Through colorized home movies and news footage, we take a fresh look at the British Empire in the early 1900s.
July 31, 1784, Paris. Denis Diderot has just passed away and with him, the memory of the biggest editorial epic of the Age of Enlightenment: Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts.
S3E12 • Butterfly Effect • 2018 • History
This film shows how the Nazis developed a terrifying new military tactic - Blitzkrieg - and how it caught first Poland and then Britain and France utterly unprepared. It charts the fall of Poland and how Hitler then conquered France in just a few weeks, an achievement that had eluded Germany throughout all the four years of World War One. It also reveals how heroic French resistance allowed the British to escape from Dunkirk and live to fight another day.
2/13 • World War II In HD Colour • 2009 • History
In the third episode Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule?
3/4 • Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit • 2016 • History
What is involved in creating a groundbreaking film that documents the latest paleoanthropological findings? This film will shed light on the talent, research, and scientific discoveries that made Out of the Cradle possible.
2/2 • Out of the Cradle • 2019 • History
- the only episode filmed after 9/11/2001 -
8/8 • New York: A Documentary Film • 2003 • History
After success in war makes Caesar a rising star, escalating tension between Rome's two most powerful men creates an opportunity for advancement.
S2E1 • Roman Empire • 2018 • History
