THE MYSTERY OF THE COPPER SCROLL

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Nearly sixty years after their discovery; some scholars argue the Dead Sea Scrolls continue to pose more questions than they can answer. Join National Geographic as they examine what the latest science and archaeology tells us of the history and meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

SOVIET STORM: WW2 IN THE EAST

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Soviet Storm is a new and epic television history of the Second World War's Eastern Front. Giving an unprecedented Russian perspective on the war's most decisive and bloody theatre.

This was a conflict of staggering scale and savagery. Four out of five German soldiers killed in World War Two died on the Eastern Front. The Red Army suffered ten times as many dead as the Western Allies combined. The total dead on all sides was more than 30 million, most of them civilians. The war was seen by both sides as a struggle for existence. In that light, Hitler and Stalin were prepared to accept losses on any scale to achieve final victory.

Supernatural Science: Previous Lives

Supernatural Science: Previous Lives - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Sacha Baveystock

The Day The Earth Nearly Died

The Day The Earth Nearly Died - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Horizon, Nick Davidson

250 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the land and oceans teemed with life. This was the Permian, a golden era of biodiversity that was about to come to a crashing end. Within just a few thousand years, 95% of the lifeforms on the planet would be wiped out, in the biggest mass extinction Earth has ever known. What natural disaster could kill on such a massive scale? It is only in recent years that evidence has begun to emerge from rocks in Antarctica, Siberia and Greenland.

The Real Neanderthal Man

The Real Neanderthal Man - Watch Free Documentary Online - Ruth Omphalius

42,000 Years ago, the only humans in Europe made clothes, educated their young, made tools. But they weren’t the same as us.

Now the very latest technology can reveal exactly how they lived, the dangers they faced and the communities they made in the Neander valley in Germany.

We all know the word “Neanderthal” to be an unflattering qualifier for some of our more uncultured and dim-witted fellow humans.

But was the real Neanderthal man truly such an intellectual dunce? The Real Neanderthal Man looks at modern scientific findings that reveal quite the opposite.

Walking with Cavemen - Episode 1: First Ancestors

Walking with Cavemen - Episode 1: First Ancestors - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Richard Dale, Nick Green, Mark Hedgecoe, Peter Oxley

In the first episode, we see Australopithecus afarensis, and focus on their evolved bipedality (walking on just rear feet - our legs). More specifically, the story follows the famous Lucy and her relatives, as they first develop a leadership conflict following the death of the alpha male due to a crocodile attack, and then are attacked by a rival troupe. The attack ends with death of Lucy herself, and her eldest daughter caring for Lucy's now-orphaned baby (her sibling), as a sign of the developing humanity in these "apemen".

Time: 3.2 Million Years Ago
Place: Ethiopia
* Australopithecus afarensis
* Ancylotherium
* Deinotherium

Journey to 10,000 BC

Journey to 10,000 BC - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel

10,000 B.C. was a time of cataclysmic change on Earth. Extreme climactic fluctuations hurled the planet into a minor ice age; mega-fauna like the saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth were suddenly becoming extinct; and early humans began to inhabit North America.

Cold and hungry, their fragile communities undertook perilous hunting expeditions. The slaughter of a single mammoth, weighing nearly ten tons, could be the difference between survival and death.

JOURNEY TO 10,000 B.C. brings this unique and thrilling period to life, and investigates the geologic and climate changes that scientists are just beginning to understand.

In a major forensic investigation, History visits early human archaeological sites to uncover fossilized bones, ancient dwellings, and stone weapons, and uses state-of-the-art CGI to recreate the treacherous mammoth hunts and the devastating impact of a comet colliding with Earth.

The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Watch Free Documentary Online - Waleed B. Ali, Malik B. Ali, Denis Mueller

Was it really a lone racist named James Earl Ray that killed Martin Luther King or was his assassination part of a much bigger plan? And why was the FBI treating Martin Luther King like a threat?  

THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN COLOUR

This is a very hard film to watch for many people, because we today's 'multi-culturism' the Anlgo cultures of the West added heavy doses of reflection and self-criticism that is not reciprocated. Young Anglos who feel this frustration should understand that in fact this is evidence of just how important the Wester culture is. Only Westerners can tolerate the foulest things said about us without turning to violence.

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Sherlock Holmes: The True Story

Sherlock Holmes: The True Story - Watch Free Documentary Online - Christopher Rawley

THE TROJAN WAR

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IN SEARCH OF MYTHICAL HEROES: ARTHUR

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The legendary Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain).^[4] Some Welsh and Breton tales and poems relating the story of Arthur date from earlier than this work; in these works, Arthur appears either as a great warrior defending Britain from human and supernatural enemies or as a magical figure of folklore, sometimes associated with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn.^[5] How much of Geoffrey's Historia (completed in 1138) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown.

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH

FREDERICK THE GREAT, KING OF PRUSSIA

The Prussian king Frederick the Great was one of the greatest warriors and leaders in modern European history, achieving greatness through the Seven Years War and lauded as a philosopher and cultured 'Prince of the Enlightenment'. Yet the reputation of both Frederick and his Prussia was to be tarnished by association with Hitler's Nazi regime. Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders.

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THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO

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NAPOLEON

This episode tells the story of how Napoleon came from a poor corsican family and how he during the siege of Toulon helped defeat the british and became a rising star in the french army.

"Filmed on location in Malta, this story covers the siege of Toulon. Beginning in Marseilles on August 24, 1793, and ending on December 18, 1793, it covers his rivalry with Fréron as well as his sister Paoletta's affair with Fréron and his rise through the ranks as they fight the English at "Little Gibraltar."

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HITLER'S SPECIAL FORCES

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OTTO SKORZENY

JULIUS CAESAR

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Gaius Julius Caesar^[2] (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs ˈjuː.lɪ.ʊs ˈkaj.sar],^[3] July 100 BC^[4] – 15 March 44 BC)^[5] was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
 

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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Admirers rank Alexander the Great as a military genius, but his enemies regard the conqueror as the devil, for he becomes responsible for the massacres of tens of thousands of people, including women, children and members of his own family.

GHOSTS OF THE BLACK SEA

Seven years ago, on his third trip to the Black Sea, Dr. Robert Ballard discovered a miraculously well-preserved Byzantine shipwreck, but his team could only take pictures. Now, Ballard returns with state-of-the-art technology and a revolutionary $1.5 million robot known as "Hercules" to excavate two shipwrecks for the first time ever, including one of the most pristine ancient vessels ever found. Ballard and his team have only two weeks, so they must work in perfect precision on their hunt for the Ghost Ships of the Black Sea.

http://youtu.be/oIun8FdqCE4

THE GHOST SHIPS OF PISA

Four well-preserved Roman ships have been found in Pisa, Italy, by builders digging the foundation for new offices at one of the city's train stations. Following Italian law, work was suspended and archaeologists were called in after the first ship was discovered.
http://youtu.be/e9MStN8B30o

Clash of the Gods - Episode 02: Hercules

Clash of the Gods - Episode 02: Hercules - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel


HERCULES AND OMPHALE

History’s Turning Points: The Siege of Constantinople

History’s Turning Points: The Siege of Constantinople - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel, History’s Turning Points, Neil Cameron, Patrick Fleming

Becoming Human - Episode 01: First Steps

Becoming Human - Episode 01: First Steps - Watch Free Documentary Online - PBS, Nova, Lance Lewman

Nothing is more fascinating to us than, well, us. Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's groundbreaking investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot in the trenches as fossils were unearthed, and stunning computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today. In the first episode, NOVA encounters Selam, the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright. In gripping forensic detail, the second episode investigates the riddle of Turkana Boy -a tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe. What led to this first great African exodus? In the final episode, Becoming Human explores the origins of us -where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals. Crucial new evidence comes from the recent decoding of the Neanderthal genome. Did modern humans interbreed with Neanderthals? Exterminate them? Becoming Human examines why we survived while our other ancestral cousins-including Indonesia's bizarre 3 foot-high Hobbit -died out. And NOVA poses the intriguing question: are we still evolving today?

ASTROSPIES

Astrospies - Watch Free Documentary Online - PBS, Nova, Melanie Wallace, Lisa Mirowitz, David Condon

Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns, and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the moon in the 1960s. But few know that both countries also ran parallel space programs, whose covert goal was to launch military astronauts on spying missions. In this program, NOVA delves into the untold story of this top-secret space race, which might easily have turned into a shooting war in orbit.

Civilisation - Episode 13: Heroic Materialism

Civilisation - Episode 13: Heroic Materialism - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Michael Gill, Peter Montagnon, Kenneth Clark (presenter)

Clark concludes the series with his discussion of materialism and humanitarianism of the past century. This takes us from the industrial landscape of nineteenth century England to the skyscrapers of twentieth century New York. The achievements of the engineers and scientists - such as Brunel and Rutherford - having been matched by the great reformers like Wilberforce and Shaftsbury. 

The Great Inca Rebellion

The Great Inca Rebellion - Watch Free Documentary Online - PBS, Nova, Paula S. Apsell, Jay O. Sanders (narrator)

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land - PBS, Nova, Paula S. Apsell

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land - Watch Free Documentary Online - PBS, Nova, Paula S. Apsell

Will secrets buried in an ancient cave rewrite the story of a desperate time? Nearly 2,000 years ago, a dark, inhospitable cave located in a canyon near the Dead Sea was a secret refuge for Jewish refugees fleeing for their lives from the oppressive rule of the Roman Empire.

In 1960, archaeologists discovered dramatic letters written by Bar-Kokhba, the heroic Jewish rebel who led a guerrilla uprising against the Romans. Could the cave conceal more historical treasure from that desperate time?

BAR KOCHBA - COIN

ROMAN LEGIONNAIRES

Exploring the day to day lives of Roman Legionnaires, some of whom were based at Vindolanda; a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, among the most important finds of military and private correspondence (written on wooden tablets) found anywhere in the Roman Empire.

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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

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HADRIAN'S WALL

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SECRETS OF THE DEAD: LOST SHIPS OF ROME

http://youtu.be/C1HBR0IbcmM

Marine archeologists discover ancient Roman ships around the Italian island of Ventotene laden with artifacts in pristine condition.

Caligula

Ancients Behaving Badly - Episode 01: Caligula - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel, Tom McCamus

Barbarians: Vikings

Barbarians: Vikings - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel, Robert Gardner

They were the dreaded forces on the fringes of civilization, the bloodthirsty warriors who defied the Roman legions and terrorized the people of Europe. They were the Barbarians, and their names still evoke images of cruelty and chaos.

But what do we really know of these legendary warriors? From the frigid North Sea to the Russian steppes, this ambitious series tells the fascinating stories of four of the most fabled groups of fighters in history, tracing 1,000 years of conquest and adventure through inspired scholarship and some of the most extensive reenactments ever filmed. Mongols rides with Genghis Khan and his descendants as they sweep from Asia to the heart of modern Germany in a frenzy of expansion.

They came in waves from out of the dark forests of Europe and over the course of a millennium they drove a mighty empire to its knees. Relentless unmerciful and united only in their hatred for Rome each of these warrior tribes had its own violent agenda dark rites savage tactics and secret weapons.

This documentary follows eight of history’s most fearsome tribes: The Goths, Mongols, Huns, Vikings, Vandals, Saxons, Franks and the Lombards as they cut a swath of destruction through the world. BARBARIANS recreates the world of these invaders through even more intense stunts large-scale battle re-enactments and a fast-paced exciting narrative.The whistle of the war axe and the clank of the shield will ring in viewers’ ears as these four programs bring the epochal clash of civilizations to life as never before.

HELL IN THE PACIFIC

One of the most bitter battle arenas of the Second World War, Pearl Harbor represented the trigger that led America into the greatest conflict ever recorded and the eventual liberation of the people of Asia and the Pacific.

On the 7th December 1941 Japan launched surprise attacks across the Pacific region, setting battleships ablaze in Pearl Harbor, then routing the British in Malaya and capturing Singapore itself: the greatest humiliation in British war history.

The Japanese now seemed unstoppable and after being at war with China for a decade, and shocking the world with atrocities like the Nanking Massacre, they believed their destiny was to rule Asia under the Emperor, for them, a living god.

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THIS IS CIVILIZATION

Mathew Collings makes a personal selection of the greatest artistic moments and monuments from history to examine how they have shaped our world. He embarks on an epic journey, to stunning locations across Europe, Egypt, China and the United States, to explore the changing ways in which cultures of the past have shaped our civilization. In doing so, he offers a unique perspective on today’s social and political issues.

Each episode in this four-part series addresses a watershed in artistic expression and explores how that transition has shaped Western culture and thought. 4-part series, 49 minutes each.

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Ye Gods. Whatever our religious beliefs, the feelings we have about civilisation today would be unimaginable without the religious art of the past. Collings starts in ancient Greece. The Greeks absorbed the awesome power of representations of the gods left by older civilisations, particularly the ancient Egyptians, but it’s the element the Greeks added that still fascinates us today: lifelikeness, the human body, the feeling that this is art that celebrates what it is to be human.

Feelings. This episode looks at how art came to express our human emotions and the full range of what it is to be human. Mathew Collings examines the work of two great 18th century artists – David and Goya – in a journey that takes him from the glories of Renaissance Italy to the turbulent, violent Paris of the French Revolution.

Save Our Souls. The third programme in the series explores the impact of the industrial revolution on our ideas about art, nature and society, focusing on the visionary ideas of the British art critic John Ruskin. Collings follows in Ruskin’s footsteps to locations including Venice, the Alps and, closer to home, Britain’s stunning Lake District.

Uncertainty. The final episode of Matthew Collings’ epic sweep through the history of art and civilization tells the story of modern art and culture, from its beginnings in artists like Picasso, Klee and Mondrian, right up to the present day. It’s a journey which ends with the booming contemporary art scene in Beijing. But what does it tell us about the future of civilization?

An Inconvenient Death

An Inconvenient Death - Watch Free Documentary Online - Andrew Materi

Written and produced by Canadian Andrew Materi, An Inconvenient Death presents the historical, governmental, political, and personal issues on how the middle class is slowly fading. This non-partisan, non-political film investigates the complexities of the deteriorating American economy and attempts to spread the blame not merely across poor government policy but also corporations and individual consumers, while maintaining the central focus of the film sympathetically on the middle class.

Rituals of Death

Ancient Discoveries - S06E12 Rituals of Death - Watch Free Documentary Online - History Channel, Ben Mole, Stuart Clarke, Stephen Kemble (narrator)

DERINKUYU

Derinkuyu Underground City is located in the homonymous Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey.......It was opened for visitors as of 1969 and to date, only ten percent of the underground city is accessible for tourists. Its eight floors extend at a depth of approximately 85m.

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The Battle of China - Frank Capra

The Battle of China - Watch Free Documentary Online - Frank Capra

The Resistance War (Banian kangRi zhanzheng) of 1937-45 was one of the greatest upheavals in Chinese history. It was a time of courage and sacrifice and a time of suffering and loss. Virtually the entire country was engulfed by war. All of China’s major cities were occupied, as were the eastern and northeastern regions and much of the southeast. The national government was forced to move inland. Almost every family and community was affected by war. Tens of millions of people took flight. Between 20 million and 30 million soldiers and civilians died during the war.

A History of Ancient Britain - Episode 01: Age of Ice -

A History of Ancient Britain - Episode 01: Age of Ice - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Cameron Balbirnie, Neil Oliver (presenter)

THE BOOK OF KELLS

Around the year 750, Irish monks laboring in isolation on a tiny island of Iona off Scotland's west coast-
began work on a book that would outlast empires, a book that many say may be the greatest illustrated version of the Gospels ever made. Well, it wasn't quite a book really. It was a codex--the first step up from a scroll and toward a modern bound and printed book. Codex salesmen were quick to tout the advantages: you can open a codex to any page (try that with a scroll), you can write on both sides of the parchment or (in the deluxe model) vellum, and you can bind together long works. For more than a century, the small monastic community on the tiny island had been laboring faithfully to copy and preserve classical and biblical texts that few in Europe even knew existed. It wasn't an easy life. The monks lived and worked in beehive-like stone structures with few creature comforts. But their art has been called the work of angels. The Book of Kells was to be their masterwork: the four Gospels of the Christian faith laid lovingly onto the page in Latin and brought to life by the best and most colorful art of the age. For the monks who labored over every figure, it wasn't simply a book. It was the Word of God made manifest, and a devout and passionate prayer offered to the Word's source.
The Book of Kells features a Latin version of the Four Gospels and highly ornate drawings of the Apostles and other Biblical figures that resemble stained-glass window images. The book was completed circa 800 A.D Portions of the 600-page text remain on display in Dublin's Trinity Library. As pages of the text and drawings are shared with viewers on camera, the narrator explains why so many experts believe The Book of Kells is an incredibly rare and valuable work of Irish art.

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THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

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KING ARTHUR (IS IT REAL)

The legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is well known, having been told for centuries and immortalized in films and books. The questions, however, remain about the reality of the man; did he ever actually exist? There are scant mentions of him in historical documents and those references that do exist were written down centuries after he supposedly lived. In the quest to verify facts about his life, archeological remains are examined and historians give their theories about his would-be life.

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GENGHIS KHAN

Always strike first and always take revenge. Genghis Khan learnt these lessons the hard way during a violent childhood. Son of a murdered father, Genghis grew up in the unforgiving environment of the Mongolian Steppe. But how did an outcast, raised in poverty, come to be the great Khan? Combining live-action footage shot in Mongolia with CGI software used in Lord of the Rings, the recreation of battle scenes is taken to a new level in presenting the story of how Genghis conquered an empire greater than the Roman Empire at its peak. From the ferocious battle for Beijing to the jealous betrayal by his blood brother, Jamuka, Genghis always demanded victory. Almost 700 years after his death, World War II generals were still using his battle plans. But a dark, almost evil, reputation also exists. He is often portrayed as a psychopath who killed his brother and ordered the death of his best friend. Is it accurate to remember Genghis as a merciless, brutal butcher? Let the historical facts presented in this definitive film help you decide.

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WW 1 IN COLOR

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This first episode, Catastrophe, looks at the fact that between 1914 and 1918, 65 million men took up arms. Ten million were killed and 20 million were emotionally and physically incapacitated. The war ushered in new terminologies, new and massive weapons.

THE FRANKINCENSE TRAIL

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