episode 9: Stalingrad (June 1942–February 1943)


Episode 10: Wolfpack: U-Boats in the North Atlantic (1939–1943)



Episode 11: Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)



Episode 12: Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)


Episode 13: Tough Old Gut: Italy (1942–1943)


Episode 14: It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma (1942–1943)


Episode 15: Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)


Episode 16: Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)


Episode 17: Morning: Normandy Invasion (June–August 1944)


Episode 18: Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)


Episode 19: Pincers (August 1944–March 1945)


Episode 20: Genocide (1941–1945)



Episode 21: Nemesis (February–May 1945)



Episode 22: Japan (1941–1945)


Episode 23: Pacific - The Island to Island War (February 1942–July 1945)



Episode 24: The Atomic Bomb (February–September 1945)


Episode 25: Reckoning (April 1945)


 Episode 26: "Remember" 



Mankind from Space | Documentary Film

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Mankind from Space
Mankind from Space is an epic journey of discovery. Using mind-boggling data and CGI, it traces humankind’s story from hunter-gatherer to dominant global species. Seen from the global perspective of space, this 2-hour special shows the breathtaking extent of our influence, revealing how we’ve transformed our planet and produced an interconnected world of extraordinary complexity.



 Mankind from Space
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 01:28:03 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


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The Unseen Holocaust | Documentary film

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Unseen Holocaust
As a result of newly discovered footage, new horrors of the Holocaust have now come to light on the Eastern Front during WWII. In 1945, the Allies liberated ‘death camps’ across Europe. The discoveries were so sickening that the liberators made films of them for the public and for future War Crimes Tribunal hearings. These were not the first filmed evidence of the Holocaust. The Nazis had already killed over a million Jews in the East by shooting. Newly found footage from the Soviet Union reveals scenes of these killings, as early as 1941. In the 71 years since, they sat in an archive, gathering dust. These unseen films now help us to tell the full, untold story of these killings, taken from a very different perspective.








 Unseen Holocaust
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 01:07:32 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English





The Real White Queen and Her Rivals | BBC Documentaries

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The Real White Queen and Her Rivals
Philippa Gregory reveals the true stories of three remarkable women who lived through the treason and bloodshed of the dynastic conflict we call the War of the Roses. Gregory argues that it is impossible to understand this volatile and pivotal moment in English history without understanding the women at the heart of the family feuds that tore the nobility apart. They are as vital as any of the Kings and nobles that conventional history concentrates upon. This was a battle between kin not countries and the loyalties, rebellions, plots and betrayals of these women were decisive in shaping the history of England.


 The Real White Queen and Her Rivals
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 59:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English




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Ancient Worlds | BBC Series

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Ancient Worlds
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. An illuminating and spectacular six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation - from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Academic and archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the mainstays of our society - community, democracy, commerce and technology - were forged and fought over in a series of classical cultures. Ancient Worlds tells the amazing stories of disappeared, ruined and modern cities - from Ancient Iraq to Augustan Rome, and from Phoenicia and the city states of Greece to today's Damascus - and reveals the compromise, ruthlessness, sacrifice and toil that made each city work. In an epic sweep of history against a panorama of stunning locations, Richard Miles, with the help of local experts and archaeologists, brings these legendary civilisations back to life to show how the successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world that we have inherited.


 Ancient Worlds
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 52:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


Episode 1: Come Together

Episode 2: The Age of Iron


Episode 3: The Greek Thing


Episode 4: Return of the King


Episode 5: The Republic of Virtue


Episode 6: City of Man, City of God


D-Day Sacrifice | Documentary Film

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D-Day Sacrifice
It was the biggest air and naval fleet in history to take off for France to free Europe from Nazi Germany’s clutches. As World War II entered its fifth year of combat, and despite set-backs in Russia, the power of Germany remained so strong that the Anglo American Allies had to recruit 2 million men all ready to sacrifice their lives. From the Battle of Normandy to the Liberation of Paris, tens of thousands of lives were lost; D-Day Sacrifice recounts the story of the D-Day Landings on 6 June 1944 through the testimonies of those who lived it. Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colourised  archive footage, much of it never before seen, the remarkable testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower’s chauffeur, Kay Summersby.


 D-Day Sacrifice
 Production: National Geographic 
 Duration: 01:25:50 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English




Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I | Documentary Film

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Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I
Examines the devastating conflict and Western political intrigue that laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts and military interventions in the Middle East. After the end of World War I, most of the Ottoman Empire was carved up into "spheres of influence," controlled mostly by the British and French. The remaining territories became the modern state of Turkey in 1923 - after a five-year struggle by Turkish nationalists against Western domination. Written and produced by Marty Callaghan ("Archives of War," "Remember Pearl Harbor: America Taken by Surprise"), this feature-length documentary film follows conflict from the Ottoman Empire's entry into the Great War in October 1914 to the Allied victory and declaration of the new Turkish Republic in 1923, and the hostilities that have plagued the region since.




 Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I
 Directed By: Marty Callaghan 
 Duration: 43:31 min
 Language: English



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